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ISRF Symposium – The Retreat of Liberal Democracy: Authoritarian Capitalism and the Accumulative State in Hungary

Lars Cornelissen far right, hungary, long read, symposia 21 July 2021

In April 2021, former ISRF Fellow Gábor Scheiring discussed his book The Retreat of Liberal Democracy: Authoritarian Capitalism and the Accumulative State in Hungary with Chris Hann and Sherrill Stroschein.

Letters Reveal Africanist Hero Robert Sobukwe’s Moral Courage, and Pain

Derek Hook apartheid, history, politics, south africa, the conversation 4 March 2019

Between 1963 and 1969 Robert Sobukwe spent six years of near-complete solitary confinement on Robben Island. Book cover

A collection of prison letters provides a peek into the suffering of South African liberation hero, Robert Sobukwe.

If Cameron Wants a Property-Owning Democracy, He Has to Support the Mansion Tax

Martin O'Neill conservative party, democracy, housing, political economy, politics, the conversation 14 April 2015

Cameron’s property-owning democracy plans don’t add up. Gareth Fuller/PA Wire

We all want security, freedom and independence, but the Conservative Party’s proposals for a property-owning democracy do not square with their inheritance tax policies.