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Parliamentary politics two decades on
In the fourth of a series of blogs marking the 20th anniversary of New Labour coming to power, Crick Centre Research Associate Alexandra Meakin examines how parliament has changed in the two decades...
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New Labour’s Political Economy: Anything Left?
In the fifth of a series of blogs marking the 20th anniversary of New Labour coming to power, SPERI Deputy Director Craig Berry examines Tony Blair’s economic statecraft On the eve of gaining his...
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New Labour’s Constitutional Odyssey – A Revolution by Sleepwalkers
In the sixth of a series of blogs marking the 20th anniversary of New Labour coming to power, Crick Director Professor Matt Flinders considers the legacy of New Labour’s approach to the constitution...
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Learning the Language of Participation: New Labour and Citizenship Education
In the last of a series of blogs marking the 20th anniversary of New Labour coming to power, Crick Centre Research Associate James Weinberg considers New Labour’s impact on Citizenship Education...
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Why the French election is a marker of our post democratic world
Aliénor Ballangé considers what the French election says about post democracy The 2017 French election was simply unprecedented in the history of France’s Fifth Republic. The first round saw both...
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Thinking Politically about Design: Public vs. Private
Crick Centre Photographer in Residence Lucía Morón examines the role of private and public space in the design of public buildings Public space must be accessible to all. It is a space open to the...
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Was embracing the market a necessary evil for Labour/Labor?
Keshia Jacotine considers how and why the Australian Labor Party and the British Labour Party turned towards economic liberalisation The Australian Labor Party (ALP) and the British Labour Party are...
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Can We Avoid the Perils of Punditry?
In an article originally published on the PSA’s political insight blog, Crick Centre Deputy Director Matt Wood examines the perils of punditry for political scholars A debate has broken out in...
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What do the people think should replace democracy?
In the first of our summer Crick Centre blogs, Kathryn Vandermolen (University of Tampa) talks about her recent research on ‘stealth democrats’. She argues that although citizens may not be happy with...
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Citizenship Education in Global Perspective: More Harm than Good?
In the first of three blogs during her stay with the Crick Centre, full-time secondary school teacher Suzy Dodd provides an overview of the global state of citizenship education. Suzy is currently...
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The clock and an impending crisis: The Elizabeth Tower, Big Ben and the...
This summer was filled with newspaper stories about the repair works to Parliament’s Elizabeth Tower, and the temporary silencing of the chimes of Big Ben. In a blog originally posted on the PSA...
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The Allure of the Palace of Westminster is More Than Even a Radical Spirit...
As Parliament returns this week, the dilapidated condition of the Palace of Westminster remains a matter of concern. To kick-off a week-long blog series on parliamentary buildings, Crick Centre Chair,...
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What if we could make the Houses of Parliament safer and more beautiful?
As part of our blog series on the Restoration and Renewal of the Palace of Westminster, Dr Richard Simmons, Visiting Lecturer at the Bartlett School of Planning, UCL and Designing for Democracy...
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‘You don’t walk past this building saying, “That’s a big impressive building,...
As part of our week of blogs on the Palace of Westminster Restoration and Renewal project, David Judge and Cristina Leston-Bandeira discuss the symbolic importance of parliamentary buildings. National...
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Oblongs and Hemicycles: Ideology and the Design of Legislative Chambers
As part of our blog series on the Restoration and Renewal of the Palace of Westminster, Dr Paul Seaward considers the debate around different shape of legislative chambers. There are two basic shapes...
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‘Even Big Ben has outlived its use’: Cedric Price and the Pop-Up Parliament
As part of our blog series on the Restoration and Renewal of the Palace of Westminster, Dr Stephen Thornton, Cardiff University, discusses controversial proposals to rebuild Parliament in the 1960s:...
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Building a Democracy: Psychological considerations for design of political...
As part of the series of blogs on the Restoration and Renewal of the Palace of Westminster and Designing for Democracy, this article highlights the importance of psychological considerations in...
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Values for Money: Character Education for the Twenty-First Century
Suzy Dodd explores the value and implications of the UK government’s initiative on improving ‘good character’ in education. How, precisely, can we define good character? Various studies have indicated...
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Assault in the corridors of power: now can we talk seriously about rebuilding...
In the face of the Westminster harassment scandal, MPs have called for a culture change in Parliament. In a blog originally posted on The Conversation, Crick Research Associate, Alexandra Meakin, sets...
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Reorganising the NHS: Another Initiative Destined to Fail?
Crick Centre Research Associate Leanne-Marie McCarthy-Cotter conducted research at the Hospital Consultants and Specialists Association to examine the potential of Sustainability and Transformation...
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