Syriza have stormed to power in Greece but what do they represent?
This article in the Guardian has some introductory analysis.
the official website has some basic facts in English. It also has a facebook page.
Zed Press has made available for free download - Europe After The Minotaur by the new finance minister Yanis Varoufakis. This offers insight into future policies. He also has a blog with comment and discussion. Ideas has his 2011 proposal for overcoming the euro crisis and there is an econtalk podcast from the Library of Economics and Liberty
Alexis Stsipras website - Prime minister of Greece his campaign website has discussion in English of Austerity policies. He also has some articles in English on the Social Europe website and in the Huffington Post. and a recent interview in Jacobin.
Political analysis of the link between the elections and debt
According to the New Statesman Syriza is not a party of the radical left.
The Crisis Observatory is an initiative of the Hellenic Foundation for
European and Foreign Policy (ELIAMEP), with the support of the "Stavros
Niarchos" Foundation. It has some useful articles on politics. and discussion of austerity politics in Greece which have led to its rise.
Bank of England Governor Mark Carney also attacked this week Eurozone austerity policy.
Jubilee debt campaign briefing.
Friday, 30 January 2015
Thursday, 22 January 2015
Greece elections 2015
Greek elections are coming soon.
Here are some links which cover their political and economic impact.
The Wall Street Journal explains in a short video why they are important.
The Guardian Datalog has an interesting graph on the politics and economics of the elections.
The Greek Ministry of the Interior has information in English about the system and previous results.
The Greek elections portal coordinated by Dr Giorgos [Gkantzias], Assistant Professor, Department of Cultural Technology and Communication, University Aegean. Provides free access to articles from the Greek Politics Journal, plus election results, maps and analysis
News services.
The following have articles and reports.
Athens News Agency- official Greek government
ERT (Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation) extensive comment, plus video clips, polls and interviews.
Kathimerini affiliated with the International Herald Tribune. English news.
Ethnos
Huffington Post
Commentators
New York Times - analysis of politics and economy of Greece
The Daily Telegraph
The Wall Street Journal blog has commentary on the economic impact also a useful get started guide.
News about Greece from the Guardian.
Economist
Open Democracy discussion from bloggers.
Finally for recent academic discussion and debate see papers and audio, video footage from the LSE Hellenic Observatory.
plus blog entries.
Aristides Hatzis'Greek Crisis Blog, University of Athens.has useful links to opinion pieces from foreign media and discussion of Greek media sources.
Here are some links which cover their political and economic impact.
The Wall Street Journal explains in a short video why they are important.
The Guardian Datalog has an interesting graph on the politics and economics of the elections.
The Greek Ministry of the Interior has information in English about the system and previous results.
The Greek elections portal coordinated by Dr Giorgos [Gkantzias], Assistant Professor, Department of Cultural Technology and Communication, University Aegean. Provides free access to articles from the Greek Politics Journal, plus election results, maps and analysis
News services.
The following have articles and reports.
Athens News Agency- official Greek government
ERT (Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation) extensive comment, plus video clips, polls and interviews.
Kathimerini affiliated with the International Herald Tribune. English news.
Ethnos
Huffington Post
Commentators
New York Times - analysis of politics and economy of Greece
The Daily Telegraph
The Wall Street Journal blog has commentary on the economic impact also a useful get started guide.
News about Greece from the Guardian.
Economist
Open Democracy discussion from bloggers.
Finally for recent academic discussion and debate see papers and audio, video footage from the LSE Hellenic Observatory.
plus blog entries.
Aristides Hatzis'Greek Crisis Blog, University of Athens.has useful links to opinion pieces from foreign media and discussion of Greek media sources.
Wednesday, 14 January 2015
Sri Lanka Presidential elections 2015- were they fair?
Presidential elections were held in Sri Lanka on 8 January 2015,
The official results are now available on the Department for Elections website
where you can also get information on the electoral system and results from previous elections.
Sri Lankan elections.com which is supported by Upali newspapers has good news coverage of events. Plus English language texts of the manifestos from the main candidates.
Nation - Election coverage
Colombo Gazette has opinion poll coverage.
For accounts of the conduct of the elections see the Centre for Monitoring Election Violence. which has comuniques monitoring the 2015 events.
Ground Views blog which covers citizen journalism viewpoints.
Election Monitors were sent from the Commonwealth
Asian Network for Free Elections Analysis
For accounts of the conduct of the elections see the Centre for Monitoring Election Violence. which has comuniques monitoring the 2015 events.
Ground Views blog which covers citizen journalism viewpoints.
Election Monitors were sent from the Commonwealth
Asian Network for Free Elections Analysis
PAFFREL has analysis of election conduct and violence
Background information on the political and security situation can be found
on the International Crisis Group
Economist#
Background information on the political and security situation can be found
on the International Crisis Group
Economist#
Transparency International Sri Lanka has discussions of the state of democracy in the run up to the elections.
