Government & Politics

In this course, Dr Andrew Blick explores and analyses key developments in UK Government and Politics throughout 2022 and the first month of 2023. In the first module, Dr Blick tackles the eventful year of three Prime Ministers and what this can...

In this course, Professor Paul Webb (University of Sussex) explores party membership in the UK. In the first module, we ask why, if at all, parties still need party members, listing in detail the various purposes party members still serve in 2022....

In this course, Professor Stephen Tierney explores the United Kingdom’s constitution through the lens of the Brexit process, drawing out the constitutional issues and complexities brought to light by Brexit. In the first module, we introduce the...

In this course, Dr Andrew Blick (King’s College London) compares and contrasts the protections of civil and political rights in the UK and in the US. In the first module, we are introduced to the topic of civil and political rights, and begin to...

In this course, Dr Matt Dawson (University of Glasgow) explores the concept of neoliberalism in political philosophy and government policy up to the present day. In the first module, we put neoliberalism in context by first discussing its...

This course takes the form of a series of questions put to Sir Michael Barber, a senior government advisor who has worked with governments under a variety of UK Prime Ministers (from John Major to Boris Johnson) as well as with governments...

This course takes the form of a series of questions put to Sir Vince Cable, a senior politician and former leader of the Liberal Democrats who served as Business Secretary throughout 2010-15. In the first module, Vince Cable introduces himself and...

This course takes the form of a series of questions put to Lord David Blunkett, a senior politician (and the UK’s first blind cabinet minister) who has served as both Education Secretary and as Home Secretary and who now sits in the House of...

In this course, Professor Merris Amos explores the 1998 Human Rights Act in the context of present debates over the replacement of this Act with a new UK Bill of Rights. In the first module, Professor Amos offers some important contextual...