Tag: Society
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We never went back home
79 years ago in the middle of August, when India and Pakistan gained independence, we left home and never returned. We had to get on a train or walk in one direction. Maybe the door was locked behind us, maybe not. What can we carry on our backs with small children too? We’ll return one…
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Book Review: Political Order and Political Decay by Francis Fukuyama
Quote of the book “The right to participate politically grants recognition to the moral personhood of the citizen, and exercise of that right gives that person some degree of agency over the common life of the community.” 5 key points Review Political Order and Political Decay: From the Industrial Revolution to the Globalization of Democracy is…
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Book Review: The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream by Barack Obama
Quote of the book “We have a stake in one another, and that what binds us together is greater than what drives us apart” 5 key points Review “The Audacity of Hope” by Obama was published in 2006 whilst he was a Senator, before he became president. In this book, Obama shares his views on…
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Book Review: This is London: Life and Death in The World City by Ben Judah
What side of London do you never get to hear about in general media? This book is a literary masterpiece, as journalist Ben Judah takes the reader on a tour around London, meeting the people who make the city live and move and who are usually ignored (literally – bus drivers, the homeless, shop keepers…
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How can digital technologies strengthen our democracies?
In August 2020, the Democracy & Governance programme in Agora collaborated with the European Forum Alpbach (EFA) and Agora’s partner think tanks in the Open Think Tank Network (OTTN) to ask and answer the question: “How can digital technologies strengthen our democracies?”. In particular, Agora focused on participation in democracy. This blog summaries the outputs…
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Reforming democracy: the revolution of citizens’ assemblies
Citizens’ assemblies seem like the epitome of good democracy, allowing ordinary citizens to have their say on major policy issues. The recent climate change citizens’ assemblies in France and Britain provided valuable insights for the future potential of deliberative democracy.
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The pandemic reveals the need for change in UK migration policy
COVID-19 has changed, and will continue to change, migration policy. As we move towards the end of the Brexit transition period and away from the height of the pandemic, the Government should adapt policy to provide stronger social rights for those migrants who have contributed so much to COVID-19 efforts, or else they risk losing…
Preeti Kaur 