Sri Lanka brief has news and analysis on the elections conduct
Tuesday, 6 January 2015
Tunisia elections 2014
A presidential election was held in Tunisia on 23 November 2014, It was the first regular presidential election after the Tunisian Revolution of 2011 and the adoption of the Constitution in January 2014.
Here are some academic resources for catching up with the results.
Get the official results from the website of the Election authority. This also has background information about the electoral system and earlier results.
the blog of the 3C Etudes makes reference to opinion poll research some in Arabic.
Election observation reports on the conduct of the elections.
Democracy International pioneered a new form of citizen observation. its website gives further details. see examples of the recruitment process on their e-observation.org website
Iwatch Tunisia. citizen observers
Global
Network for Rights and Development (GNRD) and International Institute
for Peace, Justice and Human Rights (IIPJHR) - See more at:
http://gnrd.net/seemore.php?id=1158#sthash.rK7UxJ80.dpuf
Global
Network for Rights and Development (GNRD) and International Institute
for Peace, Justice and Human Rights (IIPJHR) - See more at:
http://gnrd.net/seemore.php?id=1158#sthash.rK7UxJ80.dpuf
News services, newspapers.Guardian coverage
Influential Tunisian blogs/social media
@yassayari computer engineer and blogger, was pivotal in Tunisia's anti-censorship demonstration in May 2010
Tunisia Live has some reactions from Tunisians about the results.
Background information on politics and security in the region.
Wednesday, 17 December 2014
Japan elections useful resources for academic research
The 47th general election of members of the House of Representatives of Japan was held on 14 December 2014. Here are some starting points for tracing information.
IFES has a basic description of the electoral system and information on registered voters and turnout.
For historic data try the IPU website.
The Wall Street Journal Japan Real Time blog has some news coverage and interviews with voters.
Basic English language news coverage from the BBC
Guardian newspaper
Japan Times
Economist
American Enterprise Institute coverage.
The Conversation analysis from UK academics.
NHK(Japan Broadcasting Corporation). coverage (Japanese)
Wednesday, 19 November 2014
Catalonia referendum 2014 recommended academic resources.
self-determination referendum, 2014 took place in November 2014
On 23 January 2013 the Parliament of Catalonia adopted by 85 favourable votes, 41 against, and 2 abstentions the "Declaration of Sovereignty and of the Right to Decide of the Catalan People". It caled for self determination. however the spanish government blocked a full referendum and the it was branded a consultation not a full referendum by the authorities prior to the vote
The official government website Govern de la Generalitat de Catalunya has the provisional results
El Pais coverage
Van Guardia
Ultima Hora
Catalonia Votes website is an initiative of the Public Diplomacy Council of Catalonia (DIPLOCAT), a public-private partnership designed to foster dialogue and connect the citizens of Catalonia with the rest of the world.
It has news plus some interesting policy papers
Opendemocracy net discussion
Open Europe blog summary.
The Conversation
On 23 January 2013 the Parliament of Catalonia adopted by 85 favourable votes, 41 against, and 2 abstentions the "Declaration of Sovereignty and of the Right to Decide of the Catalan People". It caled for self determination. however the spanish government blocked a full referendum and the it was branded a consultation not a full referendum by the authorities prior to the vote
The official government website Govern de la Generalitat de Catalunya has the provisional results
El Pais coverage
Van Guardia
Ultima Hora
Catalonia Votes website is an initiative of the Public Diplomacy Council of Catalonia (DIPLOCAT), a public-private partnership designed to foster dialogue and connect the citizens of Catalonia with the rest of the world.
It has news plus some interesting policy papers
Opendemocracy net discussion
Open Europe blog summary.
The Conversation
Wednesday, 5 November 2014
US mid term elections recommended news resources and analysis
Here are some links to key news resources for following the recent elections.
Ballotpedia is an online encyclopedia about American politics and election sponsored by Lucy Burns institute.it is a good starting point for finding out about the elections.
Ballotpedia is an online encyclopedia about American politics and election sponsored by Lucy Burns institute.it is a good starting point for finding out about the elections.
News services
BBC
Washington Post live politics blog has updates on the results.
The Conversation has analysis from academic commentators UK and USA
European Parliament think tank issued a briefing prior to the elections on what was at stake for Europe
Chatham House - comment from a UK perspective.
Harvard University has some earlier surveys of political attitudes and engagement especially of young people covering the mid terms and beyond.
Boston University Journalism new service has discussion and updates.
Washington Post Election lab forecasting. examines how well a number of pollsters and newspapers predicted the results.
The Cook Political Report. has been analysing trends throughout the campaigns.
Analysis
The Brookings Institution FixGov blog has a series of postings on understanding and anlysing the mid-terms.They have 10 recommended twitter feeds to follow for news.
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