Politics Resources (page 7)

Illusion and Feasibility in Spanish Politics: Podemos? Spain, with an unemployment rate of 24% and a youth unemployment rate of 53%, is also leader in the rankings of social inequa...

The Prevention of Terrorism (Temporary Provisions) Act was implemented by the British government in 1974, mainly in response to increasing tensions in Northern Ireland and the rise of...

Many have declared the 21st century as the 'century for the woman' (UN Women, 2011), and indeed, in many respects it has been, so far. With regards to human security, much more attent...

The flexible nature of neo-Gramscian hegemony Neo-Gramscian hegemony, in stark contrast to HST yet with some remarkable similarities, asserts that a hegemon assembles a hegemonic ...

Today we live in a world of numerous identities. Each identity defines a person and ascertains his singularity among the masses. It, in turn, unites a conglomeration of people on th...

When analysing each specific issue I shall try and use case studies alongside statistical evidence to prove that the impacts of debt and certain areas of trade/aid are negative althou...

Paradoxically, there are many cases where incomes are increasing alongside international migration (UNDESA, 2006:3). Social scientists have found that it is not usually the poorest ho...

Migration is a phenomenon that has always accompanied human evolution. Ever since homo erectus first migrated out of Africa 60,000 years ago (National Geographic, 2014), man has "rele...

Last Sunday, Brazil saw the largest demonstrations against President Dilma Rousseff. Thousands of people took to the streets of the main cities making demands of impeachment and even ...

As a Brazilian who has lived in London for almost twenty years, I welcome Dave Zirin's new book Brazil's Dance with the Devil published by Haymarket Books. I can recommend it to anyon...