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What Brexit and Trump mean for Global Justice and International Development
Society, Politics & Law

What Brexit and Trump mean for Global Justice and International Development

...out, they voiced the concerns of those people ‘left behind’ by globalisation. It also seems to mark the end of a liberal-cosmopolitan approach to global justice and international development that has provided moral justification to Western politics over the last 25 years, and especially since the collapse of the Soviet Union. In terms of international development,...
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What would happen to the economy if we all stopped drinking?
Money & Business

What would happen to the economy if we all stopped drinking?

...out this argument in more detail. It walks through the economic consequences of a fall in alcohol consumption to show that they are not to be feared. To begin with, just because people drink less does not necessarily mean they will spend less on alcohol: they may simply choose to buy more expensive drinks. Indeed, we find that the negative effects on the alcohol industry...
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What does the law say about a second Scottish independence referendum?
Society, Politics & Law

What does the law say about a second Scottish independence referendum?

...out and banners dusted down. But there are significant question marks as to what the legal basis will be for what is being dubbed indyref2. [The Conversation] In 2012, the Edinburgh Agreement was signed by the UK and Scottish governments, following negotiations that determined the legal basis of the referendum. What is known as a section 30 order was granted by the UK...
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60 Years after the Treaty of Rome: Lessons from history for today's EU
Society, Politics & Law

60 Years after the Treaty of Rome: Lessons from history for today's EU

...out five potential future paths for the EU, including a ‘federal leap’ that calls for still deeper integration. As European leaders consider such options for the future of the EU, their decisions should be informed by lessons from the history of the European project. Understandings of the history of European integration have been shaped by an evocative phrase...
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Article 10 mins
Has media literacy become self-destructive?
Education & Development

Has media literacy become self-destructive?

...out in communities where the “liberal media” is viewed with disdain as an untrustworthy source of information…or in those where science is seen as contradicting the knowledge of religious people…or where degrees are viewed as a weapon of the elite to justify oppression of working people. Needless to say, not everyone agrees on what makes a trusted source. Students...
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After Manchester: How can you help if you know someone affected by a terror attack
Health, Sports & Psychology

After Manchester: How can you help if you know someone affected by a terror attack

...out of fear of “saying the wrong thing”. Others, also usually well-intentioned, jump in and offer misinformed advice or make insensitive comments, thinking they are helping, whereas they may be causing further distress. For a while, it was believed that people who were survivors of disasters should talk in great detail about what had happened – known as...
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Why did the SNP lose seats in the 2017 General Election?
Society, Politics & Law

Why did the SNP lose seats in the 2017 General Election?

...out of a possible 59. Only two years later, however, and this was reduced to 34 seats. The party also lost two of their biggest names in Westminster – depute leader of the party Angus Robertson and former first minister Alex Salmond. What lies behind these changing fortunes? Here are five important factors: 1. The election was fought on very different grounds in...
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After the mudslide, what help does Sierra Leone need?
Society, Politics & Law

After the mudslide, what help does Sierra Leone need?

...out. It will have been their fellow survivors and neighbours, followed by local and then national teams, who will have determined whether they lived or died. But as Sierra Leone buries the nearly 500 people known to have been killed by the mudslide, international help may well still be needed. Outbreaks of disease, such as cholera, often follow such tragedies – and then...
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