Politics and Society
Want to really understand what is going on in the world? Join us to analyse and debate both contemporary and historical political events, in a friendly and stimulating environment, ably supported by our highly knowledgeable tutors.
Victor Davis Hanson: The Dying Ideal of American Citizenship
<p>Victor Davis Hanson’s book of 2021, <em>The Dying Citizen: How Progressive Elites, Tribalism, and Globalization Are Destroying the Idea of America</em>, seeks to explain the decline and fall of the
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Ben Chifley's Open Secret
<p>Australia's first postwar prime minister ran the country very largely from his room in the Hotel Kurrajong in Canberra, with the help of his long-time secretary/companion. The media all knew about
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Heroes or Traitors: Three Cold War Spies
<p>Gordievsky, Vetrov and Penkovsky were three high-ranking Soviet spies who turned ‘double agent’ and gave secrets to the West. Spying has always been part of warfare, but the long Cold War between
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Carl Trueman: Strange New World - Activists, Identity, Sexual Revolution
<p>Carl Trueman's book of 2022, entitled <em>Strange New World: How Thinkers and Activists Redefined Identity and Sparked the Sexual Revolution</em> analyses the development of the sexual revolution
...<p>Carl Trueman's book of 2022, entitled <em>Strange New World: How Thinkers and Activists Redefined Identity and Sparked the Sexual Revolution</em> analyses the development of the sexual revolution
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The Rise and Rise of Populist Politics in the West
<p>Populism is now an undeniable force in contemporary Western Politics. This course seeks to explain the social & political dynamics driving this crucial contemporary development. The course will
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The Lives and Legacies of John F and Robert F Kennedy
<p>Explore John F. Kennedy's life and political career as the 35th President of the United States from January 1961 to his assassination in November 1963. Due to the Cold War, Kennedy’s time in office
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Jean Twenge: Why Super-Connected Kids are Unprepared for Adulthood
<p>Jean Twenge's book of 2017 is entitled <em>iGen: Why Today's Super-Connected Kids Are Growing Up Less Rebellious, More Tolerant, Less Happy – and Completely Unprepared for Adulthood – and What That
...<p>Jean Twenge's book of 2017 is entitled <em>iGen: Why Today's Super-Connected Kids Are Growing Up Less Rebellious, More Tolerant, Less Happy – and Completely Unprepared for Adulthood – and What That
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Unrecognised Statelets in Europe and the Caucasus
<p>There are a number of unrecognised statelets in Europe and the Caucasus: Transnistria, Donetsk People's Republic, Luhansk People's Republic, the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, South Ossetia,
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The Journalism of Seymour Hersh: The Dark Side of Camelot, the My Lai Massacre and Abu Ghraib
<p>Since 1970 Seymour Hersh (born in 1937 in Chicago) has spoken truth to the powerful. He has won many awards for investigative journalism. His observations about the Kennedy White House and his rise
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Avoiding Armageddon, Lessons from the First Cold War
<p>From the end of WWII, the struggle between two nuclear superpowers dominated international relations for five decades. Each possessed an arsenal capable of destroying the world; Armageddon became a
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<p>From the end of WWII, the struggle between two nuclear superpowers dominated international relations for five decades. Each possessed an arsenal capable of destroying the world; Armageddon became a
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