Outputs (42)

Expanding the role of civil society in Britain and beyond (2012)
Book Chapter
Monaghan, E. (2012). Expanding the role of civil society in Britain and beyond. In J. Connelly, & J. Hayward (Eds.), The Withering of the Welfare State : Regression (37-51). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230349230_3

© Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 2012. The social, political and economic changes that indicate a withering of the welfare state have, as well as changing the relationship between the state and the economy, also brough... Read More about Expanding the role of civil society in Britain and beyond.

Content Net Neutrality – A Critique (2012)
Book Chapter
Cohen-Almagor, R. (2012). Content Net Neutrality – A Critique. In H. Demir (Ed.), Luciano Floridi’s Philosophy of Technology : Critical Reflections (151-167). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-4292-5_8

This Essay takes issue with two prevailing arguments. The first endorses content net neutrality while the second holds that the Internet is a public domain with the widest possible scope for freedom of expression. I argue that some value screening of... Read More about Content Net Neutrality – A Critique.

Human welfare in a world of states: reassessing the balance of responsibility (2012)
Book Chapter
Morris, J., & Wheeler, N. (2012). Human welfare in a world of states: reassessing the balance of responsibility. In J. Connelly, & J. Hayward (Eds.), The Withering of the Welfare State : Regression (175-192). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230349230_11

The welfare of people and their division into states are inextricably linked. As Robert Jackson observes, about at least one thing most political theorists agree: If the good life is to be obtained in this mortal world it can only be obtained within... Read More about Human welfare in a world of states: reassessing the balance of responsibility.

Gordon Brown and the negation of England (2012)
Book Chapter
Lee, S. (2012). Gordon Brown and the negation of England. In A. Aughey, & C. Berberich (Eds.), These Englands : a conversation on national identity (155-173). Manchester University Press. https://doi.org/10.7765/9781526142276

An analysis of how Gordon Brown's politics and statecraft conflated notions of Britain and Britishness with those of England and Englishness in order to negate the latter.

European disunion: between sovereignty and solidarity (2012)
Book
Hayward, J., & Wurzel, R. (2012). European disunion: between sovereignty and solidarity. Palgrave Macmillan

The Euro crisis catapulted the European Union into its most serious political crisis since its inception, leaving it simultaneously torn between opposing demands for more sovereignty and solidarity. Throughout its history, the Union has been plagued... Read More about European disunion: between sovereignty and solidarity.

'Thatcher, 1975-9' (2012)
Book Chapter
Lord Norton of Louth, P. (2012). 'Thatcher, 1975-9'. In Leaders of the Opposition from Churchill to Cameron (97 - 108). Palgrave Macmillan

Une Innovation Constitutionnelle: Des Législatures à Durée Déterminée Au Royaume-Uni = A Constitutional Innovation: Fixed-Term Legislatures in the United Kingdom (2012)
Journal Article
Lord Norton of Louth, P. (2012). Une Innovation Constitutionnelle: Des Législatures à Durée Déterminée Au Royaume-Uni = A Constitutional Innovation: Fixed-Term Legislatures in the United Kingdom. Pouvoirs, 141, 147 - 155. https://doi.org/10.3917/pouv.141.0145

Constitutional change and the tensions of liberal democracy (2012)
Book Chapter
Norton, P. (2012). Constitutional change and the tensions of liberal democracy. In J. Connelly, & J. Hayward (Eds.), The Withering of the Welfare State (71-85). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230349230_5

The past 50 years have witnessed significant changes in the constitutional arrangements of nations around the globe. Changes have been necessary in order to ensure a stable polity, achieving or maintaining some degree of balance between effectiveness... Read More about Constitutional change and the tensions of liberal democracy.

Free Riding? The Costs of Defence: the United Kingdom, France and the United States of America. (2012)
Book Chapter
Martin, C. (2012). Free Riding? The Costs of Defence: the United Kingdom, France and the United States of America. In The Withering of the Welfare State: Regression (193 - 207). Palgrave Macmillan

Coalition cohesion (2012)
Book Chapter
Norton, P. (2012). Coalition cohesion. In T. Heppell, & D. Seawright (Eds.), Cameron and the Conservatives: The transition to coalition government (181-193). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230367487_13

Anthony King (1976) identified different modes of executive-legislative relations. In the United Kingdom, the most visible is the opposition mode, in which the party in government is pitted against the party or parties, in opposition. This mode, as K... Read More about Coalition cohesion.