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27 March 2024 Party People: Candidates and Party Evolution Episode 12 of the People, Power, Politics podcast features a discussion of Allan Sikk and Philipp Köker’s recent OUP book Party People
27 March 2024 Argentine democracy at a crossroads. This time feels different Argentine democracy is again at a crossroads. But this time feels different as Argentina’s new maverick President Javier Milei seeks to assert his authority.
18 March 2024 Authoritarian Practices Go Well Beyond Authoritarian Regimes The latest People, Power, Politics episode features a conversation between Prof Marlies Glasius and CEDAR’s Licia Cianetti about authoritarian practices
14 February 2024 How to Stage a Coup and Ten Other Lessons from the World of Secret Statecraft In this latest People, Power, Politics podcast, Prof Rory Cormac talks about the fascinating world of secret statecraft and its implications for democracy.
Social in/justice and the politics of 'evidence' about language in education policy (MOSAIC Seminar) 2May
Fantasies and Situated Knowledges. The "Child" and the "Mother" in Debates about the Swiss Kindergarten (DOMUS Seminar) 13May