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The Recent Civil Disobedience Fidelity to Law

open access: yesThe Political Quarterly, EarlyView.
Abstract Generations of citizens have successfully used civil disobedience to enact positive lasting change in their societies. In some places, such as the UK and elsewhere, it is considered a ‘tradition’. But recent instances of civil disobedience—especially in relation to UK climate campaigners—have brought forward numerous challenges, some of which ...
Brian Christopher Jones
wiley   +1 more source

Sortition, Parties and Political Careerism

open access: yesThe Political Quarterly, EarlyView.
Abstract One reason for growing distrust of politicians, parties, and governments is the increase in ‘careerism’: politicians who have never worked outside politics and seem to work inside politics for themselves as much as for the common good. Sortition—choosing representatives by lottery—is one solution.
Keith Dowding   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Flag that Does Not Exist—Yet? Imagining a New Symbol in Northern Ireland

open access: yesThe Political Quarterly, EarlyView.
Abstract There is a large amount of research on the use and meaning of existing flags in Northern Ireland, and more generally on symbols in violent identity conflicts. By contrast, this article explores the absence of a symbol that might be expected to exist—a unifying official flag in Northern Ireland.
David Mitchell
wiley   +1 more source

Are the Rights of Nature the Only Way to Save Lough Neagh?

open access: yesThe Political Quarterly, EarlyView.
Abstract Northern Ireland's Lough Neagh—the UK and Ireland's largest freshwater lake—recently hit the headlines owing to an ecological crisis caused by the level of pollutants entering its waters. With political attention drawn to the lough, an emerging idea amongst environmental activists—inspired by the global ‘rights of nature’ (RoN) movement—is ...
Laurence Cooley, Elliott Hill
wiley   +1 more source

David Marquand and Progressive Politics

open access: yesThe Political Quarterly, EarlyView.
Abstract Throughout his career, David Marquand grappled with the shape of modern British history, arranging it into different traditions, lineages and timelines. The Progressive Dilemma was the culmination of one such strand of work, centred around his interest in the relationship between social democracy and social liberalism.
Emily Robinson
wiley   +1 more source

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