‘A Conversation on the Role of Women in Transforming Conflict in the 21st Century’
A panel discussion on Dr Scilla Elworthy's new book Pioneering the Possible: Awakened Leadership for a World That Works and the Oxford launch of Rising Women Rising World
On the panel:
Professor Richard Caplan (Professor of International Relations, University of Oxford)
Dr Rama Mani (Senior Research Associate of the University of Oxford’s Centre for International Studies, received the 2013 Peter Becker Peace Prize for 25 years peace activism and scholarship, co-founder of Rising Women Rising World)
Long-term Landscape, Environment and Climate Change Studies, from the Past through to Predictive Models for Future Developments
Paul Chaisty and Stephen Whitefield write about 'Putin's Nationalism Problem'
Stuart White, Director of the Public Policy Unit, DPIR
On Tuesday 25 February, from 13:00 to 17:00, the Department of Politics and International Relations hosted an event on the subject of Academic Blogging: Political Analysis in the Digital Age in the Lecture Theatre of Manor Road Building.
Economic Governance in Europe: Comparative Paradoxes and Constitutional Challenges
Federico Fabbrini (Faculty of Law, University of Copenhagen) delivered a talk on his book manuscript 'Economic Governance in Europe: Comparative Paradoxes and Constitutional Challenges'.
Nationalism, decolonization, geopolitics and the Asian post-war
A Government that Worked Better and Cost Less? Evaluating Three Decades of Reform and Change in UK Central Government
A Government that Worked Better and Cost Less? aims to address that gap, offering a unique evaluation of UK government modernization programmes from 1980 to the present day. The book provides a distinctive framework for evaluating long-term performance in government, bringing together the 'working better' and 'costing less' dimensions, and presents detailed primary evidence within that framework.
How Data Churn Destroys Evidence about Public Service Performance and What Can be Done about it
Session 2 'Religiosity, Activism and Mobilization'
The theme of this seminar was the relationship between religion and politics, which inevitably comes to the fore in new ways as Egyptian political parties embark upon democratic competition for votes. Before the Arab spring, there was a long held view that democracy cannot really flourish in a predominantly Muslim society. The first three years of the post-Arab spring Egypt provide an excellent opportunity to unearth many of the arguments and counter-argument surrounding this – and other – views.
Session 1 'Religion and Politics in Egyptian Public Opinion'
The theme of this seminar was the relationship between religion and politics, which inevitably comes to the fore in new ways as Egyptian political parties embark upon democratic competition for votes. Before the Arab spring, there was a long held view that democracy cannot really flourish in a predominantly Muslim society. The first three years of the post-Arab spring Egypt provide an excellent opportunity to unearth many of the arguments and counter-argument surrounding this – and other – views.