Global Politics
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The Levellers’ Agreement: A Preview from the Author of “The Levelling: What’s Next After Globalization”
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It is likely that many Oxford students have not heard of The Levellers. More may have heard of the Putney Debates. The Debates have recently been acknowledged as one of the most important moments in English history and as the crucible of modern constitutional democracy. More than a year earlier, King Charles I had lost…
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The Importance of European Citizens in the Democratic Legitimacy of the European Union
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1. Introduction The history of the European Union has frequently been punctuated by spats over sovereignty between Brussels and member states. It is also apparent that these have become more serious as the union has evolved towards a quasi-federal super state and is currently reaching what is described by several of its leaders as “an…
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The Catalan dispute underlines the EU’s limited understanding of democracy
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The world’s eyes have turned away from Madrid. Nobody expected that international interest would be maintained throughout the trial of the Catalan independence campaigners, especially now the procedurally complex case is approaching its fiftieth day. But that should not make believers in the European project forget what is at stake there, in what is perhaps…
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Australia’s Revolving Door Prime Ministership
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Since 2010, Australia has changed its leader on five separate occasions: in 2010, twice in 2013, in 2015, and in 2018. Only one of these was at a general election, the rest were the handiwork of MPs and Senators. As a result, Canberra has earned the nickname ‘the coup capital of the western world’. While…