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March 16, 2023

🦋 Let’s tell a more contextual story about Minben

Li-Chia Lo

Li-Chia Lo revisits Rongxin Li’s essay on the Confucian concept of Minben (people-core/root) to offer more context to the concept and to differentiate it from the Chinese concept of Minzhu (people-master). Lo argues that both concepts are different, and we should not elide them

March 13, 2023

💊 Can political science save democracy?

Titus Alexander

Most political science is like anatomy, analysing the body politic without healing it. Titus Alexander argues that we can learn from health sciences and create a manifesto, like that of The Lancet, to prioritise improving lives and launch a global mission to strengthen democracy

March 9, 2023

🌈 Democracy, gender equality and democratic backsliding

Emanuela Lombardo

As far-right populist political parties and anti-gender movements gather momentum across Europe, democracy and gender equality come under increasing threat. Emanuela Lombardo shows how a concomitant rise in attacks on gender equality accelerates the process of democratic decline

March 9, 2023

🌊 Giorgia Meloni’s ambiguity on gender rights

Laura Montecchio

'I am Giorgia, I am a woman, I am a mother'. So said Giorgia Meloni in a speech that has defined her career. Yet, write Laura Montecchio and Marianna Griffini, Meloni is far from a promoter of gender rights

March 7, 2023

🌈 🌊 Rights for women and gender equality under Giorgia Meloni

Alessia Donà

After the Fratelli d’Italia victory in the 2022 Italian general election, a radical-right government formed, headed by party leader Giorgia Meloni. Alessia Donà explores gender issues in FdI ideology, and the party’s alliance with the Italian anti-gender movement. She finds the Meloni government is founded on reactionary Catholic extremism

March 6, 2023

🌈 Anti-feminists want to control, alter and delete women’s rights

Rebecca Sanders

The reversal of Roe, bans on teaching about gender, and gunmen showing up at drag shows all are part of a trend in US and international politics. Rebecca Sanders and Laura Dudley Jenkins call it 'patriarchal populism'. They explain what patriarchal populism is, and three tactics used to undermine and attack established women’s and LGBTQ+ human rights

March 2, 2023

What turns a high-ranking Rabbinical manager into a policy entrepreneur?

Niva Golan-Nadir

Innovative bureaucratic reforms are often explained by pointing to the motivations of individual bureaucrats or organisational culture. Yet, Niva Golan-Nadir explains how macro-level factors such as bureaucratic inefficiency, public criticism, and competition from NGOs also help initiate policy innovation and motivate managers into becoming entrepreneurs The bureaucratic inefficiency of Kosher food inspection in Israel The […]

February 28, 2023

How ideological polarisation drives protest against Covid containment measures

Sophia Hunger

In recent years, demonstrations against containment measures to mitigate the spread of Covid-19 have dominated the protest landscape. Sophia Hunger, Swen Hutter and Eylem Kanol explain what drives individuals from passive sympathy to active participation. They find that political and ideological attitudes, rather than 'biographical availability', play a critical role

February 24, 2023

Five futures for digital advocacy organisations

Nina Hall

Digital advocacy organisations have pioneered new strategies to mobilise people rapidly, and shape public opinion. But increasingly, they face challenges from new technologies, and complex relationships with NGOs. Nina Hall and Paola Pierri outline five potential futures for these organisations

February 24, 2023

The European Court of Justice has resolved the EU’s democratic deficit. The EU should tell the world about it

Jaap Hoeksma

Jaap Hoeksma argues that a European Court of Justice ruling in 2022 legally overcame the EU’s longstanding democratic deficit. The EU should now draw on the implications of that ruling, and declare itself an original model of democracy

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🦋 Let’s tell a more contextual story about Minben

💊 Can political science save democracy?

🌈 Democracy, gender equality and democratic backsliding

🌊 Giorgia Meloni’s ambiguity on gender rights

🌈 🌊 Rights for women and gender equality under Giorgia Meloni

🌈 Anti-feminists want to control, alter and delete women’s rights

What turns a high-ranking Rabbinical manager into a policy entrepreneur?

How ideological polarisation drives protest against Covid containment measures

Five futures for digital advocacy organisations

The European Court of Justice has resolved the EU’s democratic deficit. The EU should tell the world about it

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