Opinion

Can democracy cope? - Mark Beeson writes for The Conversation

Monday, 16 February 2015

Professor Mark Beeson from Political Science and International Relations regularly contributes to The Conversation. This week he considers whether democracies are facing multiple challenges from globalisation and a loss of legitimacy that may mean that they can no longer be able to deal with contemporary problems: Can democracy cope?

Gates Foundation is too big to ignore the politics of poverty - Professor Graham Brown writes for The Conversation

Monday, 9 February 2015

Graham Brown, the School of Social Sciences' new Professor of International Development, has published an article in The Conversation on the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and the politics of development assistance. In the article, Prof Brown argues that the Gates Foundation has grown to big to ignore the political issues surrounding poverty. He suggests that while their massive financial commitment to finding solutions for major public health challenges is admirable, they should start engaging more with political issues in order to reach those most in need of their assistance

The intellectual Premier League - Mark Beeson writes for The Conversation

Monday, 9 February 2015

Professor Mark Beeson from Political Science and International Relations regularly contributes to The Conversation. This week he explores what it takes to have a major intellectual impact in the social sciences and offers an original way of ranking the some of the all time greats and not so greats: The intellectual Premier League.