Paul Dixon

Professor Paul Dixon is an Honorary Visiting Fellow at Birkbeck College, University of London and author of Performing the Northern Ireland Peace Process: In Defence of Politics (Palgrave 2018).

Democracy and the populist idealism of right and left

Is ‘the will of the people’ a myth in British democracy? What do we learn from Brexit?

By Paul Dixon

/ 25 Feb 2020

Democracy and the populist idealism of right and left

Honourable deceptions in the choreography of the Northern Ireland Peace Process

In some situations, the end does justify the means. In these anti-political times isn't it useful to remember the positive role political actors can play in making the world a better place?

By Paul Dixon

/ 9 Apr 2018

Jo Cox MP: the compassionate road to war

Jo Cox MP was the embodiment of humanitarianism, but does that make her politics - specifically her stance on intervention in Syria - beyond criticism?

By Paul Dixon

/ 29 Jun 2017

Is Corbyn’s Thatcherite idealism the Labour Party’s salvation?

The Corbynite portrayal of Thatcher’s ‘Fundi’ rise to power is inexact.

By Paul Dixon

/ 17 Sep 2015