Politics & Society

Scholars ask for help in uncovering Nisenan and Cornish Links

Scholars in Cornwall are asking family historians at home and in California to help track the links between Cornish immigrants,...

Involving workers essential to ensure industrial policies serve the public interest

Involving workers and others in society is essential to ensure Brazilian industrial policies serve the country’s development goals and the...

Votes at 16 and national service policies both fail to impress voters, new study shows

Voters are unimpressed by Labour and Conservative policies announced to engage young people in politics and civic life, a new...

Specialist training transforms football coach attitudes towards intervening to prevent violence and abuse, study shows

Specialist training is helping sports coaches to safely and effectively intervene when witnessing abusive behaviour towards females, a study shows....

Iran’s water policy is discriminatory and an example of “environmental racism”, study says

Iran’s water policy is discriminatory and an example of environmental racism, with specific regions and ethnic groups deliberately impoverished, damaged...

Efforts to boost social mobility must move away escapist “helicopter” policies, experts warn

Efforts to boost social mobility must move away from “helicopter” policies designed to encourage some chosen few children to “escape”...

Keir Starmer’s reputation as “Mr Rules” reflects the growing “juridifcation” of politics, study shows

Keir Starmer’s efforts to be “Mr Rules” and his focus on calling for probes and inquiries reflects the growing “juridification”...