Tag: election
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A Word from our Experts: What Trump means for US trade and globalisation
Given the emphasis on trade policy during the US election campaign, Dr Billy Melo Araujo looks at the likelihood of Donald Trump following up on his trade-related promises.
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A Word from our Experts: How Did Donald Trump Win the 2016 Election?!
Following Donald Trump’s election as US President, Dr Christopher Raymond looks at the voting patterns across the country and provides an analysis as to how Trump staged one of the greatest election upsets in American history.
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Austria and Mr ‘Far-Right Charming’?
In the wake of the recent presidential election in Austria, Dr Ulrike Vieten reflects on the growing normalisation of pop-populist far-right parties across Europe.
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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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Primarily Dysfunctional: The 2016 US Presidential primaries are firmly underway
With just under 500 days to go, the US Presidential campaign is firmly underway. The campaign rhetoric is already heated, and with the long campaign to come, and the large field of candidates, things are only going to get hotter.
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The Unionist Pact: Did it work?
Now that the dust has settled following #GE2015, Dr Christopher Raymond examines the ‘Unionist Pact’ in Northern Ireland and asks whether it was successful.
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Improvements in the representation of women in the new Parliament?
Women’s representation in the UK Parliament is moving upwards, but does this tell the whole story? Professor Yvonne Galligan examines the fallout from the 2015 Westminster election.
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Putting wellbeing at the heart of governance in Northern Ireland
Academics from the School of Law have been working with the Carnegie UK Trust and others from government, industry and wider civic society to propose a new ‘wellbeing framework’ for Northern Ireland, exploring how the concept of wellbeing can be used to promote social change.
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Should 16 year olds be able to vote?
In advance of this week’s Westminster election and the 2016 Northern Ireland Assembly election, Dr Neil Matthews and Dr John Garry ask whether 16/17 year olds should be allowed to vote.