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Why isn't government policy more preventative?
,Paul Cairney and Emily St Denny, University of Stirling, evaluate the challenges and likely outcomes of preventative policy making in their blog for Universities Policy Engagement Network (UPEN
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Infrastructure spending: reversing or encouraging regional inequality?
The gap between rich and poor areas in the UK is larger than any other Western European country.
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Townscapes: Scotland
The declining economic fortunes of many towns, and the chasm that divides the experiences and outlooks of many of their inhabitants from the metropolitan centres where wealth and power have become
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Devolution in the UK: governing each NHS with one hand clapping?
Gwyn Bevan of the LSE reflects on devolution and the NHS in his contribution to the devolution at twenty series.
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Devolving welfare: Creating a velvet glove or dismantling the iron fist?
In her contribution to our series on devolution at twenty, Dr Hayley Bennett highlights the importance of examining both policy ideas and implementation approaches for devolved social sec
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How to conceptualise energy law and policy for an interdisciplinary audience: the case of post-Brexit UK
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Reforming Intergovernmental Relations in the United Kingdom
Experts from the Universities of Edinburgh and Cambridge have called for far-reaching reforms to the UK’s system of intergovernmental relations (IGR).
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A Wealthier, Fairer Scotland: The Political Economy of Constitutional Change
How can Scotland use its new and existing powers to create a brighter economic and social future?
The ambition of the Scottish Government
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General Election 2017: a Twitter Analysis
This work is produced by researchers at the Neuropolitics Research Lab, School of Social and Political Science and the School of Informatics at the University of Edinburgh.
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