The Political Quarterly
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Edited By: Ben Jackson and Deborah Mabbett
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Volume 87, Issue 4
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Recent PQ news
Bernard Crick Prize
The Political Quarterly is delighted to announce Alan Finlayson worthy winner of the Bernard Crick Prize for Best Piece 2014 with his article 'Proving, Pleasing and Persuading? Rhetoric in Contemporary British Politics' (85, 4: 428-36). You can read ithere.
Call for Proposals of Special Issues of Political Quarterly
Political Quarterly is pleased to invite proposals for special issues and special sections in 2016-17. For further particulars please look here.
Most Downloaded Article of 2014
The most downloaded article of 2014 is Ben Jackson's 'The Political Thought of Scottish Nationalism'. You can read it for free here.
Virtual Issues
David Marquand is one of the most eloquent and powerful voices in progressive politics in Britain.
This special issue, comprising eleven of his articles for the Political Quarterly, marks the retirement of Marquand from the Editorial Board and ties in with the forthcoming conference on Marquand's work PQ is organising.
Click here to read Progressive Dilemmas: A Virtual Issue in Honour of David Marquand
On the anniversary of the birth of Leonard Woolf on 25 November 1880, the Political Quarterly has made available for free twelve of his most famous essays written during his long association with the journal.
Recent key articles
We are pleased to offer FREE online access to the January-March 2015 issue of Political Quarterly - vol. 86, issue 1. You can read it here.
Annual Lecture Series
2014: Professor Paul Ginsborg - 'Recent Italian Politics in Historical Perspective'.
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2013: Professor John Kay - The Future of Capitalism
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2012: Shami Chakrabati - Citizens' Privileges or Human Rights? The Great Bill of Rights Swindle
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2011: David Miliband - Why is the European Left Losing Elections?
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2010: Ian Blair - Policing: Continuity, consensus and controversy
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2009: Tony Wright - Is there a way forward to bridge the divide between politician and voter?
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