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Voter ID: our first results suggest local election pilot was unnecessary and ineffective

August 2, 2018 by Admin

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Should we be asked to provide identification at polling stations? Toby James and Alistair Clark draw from new research to show that it is unnecessary and ineffective. The 2018 local elections in England were surrounded by a fierce debate over a pilot requiring voters to present ID at polling stations. The government…

Stick or twist: Should divided Northern Ireland change its electoral system? You can’t ignore progress

July 8, 2018July 8, 2018 by Admin

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As Northern Ireland struggles to set up a new executive, a gamble on a new electoral system may be recommended. UEA graduate Sam Kenward makes the case why the constructive current system should be retained. With the current issues in getting a new executive set up in Northern Ireland, it…

Why Maturity may not be a good reason to stop 16-year-olds from voting in US elections

July 8, 2018July 8, 2018 by Admin

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A common argument made against allowing 16-year-olds to vote is that teenagers are not mature and responsible enough to be trusted to make a sensible decision; but statistics show, that in many ways, American teens (as well as their international counterparts) are better behaved and more responsible than ever before,…

Mexico’s Historic 2018 Elections

July 5, 2018July 5, 2018 by Admin

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Following a landslide victory on 1 July, Mexico’s president elect Andrés Manuel López Obrador, leader of the leftist MORENA coalition, announced that his government will be ‘for the people, of the people and with the people’. UEA's Hazel Marsh, in Mexico with the Red Universitaria y Ciudadana por la Democracia (RUCD),…

What each of the G7 countries wants, and what they need

June 13, 2018June 13, 2018 by Admin

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The 2018 meeting of the G7 countries is set to take place in La Malbaie, Quebec, Canada. With many of the Trump administration’s recent decisions running directly counter to the other members’ interests, the summit promises to be tense. Here’s what each member state hopes to get from it. The…

Pep Guardiola and the long tradition of mixing football with politics

May 8, 2018July 3, 2018 by Admin

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As manager of Manchester City, this season Pep Guardiola has won the Premier League and the Carabao Cup. By wearing a yellow ribbon on his chest, he has also been charged and fined £20,000 by the English Football Association (FA) for “wearing a political message”. Guardiola insists the ribbon does…

Report Internship IUCN

May 8, 2018May 8, 2018 by Admin

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Emilian Berutti, Second year student in IR, talks about his internship at the International Union for the Conservation of Nature. Every year PPL organises a trip to Geneva, where we students have the possibility to get a very close insight into several international organisations. Being there is also a great…

Scotland eyes a youthquake with online voting: here are some tips from past pilots

January 2, 2018February 15, 2018 by Admin

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One achievement for 2017, as the year comes to an end, is that it has added a new word to the English language: youthquake. The idea is that previously silent and apathetic young people have awoken to exert their democratic influence on the electoral process. Despite a 401% increase in…

‘Counter-terrorism policies play an important role in shaping a national identity narrative’: Conversation with Lee Jarvis

December 8, 2017February 15, 2018 by Admin

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This article is published in collaboration with the international Violence and Exiting Violence Platform (FMSH). Sylvain Antichan: Lee Jarvis, you are working on security discourses, the adoption of counter-terrorism policies and their political and social impact through the lens of the British case. After the London bomb attacks that were…

Brexit could kill the precautionary principle – here’s why it matters so much for our environment

November 23, 2017February 15, 2018 by Admin

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The world is witnessing an increase in the number and severity of hurricanes, droughts, floods and famines. A significant part of this is attributable to the temperature rises and disruption to the weather systems that human industrial activity has triggered. Yet at this very moment, when the world needs new…

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