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中文How effective are cities as sites for managing global competitiveness?
Abstract Examinations into the political geography of globalisation have been dominated by the growth of a global information grid in shaping today’s mobile global economic network. Consequently, the role of urban strategic hubs in directing this process has been marginalised. This study therefore examines the local dynamics to globalisation within ‘glocal’ city spheres, and the […]
What are the different tools of propaganda and how have they been used by governments in the recent past?
Information or Propaganda? In the age of ‘spin’, can all communications by governments be dismissed as propaganda? A more plausible allegation seems that while some forms of government communications – like public information campaigns – are aimed by and large at simply informing the public, most – government advertising, speeches, pre-election campaigns – are a […]
Why has the recovery of the UK Conservative Party been so prolonged?
The purpose of this essay is to examine the causes and potential remedies for the failure of the UK Conservative Party to hold Electoral office for the past decade. In order to do this an analysis of the effect of Tony Blair’s re-positioning of the Labour Party must be looked at. Secondly, the unpopularity of […]
Do democratic states fight each other?
It is commonly believed in political thought that two democratic nation-states would not fight one another. Russett and Antholis have noted that this phenomenon is not because democratic states are innately more peaceful, but borne out by the simple fact that democracies are on the whole much less likely to attack one another than comparisons […]
Policy Paper On How Evidence Based Policy Making Is Changing The Nature And Operation Of The Policy Environment Within The Home Office
The pre-eminence of the so-called Evidence Based Policy Making (EBPM) within policy circles of the UK Government continues to be a source of heated debate. This paper attempts to first define the EBPM and then sketches the factors which have ontributed to its incorporation into mainstream policy circles. The second part of the paper presents […]
Contrary to expectations John Kelly’s (1998; 2005) analysis suggests that the election of a Labour government in 1997 caused trade union membership in Britain to stagnate. Discuss`
In the introduction to his work Kelly argues that “…late twentieth century industrial relations are passing through an historic transition” (Kelly, 1998). An effect of this transition, it would appear, was a dramatic decline in membership and influence, and furthermore, its failure to perform its expected renaissance in the more fertile conditions under a Labour […]
Indigenous people’s claims are fundamentally based on the claim to sovereignty.
The central problem to this essay is the status of indigenous population in such countries, as Australia, Canada and New Zealand. All three are the members of the British Commonwealth and despite having substantial autonomy from the Crown are being nominally governed by the Queen. More broadly, the question of the status of indigenous population […]
