Governance

BREXIT and Freedom of Movement: A Continental Perspective on the Post-Industrial Society - Josef Konvitz

Submitted by Josef Konvitz on November 15, 2016 - 11:08

Please find featured below and attached the full transcript of a Policy Scotland Lecture on BREXIT given by the Chair of the PASCAL Board, Professor Josef Konvitz in Glasgow on 7 November:

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Brexit Reframed: English Nationalism, Euroscepticism and the Anglosphere

Submitted by Franny Martens on November 13, 2016 - 11:23

Start: Nov 17 2016 12:30

Timezone: Australia/Melbourne

RMIT City Campus, Council Chamber Building 1, level 2R

124/126 La Trobe St

Melbourne

The Anglosphere was one of the surprise winners of the 2016 Referendum campaign. As an explicitly stated concept it appeared early on in the campaign but soon faded from view. But where it did play a part in the campaign was less as a unitary concept but more in its constituent parts: sometimes as an example to emulate and at other times as another layer of global interference to reject.

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"Inequality: The Facts and the Future" - A report by Chifley Research Centre

Submitted by Glen Postle on August 30, 2016 - 12:40

The Inclusive Prosperity Commission is a major policy project of the Chifley Research Centre, the think tank of the Australian Labor Party. Since its launch in 2014, the Commission has been exploring the threat to Australia’s future economic growth presented by growing inequality – and new policies to respond.

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Brexit: Making Sense Of Complex Challenges

Submitted by Franny Martens on July 12, 2016 - 07:42

Start: Jul 14 2016 12:30

Timezone: Australia/Melbourne

RMIT City Campus, Lecture Theatre, Building 13, level 3

379-405 Russell St

Melbourne

The decision in the British referendum that the United Kingdom leave the European Union has shocked people not only in the United Kingdom and Europe, but throughout the world. It has added to instability in global markets, and has generated profound uncertainty about the future relations amongst Britain, Europe and Australia.

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The role of civil society in democratization processes

Submitted by Bruce Wilson on June 18, 2015 - 06:01

What do the Velvet revolution, the transitions in Baltic countries in the 1990s and the Gezi Park protests in Istanbul have in common? Prof. Donatella Della Porta is leading an ambitious project to compare the most relevant democratization processes led by social movements of the last 25 years.

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NIU's Center for Governmental Studies Policy Profile: "Do Home Rule Governments Work Better?"

Submitted by Paul Crawford on March 8, 2011 - 11:52

Northern Illinois University Professor Curtis Wood offers a perspective on an issue that has been controversial in the United States since the end of the Revolutionary War. Prof. Wood makes an important contribution to the dialogue concerning centralization vs. decentralization in government (see "Do Home Rule Governments Work Better?" below).