Category: Institution
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Africa: Meet the New Gatekeepers, Same as the Old Gatekeeper
Examining the historical and contemporary political economy of extraction in sub-Saharan Africa through the lens of “gatekeeper states”.
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Nine Programmes: What British Television Actually Changes
Sixty years of British television, drama and documentary alike. What was it? Who made it, and why? What happened the night it went out? Did anything real follow.? And does anyone still reach for it now?
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Africa Architecture Brazil Cathedrals Colonialism Commodity Credit Culture Democracy Early Modern Economics Empire Exploration History Immigration India Institution Literature Migration Monasteries Nation State Painting Political Economy Portugal Post-Colonialism Resistance Revolution Spain State Trade
Portugal: The Empire Without a Bank
In which we examine why Portugal has always been under-capitalised.
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Ancient History Anthropology Authority Borders Bureaucracy Colonialism Community Democracy Egypt Elections Executive Florence Geo-Politics History Hungary Institution Judiciary Law Legislature Legitimation Medieval Migration Nation State Nationhood Opposition Political Economy Political Philosophy Power Press Renaissance Resistance Roman Empire State Surveillance Violence
The Machinery of Legitimation II
How States lose legitimacy.
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James Graham: Right Up Our Street
The playwright James Graham. Serious political economy content delivered as popular entertainment.
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PIG IRON: The Big Bets
Essays in Dignity and Political Economy. In which we show that International co-operation can happen when Capital wants it to
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PIG IRON 6B: The Work of Love
Essays in Dignity and Political Economy: In Which we Explore how Care is and Should be Valued
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PIG IRON 4: Who Gets To Decide
Essays in Dignity and Political Economy: In which we start to lay out some possibilities
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Shook at the Southwark Playhouse review *****
Shook Southwark Playhouse, 16th November 2019 The Papatango New Writing Prize is apparently the biggest of its kind in the UK, offering its winner the guarantee of a production and a commission to support a follow up play. The Funeral Director, Hanna, Trestle, Foxfinder, and especially Matt Grinter’s Orca, have…
At Home He Feels Like A Tourist 