The articles, insights, musings and analyses posted here shine a light on how relationships between parliaments, politicians and people are configured in different places and spaces, across a range of contexts and cultures.
Brazilian Legislatures after Covid-19: structural change or just conjunctural adaptation?
Professor Cristiane Brum Bernardes reflects on the role that digital platforms and social media have played in mediating the work of the Brazilian legislature in the context of the ...
Ethnicity, religion, and Diwali in Fiji
Dr Jastinder Kaur reflects on the politics of, and communication around, ethnicity and religion during Diwali in Fiji. Fiji is post-colonial archipelago in the South Pacific comprising indigenous Fijians ...
Rethinking Representative Democracy in the 21st Century
Professor Niraja Gopal Jayal reflect on how a series of events have turned the world upside down, and brought into question many of our settled, even complacent, assumptions about ...
Reflecting on leadership and Dagu in Ethiopia
Emma Crewe writes about how the new PM Dr Abiy Ahmed, the first Oromo to lead Ethiopia, talked about leadership early in his tenure. His Chief of Staff reported ...
The pretend guns of realism and the reality of resistance
Dr Zoë Marriage argues that Jair Bolsonaro’s victory in Brazil’s recent elections hinges on a political rhetoric that legitimises anger and violence. This is symbolised in the fatal stabbing ...
Afar people in Ethiopia: Between a wind of hope and discontent
Abubeker Yasin Gebro reflects on the changing political landscape in Ethiopia through the Afar people’s experiences and engagements. Since coming to power in April 2018, Prime Minister Dr Abiy ...