Criticisms of neoliberalism are proliferating, not just within the political and academic left, but within mainstream public opinion as well. Everywhere, people are beginning to seriously doubt whether markets will be able to produce another extended period of sustained growth, or whether they will solve the world’s current problems or merely exacerbate them. Liberal economists … Continue reading “Neoliberalism and its Forgotten Alternative”
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#Gymlife: does Instagram’s fitness trend have the potential to negatively impact female body image?
In this post Milly Morris examines #Gymlife and whether all the self-infatuation on Instagram help to reinforce stereotypes of the perfect female form. I watch the two women from the treadmill as they stand in front of the large mirror at my local gym. They take it in turns to pose whilst the other takes … Continue reading “#Gymlife: does Instagram’s fitness trend have the potential to negatively impact female body image?”
Do select committees deserve ‘universal praise’?
In this post, Dr Stephen Bates and Dr Mark Goodwin argue that a more rounded evaluation of Select Committees is needed to assess whether they deserve ‘universal praise’. By Stephen Bates and Mark Goodwin Rupert Murdoch being attacked with a custard pie. Michael Gove alleging a ‘Trot conspiracy’ in English schools. The vice president of … Continue reading “Do select committees deserve ‘universal praise’?”
Why the zero-carbon homes policy hasn’t gone to plan
In this post, Max Lempriere, PhD Researcher at The Department of Political Science and International Studies discusses why the zero-carbon home policy has not gone to plan. Is this zero-carbon? No one really knows. Yui Mok/PA One of the UK’s flagship sustainability policies is in big trouble. Less than a year from now, the theory … Continue reading “Why the zero-carbon homes policy hasn’t gone to plan”
The West Midlands – a bellwether for the election?
In this post, Cherry Miller discusses the key battleground seats and issues in the West Midlands. The original version of this post was published as part of the General Election 2015 series on the LSE British Politics and Policy Blog on 14th April 2015 It would seem churlish for any contributor in this series not to stake a … Continue reading “The West Midlands – a bellwether for the election?”
Seventh Annual POLSIS Postgraduate Colloquium
Please read below- an exciting event in the University of Birmingham’s POLSIS department.
The cyber threat to the United Kingdom
Gavin E L Hall is a Doctoral Researcher in the Department of Political Science & International Studies at the University of Birmingham. His main focus of research NATO’s role in the broadening security environment, especially cyber-security. You can follow him on twitter @GavinELHall. When the new government takes office in May 2015 one of the first tasks … Continue reading “The cyber threat to the United Kingdom”
Gender & the Research Excellence Framework: An Analysis of the Politics & International Studies Unit of Assessment (II)
by Fran Amery, Stephen Bates & Steve McKay This is the second of two posts on gender and the Research Excellence Framework (you may also be interested in this post on what titles of outputs submitted to the Politics & International Studies Unit of Assessment tell us about (sub-)disciplinary trends). In our first post, we … Continue reading “Gender & the Research Excellence Framework: An Analysis of the Politics & International Studies Unit of Assessment (II)”
Gender & the Research Excellence Framework: An Analysis of the Politics & International Studies Unit of Assessment (I)
Ever wondered about the gendered dimensions of the REF returns and rankings for the Politics & International Studies Unit of Assessment? Well wonder no longer. by Fran Amery, Stephen Bates & Steve McKay 1320 people were submitted to the Politics & International Studies Unit of Assessment of REF 2014. Of these, 929 were men, 387 … Continue reading “Gender & the Research Excellence Framework: An Analysis of the Politics & International Studies Unit of Assessment (I)”
A Corpus-Based Analysis of REF Output Titles for Politics and International Studies*
Have you ever wondered what the titles of outputs submitted to the REF tell us about disciplinary trends, foci and boundaries? Well, thanks to the wonder of corpus linguistics and Laurence Anthony‘s AntConc, wonder no longer. Table 1 shows us a ranking of the 100 most popular words used in titles of work submitted to the 2014 REF and … Continue reading “A Corpus-Based Analysis of REF Output Titles for Politics and International Studies*”