Oxford Constitutional Studies Forum
Post-Communist Regime Trajectories - A Challenge to the Mainstream Comparative Approach
After the collapse of the Soviet Union, the newly gained dominance of liberal democracy as a political regime was accompanied by a new dominance of liberal democracy as a descriptive language. Concepts of political science, sociology, and economics that had been developed for the analysis of Western-type polities were applied to the various phenomena in the newly liberated countries. But the language of liberal democracies blurs the understanding of the current state of post-communism as it leads to conceptual stretching and brings in a host of hidden presumptions.
Making China Great Again? China’s 'Green' and 'Digital' Belt and Road Initiative
China’s Belt and Road Initiative (hereinafter BRI) – Yi dai yi lu – is Xi Jinping’s flagship foreign policy which brings together the country’s geopolitical and geo-economic aims under the banner of the ‘community of shared destiny of mankind’. Xi’s ambitions to make China a ‘strong and wealthy nation’ under the ‘Two Centennial Goals’, has made the BRI a priority even with the pressures of Covid-19.
The Cold War and the Canon of Liberalism: A Discussion of the Carlyle Lectures
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Can a leopard change its spots? Implicit theories and signaling in international politics
Unconditional Equals
This event is part of the Inaugural 2022 David N. Lyon Speaker Series on "The Politics of Sex and Gender Equality in Diverse Societies".
The speaker at this event will be Professor Anne Phillips.
Anne Phillips is the Graham Wallas Professor of Political Science in the Department of Government. She joined the LSE in 1999 as Professor of Gender Theory, and was Director of the Gender Institute until September 2004. She subsequently moved to a joint appointment between the Gender Institute and Government Department, and later to a sole appointment in Government.
The speaker at this event will be Professor Anne Phillips.
Anne Phillips is the Graham Wallas Professor of Political Science in the Department of Government. She joined the LSE in 1999 as Professor of Gender Theory, and was Director of the Gender Institute until September 2004. She subsequently moved to a joint appointment between the Gender Institute and Government Department, and later to a sole appointment in Government.
The opportunity for news on Android lock-screens
Former Journalist Fellow Christine Franciska is managing editor at Glance, where she programmes the latest stories to appear on the lock screens of 150 million Android users in India and Indonesia. She explored this topic during her time in Oxford as a Journalist Fellow.
Dispersal Policies in European Member States: Austria, France and Germany - A Multi-Level-Governance Perspective
This series is an opportunity for DPIR DPhils to present their work in progress and gather feedback.
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