Jesse Machin Government responses to COVID-19 have come under scrutiny since the pandemic began. Stories on issues ranging from the economic [...]
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Racism as a social determinant: COVID-19 and its impacts on racial/ethnic minorities
Karim Mitha, Kaveri Qureshi, Shelina Adatia, and Hiten Dodhia As of December 21 2020, over 2.1 million individuals in the UK [...]
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All for Vaccination? Vaccination for All?
Tom Douglass and Michael Calnan A COVID-19 vaccine has been held by governments since the beginning as the way to control [...]
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From soldiers to scapegoats: Why blaming citizens in the pandemic may help extremist parties
Mario Bisiada This article is born out of personal frustration, a feeling that, I believe, is shared by many these days. [...]
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We are taking a break! After seven years and over fourteen hundred articles, Discover Society is having a rest from publishing [...]
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DID BEHAVIOURAL SCIENCE COST LIVES? EVIDENCE-BASED POLICYMAKING DURING THE PANDEMIC
Martyn Hammersley During the pandemic, the UK Government’s policymaking has approximated more closely to the evidence-based model than in normal times. [...]
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FOCUS: UK’s first migrant camps – hope and hate waiting by the gates
Raoul Walawalker Enclosed within chained-linked fencing topped with barbed wire, the UK government has created its first ‘migrant camps’ at two [...]
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Viewpoint: FESTIVAL OF DISTURBANCES – An Independent, artist-led review Prevent Strategy
Julia Farrington The government has suspended its promised Independent Review of Prevent midway through its gathering of evidence. It has so [...]
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On the Frontline: What does the decision of the Constitutional Court mean for women’s human rights in Poland?
Agnieszka Kubal Many believe that the nomination of Amy Coney Barrett to the US Supreme represents a likely threat to reproductive [...]
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Policy and Politics: Beyond nudge: advancing the state-of-the-art of behavioural public policy and administration
Benjamin Ewert, Kathrin Loer and Eva Thomann This section of Discover Society is provided in collaboration with the journal, Policy and Politics. [...]
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