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document - 04 April 2007
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ippr podcast 2 - Peter Hain MP on compulsory voting
ippr podcast #2 - compulsory voter turnout In the run up to the next Local Elections in England and the election of the Welsh Assembly and Scottish Parlia...Read more
publication - 01 May 2009
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Public Policy Research volume 16 issue 1
Public Policy Research (PPR) is the quarterly journal of the Institute for Public Policy Research. It features policy-relevant and politically savvy essays about the major issues in th...Read more
press release - 03 November 2009
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Think Tanks unite in call for fundamental reform of politics in wake of expenses scandal
In the week when the Kelly committee publishes its proposals to overhaul the expenses system, seven leading think tanks make the case for systemic and radical reform to our political...Read more
press release - 19 June 2009
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Truth Commission needed to investigate ‘War on Terror’ torture allegations
Allegations of the use of torture in the ‘war on terror’ must lead to investigations and prosecutions, according to an essay for the latest edition of Public Policy Research (ppr...Read more
article - 20 February 2007
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Letter from Argentina
The use of the corpse as a political weapon has a long pedigree in Argentina. Nick Pearce examines this dark presence throughout Argentina's historical rise and fall....Read more
article - 29 November 2006
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Citizen assemblies: radical common sense
An innovative way of involving citizens in public, democratic deliberation is spreading, says Ben Rogers. ...Read more
article - 04 July 2006
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Pushing the electoral envelope
Another poor turnout in this year’s local elections shows that the case for compulsory turnout is impossible to ignore. Many people are aware that turnout has declined dramatically ...Read more
article - 05 June 2006
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Voting as a civic duty
The revival of participation in Britain’s ailing democracy should include an obligation on citizens to vote, argues Ian Kearns ...Read more
article - 26 May 2006
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Forcing the vote
Belief in voting as a duty has withered. The time has come for compulsory turnout...Read more
article - 28 April 2006
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Compelling arguments
If next week’s local elections follow the voting patterns of the recent past, even fewer people will turn up to vote. Should some element of compulsion be introduced to reduce this dem...Read more
press release - 01 May 2006
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Only compulsory turnout can restore principle of universal suffrage
Ahead of this week’s local elections, new research shows that as turnout continues to fall, ‘turnout inequality’ has also been on the rise. In a new report published today (Monday),...Read more
article - 01 March 2006
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What can teenagers do for adult learning?
The funding squeeze on adult learning is due not so much to teenagers staying on in education as to earlier priorities set for early years, schools and higher education, says Simone D...Read more
project - 06 July 2005
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Unequal Voter Participation
Discussion of voter turnout in the UK has tended to focus on the over-all decline in turnout (down from an average of 75% from 1983-1992 to around 60% in the last two elections), or...Read more
article - 14 May 2005
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Turnout is really about class
Compulsory voting would give the less well off a stronger political voice. ...Read more
project - 28 February 2005
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Touching the State
The Government is calling upon us to be active citizens. The citizenship curriculum is now part of the national curriculum – a compulsory subject in every state school. New Britons ...Read more
Capable Communities
Public Service Reform: The next chapter
In this paper we turn our attention to the role citizens and communities can play in directly producing services, setting out the challenges that lie ahead, and identifying the questions our research will seek to answer over the coming months.
The English Question
ippr surveys MPs
ippr has conducted a survey of MPs to find out if they think that England is losing out as a result of these changes, as many people have claimed.
You Can’t Put Me In A Box
Super-diversity and the end of identity politics in Britain
This paper attempts to map out just how diverse Britain is, both in terms of who lives in Britain and how they identify themselves.