In an extract from The Conversation’s new book on democracy, we chart the origins of the parties that dominate politics today ...

political economy and macroeconomics. It addresses real world problems using historical reflection, conceptual discussion and in-depth case studies. You will explore key events that have shaped the ...

Professors Archon Fung of Harvard Kennedy School and Lawrence Lessig of Harvard Law School say Trump’s brazen embrace of ...

From spending caps to lower thresholds for donation disclosures, the reforms are the most comprehensive changes to ...

With sections on our parliament, our government and the Constitution, the book aims to delve deeper into all aspect of ...

Centrist Liberal Party leader Ilie Bolojan became Romania's interim president on Wednesday, facing the uphill challenge of steering the country through a repeat presidential election in May with the ...

At Argentina's Ministry of Deregulation and State Transformation, two piles of laws to be streamlined or cut sit on a wooden ...

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As Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu returns from a week-long trip to Washington, toting a fantastical and radical Gaza plan from the American president, he finds a country at a crossroads ...

We're getting a look at how the public mood and political attitudes have changed over time thanks to economic shifts and dislocation. Paul Solman sat down with Nobel-winning economist Paul Krugman to ...

M&S and Tesco among those sounding the alarm over the Chancellor’s business rates system shake-up ...