Brexit

I have a piece in today's Observer, expanding on the issue of the political economy of Brexit. It is in a section on the choices that confront Labour on Brexit. You can read it here: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/jul/02/brexit-labour-divisions-way-forward Meanwhile, down under, the...

Sociological analyses of the vote to leave the EU have largely focused on the working class revolt in England & Wales: the rage of the hollowed out netherworlds of post-industrial Britain in which respect, status and the prospect of a...

The most influential text of late Victorian imperialism was J. R. Seeley’s The Expansion of England.  In it, Seeley, a Cambridge historian, argued that underneath the surface of British political history - the stories of the rise and fall of...

Dr Jon Frost is Assistant Professor of Finance at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. Originally from Seattle, he is a fan of British rock music and met his (German) wife while studying in Bath. In one short week, British voters will take on...

Today sees the publication of the IPR's referendum policy brief, a document that brings together contributions from a number of academics with the purpose of informing readers about the issues at stake in the EU referendum. Many of these issues are not new, but the...

Dr Theodoros Papadopoulos, Lecturer, Department of Social & Policy Sciences As part of a module I used to teach called ‘Policy and Power’, I used video extracts from the well-known 1980s series Yes Minister to spark discussion in the class. One...

Dr Emma Carmel, Senior Lecturer, Department of Social & Policy Sciences The political arguments around EU membership and migration have the qualities of children’s playdough: eye-catchingly bright, highly malleable, and good to keep us busy for a while. Unfortunately, also...

Dr Alim Baluch, Teaching Fellow, Dept of Politics, Languages & International Studies The German government and the German media are watching the Brexit debate very closely and Germany is taking it personally. There are, of course, many different German perspectives,...

Dr Paul Kennedy, Lecturer in Spanish and European Studies, Department of Politics, Languages and International Studies. With no government in place since the general election held on 20th December 2015, and successive rounds of negotiations failing to prevent another general...