The covidist state: opportunities for progressive politics?
The outbreak of COVID 19 has altered the model of the UK state. Can the emergency enlargement of the British state serve progressive purposes?
Reader in Political Economy, Manchester Metropolitan University
The outbreak of COVID 19 has altered the model of the UK state. Can the emergency enlargement of the British state serve progressive purposes?
Pre-pandemic class relationships are both shaping and disrupting the politics of covidism, with implications for a post-pandemic shift in the social order
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Our new research published today considers the perspectives of today’s young people on trade unionism – and how unions can respond […]
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The Chancellor glossed over terrible forecasts, delivered more hype than substance on industrial strategy, and succumbed to another housing market […]