Andrew Bowman is a researcher at the Centre for Research on Socio-Cultural Change and editor for Red Pepper Magazine and Manchester Mule.
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Published in: openDemocracyUKEnglish city mayors: a sticking plaster on the north south divideWill directly-elected Mayors be a blessing or a curse for local democracy in England? Can they redress the imbalance...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKThe (mis)rule of the econocrats: how to re-politicise economics
The financial crisis demonstrated extraordinary failures on the part of policy elites and economic experts. And yet...
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Published in: HomeThreat to opportunity: the new logic of climate policy
In the clutches of recession, the Ryanair chief executive may now breathe a sigh of relief as binding emission...
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Published in: openEconomyThe grip of the banking lobby on British politics seems unlikely to soften soon
The political moment for reform of the banking and shadow-banking industries seems to have passed. UK politics is in...