Mark Carrigan, interviewer It's been over fifteen years since you first offered your analysis of post-democracy. What is post-democracy and has [...]
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On the Frontline: Addicted
Laurel Richardson October 2002 My Dairy Queen (DQ) ice cream parlor is a mile from my home in Worthington--a suburb of Columbus, [...]
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Policy Briefing: Scientific evidence in referendum campaigns – politicisation or enrichment?
Caroline Schlaufer The Policy Briefing section of Discover Society is provided in collaboration with the journal Policy & Politics. The section is curated by [...]
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Where you live can kill you
Clare Bambra In 1842, the English social reformer Edwin Chadwick documented a 30-year discrepancy between the life expectancy of men in [...]
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Farewell to TINA? Inside the UK’s Alternative Finance Movement
Mark Davis New research investigates the potential for social change in reconnecting our money with our morality and recommends that we [...]
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Older people and Housing: towards a wiser community
Caroline Lodge, Eileen Carnell and Marianne Coleman More people are living healthier lives for longer, but despite the impact of this [...]
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Great Meritocracies Don’t Disappear Their Youngest Casualties, Mrs May!
Ross Fergusson Theresa May’s speech at last month’s Conservative Party conference elaborated her plans to ‘transform Britain into a Great Meritocracy’. [...]
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The practice of social dining with strangers: going out to eat in
Ema Johnson Going out (alone or with friends) and paying to dine with strangers within the private home of an amateur [...]
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Whose culture is global? Listening to Anglo-American pop music in Italy
Simone Varriale I spent my adolescence and most of my twenties listening exclusively to American and British pop music, or to [...]
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Le Touquet and Sangatte: The evolution of the French-UK border
Daniel Martin In 1991, both British and French governments signed the Sangatte Protocol with the agreement coming into force two years [...]
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