The Trumpification of the US media: why chasing news values distorts politics
Mar 10, 2016 23:19 pm UTC| Insights & Views Politics
Outside the US, the prospect of Donald Trump being elected president is typically met with a mixture of amusement and alarm. After all, how can a billionaire reality TV star become the most powerful leader in the world...
As lobbying rules sweep the world, Scotland's plans look half-baked
Mar 10, 2016 14:56 pm UTC| Law Politics
There is a transparency trend developing across many countries in Europe and beyond. Dozens of countries have introduced legislation around freedom of information and access to documents, and in some cases open-government...
Andrew Jackson: Donald Trump's presidential forefather
Mar 10, 2016 13:17 pm UTC| Insights & Views Politics
To the horror of the mainstream Republican Party, Donald Trump is the frontrunner for its nomination in the 2016 presidential contest. To listen to the panicked, baffled tone of the coverage, you might think that nothing...
Poll trend to Labor continues; Trump, Cruz battle for Republican nomination
Mar 10, 2016 00:08 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics
This weeks 50-50 Newspoll showed that last fortnights Newspoll was no fluke, and we also now have a 50-50 from Essential. Morgan is at 53-47 to the Coalition, but Labors primary vote of only 29.5% in Morgan seems far too...
Should academics be policy-relevant realists or cosmopolitan idealists?
Mar 09, 2016 22:36 pm UTC| Insights & Views Politics
One of Oscar Wildes more memorable and inspiring aphorisms claimed that a map of the world without utopia on it is not worth looking at. While many of us might agree with the sentiment, the theory let alone the practice ...
Why March 15 will be make or break for the presidential candidates
Mar 09, 2016 22:24 pm UTC| Politics
The strangest and most volatile presidential race in modern history got even more unpredictable on Tuesday night. On the Republican side, Donald Trump overcame a relentless wave of establishment attacks to win...
Donald trumping all in the Republican race is only possible thanks to an undemocratic system
Mar 09, 2016 22:06 pm UTC| Politics
Donald Trump continued his winning form in the Republican presidential primaries on Wednesday. He won primaries in Mississippi and Michigan, and the Hawaii caucus, to go with the swag of states he won on Super...
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