Why do people vote?
The theory that underpins modern economics is the idea that people act rationally. Their actions will be based on an analysis of the information available to them and they will …
The theory that underpins modern economics is the idea that people act rationally. Their actions will be based on an analysis of the information available to them and they will …
The 35th Corbishley Lecture will be given by Dr Michael Privot (Director of ENAR – European Network Against Racism, Brussels) “The unwelcome ‘other’: are there limits to integration of European …
The unwelcome ‘other’: the litmus-test of the Roma (3 December 2013) Read More »
Panel Discussion jointly hosted by the British Academy and Princeton University Press Tuesday 29 November 2011 6.30pm – 8.00pm, followed by a drinks reception British Academy, 10-11 Carlton House Terrace, …
The End of the West: The once and future Europe (29 November 2011) Read More »
An interesting post by Jon Worth arguing that framing the debate about Britain and Europe in terms of pro-European and Eurosceptic is not helpful. The European Union legislates everything from …
The comments posted on Twitter by death penalty campaigner Paul Staines are revealing. He said that: “restoring the death penalty has profoundly eurosceptic implications.” And furthermore that: “US, India, China …
A one-day conference being organised by the WYNDHAM PLACE CHARLEMAGNE TRUST in conjunction with the Polish Institute for International Affairs (PISM), Warsaw with the generous support of the Polish Embassy …
Religion and politics – friends or foes? (15 September 2010) Read More »
“If there is a country in the world, where concord, according to common calculations, would be least expected, it is America. Made up, as it is, of people from different …
One of the criticisms often thrown at the idea of a united Europe is not only that it would inevitably be undemocratic, but that it is intended to be undemocratic. This …
The timing could not have been better. The fallout of the Conservative decision not to hold a referendum on the Lisbon treaty now that it has come into force, and …
British foreign secretary David Miliband has declared, in a change to what was understood to be previous policy, that the UK is not involved in a war on terror. (Read …