The team of the CCCU Centre for European Studies – Director Prof Amelia Hadfield, Graduate Coordinator Noora Virtannen and Undergraduate Coordinate Christian Turner – analyse and comment on the suspension […]
UK-EU Brexit Negotiations: Explaining dark matter to a four-year-old
As one of its last activities in the 2014-17 cycle, the Jean Monnet Chair of Professor Amelia Hadfield ran a blog competition for full-time first year undergraduate students in politics. […]
Labour Party Conference 2017: What does this mean for Labour’s year ahead?
Josh Andrew, 3rd year BSc Politics student at Canterbury Christ Church University, reports his impressions from the Labour party conference in Brighton.
So why DID Labour win Canterbury?
On 5 October, 2017, the Politics and IR programme at Canterbury Christ Church University held its first Making Politics Matter event of the academic year, looking at one of the […]
Theresa May and the lost Tory art of statecraft
Consider this situation. The Conservative Party has been the biggest party in a coalition with the Liberals, and, following a general election, forms a majority government.
Canterbury 2017: Why Labour Won
Max Stafford, PhD candidate in Politics and International Relations at Canterbury Christ Church University, sets the scene of Labour’s success in Canterbury in the 2017 general elections. For further discussion […]
The Strachification of Austrian politics: How an election campaign descended into blatant Islamophobia
Our BSc student Samuel Cairns analyses the Austrian election campaign and the impact of Freedom Party Leader H.C. Strache.
Comments on A.C Grayling’s talk Brexit: The Next Steps in the Fight Against It
Dr David Bates, Director of Politics and International Relations, comments on the lecture by Professor A.C. Grayling at CCCU on 26 September 2017.
A warning shot, not yet a crisis for German democracy
Dr Philipp Köker explains why the success of the far-right ‘Alternative for Germany (AfD)’ in Sunday’s election is cause for concern, but far from heralding a crisis for German democracy.