How our society make decisions is crucial. Publication in this theme consider not just structural failings of existing electoral politics, but what sufficient democracy to navigate our predicament would look like. They consider alternative decision making processes as well as specific types of decisions and policy areas which need separate rules, bodies and structures. They consider question around political mandates in content of bold interventions needed in our economy.
This two part gas explores the Need to Reclaim Politics from Growth and Vested Interests, in part through a Shared Vision of Equity, Democracy and Ecological Limits
João Craveiro reviews George Monbiot and Peter Hutchison's book, 'The Secret History of Neoliberalism (& How It Came to Control Your Life)'. A crucial read for anyone interested in political discourse, this book brings to light just how this ideology came to control cultural and economic discourse.
The Great British Pension Fiasco unearths the uncomfortable truth about the very institutions entrusted with safeguarding the UK’s financial stability. This is a tale of the failed governance that paved the road to more austerity, stalling the green transition and gutting social investment.