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FOCUS: Transparency and the Open Society

By discoversociety
November 01, 2016

Roger Taylor Are people being driven to suicide by the stress of compulsory medical tests for sickness benefits? Are police in [...]

Viewpoint: Post-democracy, post Brexit – an interview with Colin Crouch

By discoversociety
November 01, 2016

Mark Carrigan, interviewer It's been over fifteen years since you first offered your analysis of post-democracy. What is post-democracy and has [...]

On the Frontline: Addicted

By discoversociety
November 01, 2016

Laurel Richardson October 2002 My Dairy Queen (DQ) ice cream parlor is a mile from my home in Worthington--a suburb of Columbus, [...]

Policy Briefing: Scientific evidence in referendum campaigns – politicisation or enrichment?

By discoversociety
November 01, 2016

Caroline Schlaufer The Policy Briefing section of Discover Society is provided in collaboration with the journal Policy & Politics. The section is curated by [...]

Where you live can kill you

By discoversociety
November 01, 2016

Clare Bambra In 1842, the English social reformer Edwin Chadwick documented a 30-year discrepancy between the life expectancy of men in [...]

Farewell to TINA? Inside the UK’s Alternative Finance Movement

By discoversociety
November 01, 2016

Mark Davis New research investigates the potential for social change in reconnecting our money with our morality and recommends that we [...]

Older people and Housing: towards a wiser community

By discoversociety
November 01, 2016

Caroline Lodge, Eileen Carnell and Marianne Coleman More people are living healthier lives for longer, but despite the impact of this [...]

Great Meritocracies Don’t Disappear Their Youngest Casualties, Mrs May!

By discoversociety
November 01, 2016

Ross Fergusson Theresa May’s speech at last month’s Conservative Party conference elaborated her plans to ‘transform Britain into a Great Meritocracy’. [...]