Well here we are, the end of term. But don’t worry we’ve got a round up of interesting stuff to stimulate the brain as we head into the festive season.
End of Term Video: Reflecting on 2020
For the End of Term Event some students from IP Department helped to make a video reflecting on their experiences of 2020 and hopes for 2021. If you missed the event you can still watch the video!
The City Politics Podcast Episode 7: 2020 and the Future of Democracy
David Blunt and Konstantin Vossing were joined by Inderjeet Parmar and Lise Butler to discuss the what lessons can be drawn from this horribly remarkable and remarkably horrible year, as well as what is on the horizon for democracy.
Tune in, turn on, and take notes.
Also available on Spotify and Apple Podcasts.
And if you like it be sure to rate and review!
Seeing the unseen: Uncovering networks of informal coordination among interest groups
A new short piece co-authored by City’s own Stefano Pagliari has been published here!
Interest groups interact with one another and frequently coordinate their activities, but much of this communication takes place behind closed doors. Drawing on a new study, Stefano Pagliari and Kevin L Young present a novel approach for uncovering networks of interest groups by using ‘text reuse’ analysis.
This is based of work from the article Exploring information exchange among interest groups: a text-reuse approach that was recently published in the Journal of European Public Policy.
The Past Is Now: On Amin Samman’s “History in Financial Times”
Amin Samman’s recent book History in Financial Times has been given an excellent review by John Macintosh in the LA Review of Books.
You can read it here!