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The Council of Europe recommends an end to the piecemeal regulation of online hate speech across the continent

May 19, 2020May 19, 2020 by Admin

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The Council of Europe is the continent’s leading international human rights organization. Today it published the results of a 6 month study looking at emerging forms of governance of online hate speech. The European Commission’s Code of Conduct on Countering Illegal Hate Speech Online, Germany’s NetzDG Act, France’s new Avia…

My experience of the Sweatshop Free campaign and the Activist Campaigning module at UEA

May 7, 2020May 12, 2020 by Admin

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Before the Sweatshop Free campaign, admittedly, I had never considered the possibility that the electronics that universities purchased could be built in a sweatshop which shows my own ignorance on such an intricate issue. At UEA, I chose a module titled ‘Activist Campaigning’ as it wasn’t a typical essay-based module…

Fieldwork and the Coronavirus Pandemic

May 4, 2020May 4, 2020 by Admin

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The need to make a substantial contribution by adopting cutting-edge methodologies, methods and techniques, to reveal a phantom of previously unknown ‘facts’ or present new interpretive possibilities, to a large extent, constitute research in academia. At any rate, working within this framework, researchers engage in several practices in the performance…

Is it time for Automatic Voter Registration in the UK?

April 29, 2020April 29, 2020 by Admin

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Automatic electoral registration (AER) has been proposed as policy to increase the number of people on the electoral register in the UK. The perception that automatic registration could significantly boost participation in democracy has led to cross party support including support by the Political and Constitutional Reform Committee in its 2014…

Times of crisis: Temporality and COVID-19

April 27, 2020April 27, 2020 by Admin

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Professor Lee Jarvis explores the importance of time within the current coronavirus crisis. On 27 April, UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson addressed the public for the first time since his hospitalisation and recovery from Coronavirus. Observers of his comments might have noticed the extent to which these were saturated with…

Elections and Covid-19: making democracy work in uncertain times

April 2, 2020April 2, 2020 by Admin

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Erik Asplund and Toby James discuss the dilemmas countries around the globe face about holding or postponing elections during the pandemic, and set out some guidelines to follow in ensuring democratic participation remains fair and open during the crisis. Photo by Tedward Quinn on Unsplash One of the defining characteristics of a democracy is that it…

Israel’s democracy is at a crossroads, as Benny Gantz given chance to form a government

April 2, 2020April 2, 2020 by Admin

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After Israel’s third election in a year in early March, parties opposing Benjamin Netanyahu – the Israeli prime minister known as Bibi – secured a small majority in parliament. In a blow to Netanyahu, on March 15 these parties informed the Israeli president, Reuven Rivlin, that his rival Benny Gantz –…

Politics and the Media with Iain Dale

March 9, 2020April 24, 2020 by Admin

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A special episode hosted by LBC presenter and UEA alumnus Iain Dale interviewing two former Norfolk MP's Norman Lamb and Keith Simpson on the interplay between politics and the media now, and in the past.

Israeli Democracy is Under Strain

March 5, 2020March 5, 2020 by Admin

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Eitan Tzelgov, Lecturer in Politics, discusses the results of yet another Israeli election and their implications for the future of democracy in Israel. Israel held its third election within since April 2019 earlier this week, and the electoral campaign was characterised by unprecedented levels of personal, negative campaigning. Blue and…

Cities of the New Silk Roads

December 9, 2019December 9, 2019 by Admin

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What forms will the new "Belt and Road Cities" take? These are cities still finding their form, and subject to the flux and flow of geopolitics. China has embarked on a grand strategy to revitalize the ancient Silk Roads for the twenty-first century. This geopolitical play, known as the Belt…

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