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Securing the state in post transition Tunisia: Reconfiguring regime legitimacy in an age of authoritarian neoliberalism (2023)
Thesis
Maryon, R. Securing the state in post transition Tunisia: Reconfiguring regime legitimacy in an age of authoritarian neoliberalism. (Thesis). Cardiff University. Retrieved from https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/11847475

In this thesis I aim to answer the question as to how, following the fall of the Ben Ali regime, in January 2011, successive post-transition governments have sought to reconfigure their claims to legitimacy and the role security politics has played i... Read More about Securing the state in post transition Tunisia: Reconfiguring regime legitimacy in an age of authoritarian neoliberalism.

Local food partnerships in Wales (2023)
Report
Jones, M., & Hills, S. (2023). Local food partnerships in Wales. Bristol: National Lottery Community Fund and Esmee Fairbairn Foundation

In 2022 the government in Wales became the first of the four UK nations to fund the development of multi-sectoral food partnerships in all local authority areas. This report presents an analysis of the background, plans and early progress taking plac... Read More about Local food partnerships in Wales.

Veganism’s anti-anthropocentric capacity: A critical analysis of the advocacy discourse of three prominent vegan organisations (2023)
Journal Article
Gough, L. A. (2023). Veganism’s anti-anthropocentric capacity: A critical analysis of the advocacy discourse of three prominent vegan organisations. Relations. Beyond Anthropocentrism, 11(1), 9-28. https://doi.org/10.7358/rela-2023-01-goul

Anthropocentrism has been identified as a root cause of nonhuman animal and intrahuman oppressions and the environmental crisis. Veganism has been celebrated as a philosophy and practice capable of undermining anthropocentrism, yet the anti-anthropoc... Read More about Veganism’s anti-anthropocentric capacity: A critical analysis of the advocacy discourse of three prominent vegan organisations.

Another brick in the wall? The case for embedded foresight (2023)
Report
De Vito, L., & Radaelli, C. M. (2023). Another brick in the wall? The case for embedded foresight

Foresight can support policymakers to address long-term goals and navigate uncertainty in a context of poly- and perma-crisis. Common foresight methods like scenario planning and horizon scanning are commonly deployed to anticipate future risks and o... Read More about Another brick in the wall? The case for embedded foresight.

Political leadership: When place makes a difference (2023)
Book Chapter
Hambleton, R. (2023). Political leadership: When place makes a difference. In F. Teles (Ed.), Handbook on Local and Regional Governance (234-252). Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing

This chapter considers the importance of place in the modern world and explores the major power struggle that is now underway between place-less power and place-based power. Place-less power refers to the exercise of power by decision makers who are... Read More about Political leadership: When place makes a difference.

Conversation #48: The radical right threat to cities and communities (2022)
Digital Artefact
Hambleton, R. (2022). Conversation #48: The radical right threat to cities and communities. [Website article]

This short article examines the growing influence of right-wing parties on local politics in Europe. It suggests that the rise of the radical right is not, as some commentators have claimed, a new phenomenon. Rather, the article explains that right... Read More about Conversation #48: The radical right threat to cities and communities.

Global Displacement in the 21st Century - Towards an Ethical Framework (2022)
Book
Cole, P. (2022). Global Displacement in the 21st Century - Towards an Ethical Framework. Edinburgh University Press

In this book Phillip Cole calls for a radical review of what international protection looks like and who is entitled to it. The book brings together different issues of forced displacement to provide a systematic overview. It draws attention to group... Read More about Global Displacement in the 21st Century - Towards an Ethical Framework.

Global Politics in a Post-Truth Age (2022)
Book
Ahmadzai, A., Balla, E., Hansen, E. S., Hyvönen, A., Lee, T. M. L., Makris, S., …Viparelli, I. (2022). S. McGlinchey, L. S. Lin, Z. S. Balci, & P. Vernon (Eds.). Global Politics in a Post-Truth Age. Bristol, UK: E-International Relations

This book brings together ten chapters that reflect upon the state of global, regional and national politics in the twenty-first century within the context of post-truth. The Oxford Dictionary’s definition of post-truth describes it as circumstances... Read More about Global Politics in a Post-Truth Age.

The future of last-mile deliveries: Understanding the local perspective (2022)
Report
Paddeu, D. (2022). The future of last-mile deliveries: Understanding the local perspective. Online: Local Government Association

The Local Government Association commissioned Dr Daniela Paddeu of the Centre for Transport and Society, University of the West of England, to carry out independent research to explore the role of local authorities in co-designing and implementing su... Read More about The future of last-mile deliveries: Understanding the local perspective.

The Bristol referendum 2022: Thinking through the options (2022)
Digital Artefact
Hambleton, R., Sweeting, D., & Oliver, T. (2022). The Bristol referendum 2022: Thinking through the options. [Online article]

This short article outlines the differences between the mayoral model of decision-making (in which citizens directly elect the city leader) and the committee system of decision-making (in which elected councillors choose who will be the leader of the... Read More about The Bristol referendum 2022: Thinking through the options.

Post-war UK transport policy and the Mini Cooper S (2021)
Other
Barker, P. (2021). Post-war UK transport policy and the Mini Cooper S. [Printed paper]. Suffolk, England UK

The strange story of Minister of Transport Ernest Marples, Chairman of British Railways Board Dr Richard Beeching, the Mini Cooper S and the decimation of Britain's passenger carrying railways from 1963

"Truly it felt like year one": A tour of Angela Carter's 1960s Bristol (2020)
Digital Artefact
Crofts, C. (2020). "Truly it felt like year one": A tour of Angela Carter's 1960s Bristol. [Live-streamed Video Presentation]

A Tour of Angela Carter's 1960s Bristol’ virtual tour by Angela Carter Society at Being Human Festival of the Humanities, 14 Nov. Join author Dr Stephen Hunt (Angela Carter’s Provincial Bohemia) on a virtual tour of Angela Carter’s 1960s Bristol,... Read More about "Truly it felt like year one": A tour of Angela Carter's 1960s Bristol.

A political economy of genocide in Australia: The architecture of dispossession then and now (2019)
Book Chapter
Crook, M., & Short, D. (2019). A political economy of genocide in Australia: The architecture of dispossession then and now. In J. Bachman (Ed.), Cultural Genocide: Law, Politics and Global Manifestations (140-178). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781351214100-7

This chapter examines the full range of literature on aboriginal participation in the Australian economy. Most of the scholarly works that consider the question of genocide in Australia focus on the “dispersal” extermination campaigns of the 1800s an... Read More about A political economy of genocide in Australia: The architecture of dispossession then and now.