Category: Politics and Democracy
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Democracy Without Politicians?
Professor John Garry looks at the idea of deliberative democracy in Northern Ireland and asks if the idea of “randomocracy” can enhance the quality of governance by involving citizens in decision making.
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Irish Civil War politics are dead and gone; they’re with De Valera, MacBride and Mulcahy in the grave
With the Irish general election having thrown up the prospect of a Fianna Fáil-Fine Gael coalition, Dr Marie Coleman examines the historical background to the divisions between the two parties and argues that Civil War politics disappeared long before 2016.
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Deciding which victims should be eligible for a pension following the Troubles.
As the debate on dealing with the past rumbles on, Dr Luke Moffett reflects on the recommendation for a “pension” for all those killed in the Troubles and examines the practice in other countries to provide some insights in how to tackle this issue and asks who should be eligible for such payments?
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Should Unionists Commemorate the Easter Rising?
Dr Marie Coleman reflects on this year’s centenary of the Easter Rising and asks whether unionists should participate in the commemorations.
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Iowa Caucuses Shake Up an Already Strange Nomination Race
As the presidential race kicks off in America, Dr Christopher Raymond looks at the runners and riders and analyses the results of the recent Iowa caucuses.
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Election 2016 could be the real ‘earthquake’ Irish election
In the first of a series of QPol articles on Ireland’s Election 2016, Dr Muiris MacCarthaigh looks at the changing political landscape in Ireland and highlights some of the policy challenges the new government will face.
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What is there for the Arts with the new Super Councils in Northern Ireland?
Dr Victoria Durrer looks at the new ‘super-councils’ in Northern Ireland and asks what opportunities the re-organisation of local government might provide for the arts.
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‘Law and Justice’? Poland’s (re)turn to Catholic Morality and a Homogenous Society
Dr Ulrike M Vieten looks at the recent election of the ‘Law and Justice’ party in Poland and considers what this says about present day Polish society.
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Political economy won it for Corbyn
What does Jeremy Corbyn’s huge victory in the Labour leadership contest represent and how should we understand it?
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Corbynomics: It’s the politics, not the economics
Dr Andrew Baker examines the rise of ‘Corbynomics’ and what that may mean for UK political and economic discourse if Jeremy Corbyn is elected Labour leader.