Publications

Economic Austerity, Social Enterprise and Equality is one of the four themes within the Civil Society Research Centre. This theme explores the inter-relationship between aspects of civil society and the economy in a time of austerity by examining how economic trends are related to key aspects of civil society including; levels of social enterprise, trade…

Individuals, Institutions and Governance is one of the four themes within the Civil Society Research Centre. The projects within this theme use the prisms of multi-level governance; neo-institutional theory and sub-national public policy-making to examine devolution and the changing relations between individuals, institutions in civil society and the state.  

Locality, Community and Civil Society is one of the four themes within the Civil Society Research Centre. This theme explores the reconfiguration and re-articulation of local civil society in the context of contemporary social and economic change.  

Thoughts from young people about the UK’s EU Referendum.

Thoughts from young people about the UK’s EU Referendum.

International migration to rural areas has become an increasingly important process in Europe, with the potential to act as a key driver of change in the localities concerned. Research has started to document patterns of international migration and the experiences of migrants, but this emergent body of literature is partial and fragmented between regional-scale studies…

The Brexit vote was a singular event that is one symptom of a continuing organic crisis of the British state and society and a stimulus for further struggles over the future of the United Kingdom and its place in Europe and the wider world. This crisis previously enabled the rise of Thatcherism as a neoliberal and neoconservative project (with New Labour…

There has been much debate regarding the electoral strategy adopted by New Labour in the lead-up to and then during their time in government. This paper addresses the issue from the perspective of left/right and liberal/authoritarian considerations by examining data on individual attitudes from the British Social Attitudes survey between 1986 and 2009. The analysis indicates that…

A book review by Bob Jessop.

A chapter from Devolution and Social Policy in the UK, focusing on devolution and social policy in Wales.