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1,000 days with no Stormont

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Northern Ireland has now been without a government for 1,000 days. Professor David Phinnemore explores the challenges ahead.

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2017 – a review of the year so far!

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Dr Katy Hayward shares her thoughts of the year so far on Slugger TV. 

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Gender and Political Leadership

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In the run-up to the US presidential election, Professor Yvonne Galligan takes a look at gender equality in political leadership across the world and asks what can be done to tackle the cultural bias towards males in such leadership roles and bring about a greater level of gender balance.

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The Politics of Commemoration

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Dr Margaret O’Callaghan reflects on how the commemoration of 1916 at different points in time is a snapshot of the politics and tensions of the day. (Image: GPO Dublin 1916)

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Towards a People Powered Politics

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Join Geoff Mulgan, CEO of NESTA, as he shares some ideas he has gathered from his travels around the world on how politics can be organised differently in in the future.

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Parties, Polls and Predictions: Who will win the Irish General Election?

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The forthcoming Irish General Election is shaping up to be one of the most contested in living memory, with a greater number of parties and policies competing for public attention and votes, and presenting multiple coalition options. This free open symposium in QUB brings together some of Ireland’s most prominent political scientists to discuss their predictions for the election and the likely shape of the next government.

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Election 2016 could be the real ‘earthquake’ Irish election

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In the first of a series of QPol articles on Ireland’s Election 2016, Dr Muiris MacCarthaigh looks at the changing political landscape in Ireland and highlights some of the policy challenges the new government will face.

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‘Law and Justice’? Poland’s (re)turn to Catholic Morality and a Homogenous Society

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Dr Ulrike M Vieten looks at the recent election of the ‘Law and Justice’ party in Poland and considers what this says about present day Polish society.

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Corbynomics: It’s the politics, not the economics

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Dr Andrew Baker examines the rise of ‘Corbynomics’ and what that may mean for UK political and economic discourse if Jeremy Corbyn is elected Labour leader.

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The Problem with Petitions of Concern

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Ahead of another divisive debate on welfare reform in the Northern Ireland Assembly, Dr Alex Schwartz examines the Petition of Concern and asks whether it is appropriate to use the procedure to protect party-political interests.

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2015 Westminster election: A small party’s dream or worst nightmare?

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Smaller ‘third’ parties could play a pivotal role in this month’s election, although Dr Christopher Raymond argues that the campaign exposes some serious limits to their long-term influence.

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