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Catching the wave: How can democracy re-capture the youth vote?

July 4, 2018 by Editor

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Electoral participation remains low amongst young people. In this blog, Beth Davies draws from focus groups with young people to reveal what can be done to get the youth vote out. The Oxford Dictionary’s 2017 word of the year was ‘youthquake’, a term previously coined for the 1960s’ British flair…

Why “tough rules” would help referendums settle big issues

July 3, 2018 by Editor

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In recent years the UK has conducted numerous referendums on major constitutional issues. Most of these referendums have not served their purpose with many issues not being settled after the vote count and implementation or attempted implementation of the result. “Tough rules” such as introducing a minimum turnout, a supermajority…

National Democracy Week on Eastminster

July 3, 2018September 7, 2018 by Editor

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It's National Democracy Week! For the first time, 2-8 July 2018 has been designated as a week-long celebration of democracy. Events are being organised across the country to celebrate democracy and encourage democratic engagement. The week marks the 90th anniversary of the 1928 Equal Franchise Act, which gave women the…

The real price of legitimate expectations

April 12, 2018 by Editor

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Dr. Alex Brown draws from his recent book to discuss whether public services should always honour their promises made. In early February 2018, the British Legal Aid Agency (LAA) agreed to provide funds to the families of people killed in the 1982 Hyde Park bombing as they pursue a civil…

British Values and Islam in Contemporary Britain

March 1, 2018February 28, 2018 by Editor

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Lee Jarvis draws on AHRC-funded research with Lee Marsden and Eylem Atakav to discuss contemporary portrayals of Islam, Muslims and British values. There are, according to the Muslim Council of Britain – a non-sectarian umbrella body for over 500 Muslim organisations – around 2.7 million Muslims living in Britain today:…

Should we recognise North Korea as a nuclear power?

February 14, 2018February 15, 2018 by Editor

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North Korean leader Kim Jong-un claimed in his 2018 New Year's address that "the entire mainland of the US is within the range of our nuclear weapons and the nuclear button is always on the desk of my office". How the international community should respond to this has been a…

Fire and Fury: UEA staff and students react

February 6, 2018February 15, 2018 by Editor

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Michael Wolff's book 'Fire and Fury', which provides an inside story of Donald Trump's Whitehouse, set headlines around the world when it was published. A range of bombshell claims were made about how policy was made, Trump's approach to the Presidency and Donald Trump himself. A fierce debate followed. The…

Terrorist obituaries: some early research reflections

February 6, 2018February 6, 2018 by Editor

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Lee Jarvis reflects on his ongoing research project on terrorist obituaries. Terrorists - or, better, those who are widely portrayed as ‘terrorist’ - are remembered in a multiplicity of ways after their death. In murals and in music, in slogans and speeches, on t-shirts and online, in fiction and in film. All…

Understanding musical copyright in the digital age

January 28, 2018February 15, 2018 by Editor

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We need a more nuanced view of the practices and values associated with copying in popular music culture, write Adam Behr, Keith Negus and John Street Copyright appears in one of two guises. It is either the backdrop to arguments about plagiarism – about how ‘Blurred Lines’ was stolen from…

‘Joyful Cancer’

November 7, 2017November 14, 2017 by Editor

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Being told by doctors that you are suffering from a serious illness is something we all dread. Carina is a 2016-7 Masters student of Broadcast Journalism in PPL. As part of her degree, she produced a “Dissertation by Practice” video, based on her own personal ex-periences. Her video has deeply…

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