Critical Review of Social and Political Philosophy
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CRITICAL REVIEW OF INTERNATIONAL SOCIAL AND POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY (CRISPP) Eds. Richard Bellamy (UCL/Hertie), Annabelle Lever (Sci Po) Patti Lenard (Ottawa) and Margaret Moore (Queens) https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/fcri20/current
Delighted to announce a hybrid event to launchThe Cambridge Handbook of Constitutional Theory: ed Richard Bellamy and Jeff King
UCL 13 Oct 2025, 18:05 – 19:30, followed by a wine reception.
Event details and how to book an on line or in person place – are here
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UCL 13 Oct 2025, 18:05 – 19:30, followed by a wine reception.
Event details and how to book an on line or in person place – are here
www.ucl.ac.uk/laws/events/...
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October 6, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Delighted to announce a hybrid event to launchThe Cambridge Handbook of Constitutional Theory: ed Richard Bellamy and Jeff King
UCL 13 Oct 2025, 18:05 – 19:30, followed by a wine reception.
Event details and how to book an on line or in person place – are here
www.ucl.ac.uk/laws/events/...
UCL 13 Oct 2025, 18:05 – 19:30, followed by a wine reception.
Event details and how to book an on line or in person place – are here
www.ucl.ac.uk/laws/events/...
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I have a new paper out online in @crispp.bsky.social: I argue that a focus on domination can help us better understand a renewed politics of working time - a reduction in work, the right to disconnect, and challenging employer authority over free time.
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Taking it home with you: work, free time, and domination: Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy: Vol 0, No 0
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August 27, 2025 at 8:56 AM
I have a new paper out online in @crispp.bsky.social: I argue that a focus on domination can help us better understand a renewed politics of working time - a reduction in work, the right to disconnect, and challenging employer authority over free time.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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I discuss its themes - in some ways part of a new book project - with Alan Renwick at: uncoveringpolitics.com/episodes/sho...
Should Politicians Always Be Truthful? | UCL Uncovering Politics
This week we ask if politicians should always be truthful? It often feels like many politicians themselves think not. But what does a healthy democracy demand?
uncoveringpolitics.com
August 13, 2025 at 3:34 PM
I discuss its themes - in some ways part of a new book project - with Alan Renwick at: uncoveringpolitics.com/episodes/sho...
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New article now out and on open access - “Truthfulness, pluralism and the ethics of democratic representation” is now published in Volume 27, Issue 3 of The British Journal of Politics and International Relations and is available at doi.org/10.1177/1369...
Truthfulness, pluralism and the ethics of democratic representation - Richard Bellamy, Sandra Kröger, 2025
It is sometimes suggested that even democratic politicians need to dirty their hands in ways that render hypocrisy, lying and deception unavoidable and even jus...
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August 13, 2025 at 3:27 PM
New article now out and on open access - “Truthfulness, pluralism and the ethics of democratic representation” is now published in Volume 27, Issue 3 of The British Journal of Politics and International Relations and is available at doi.org/10.1177/1369...
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Have read some of these papers and they were excellent @rbellamy.bsky.social
CRISPP 28.5 is now on line. A special Issue on Democratic Ethics and Voting edited by Annabelle Lever & Attila Mráz
– many articles open access – available at:
www.tandfonline.com/toc/fcri20/c...
– many articles open access – available at:
www.tandfonline.com/toc/fcri20/c...
www.tandfonline.com
July 28, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Have read some of these papers and they were excellent @rbellamy.bsky.social
CRISPP 28.5 is now on line. A special Issue on Democratic Ethics and Voting edited by Annabelle Lever & Attila Mráz
– many articles open access – available at:
www.tandfonline.com/toc/fcri20/c...
– many articles open access – available at:
www.tandfonline.com/toc/fcri20/c...
www.tandfonline.com
July 28, 2025 at 10:28 AM
CRISPP 28.5 is now on line. A special Issue on Democratic Ethics and Voting edited by Annabelle Lever & Attila Mráz
– many articles open access – available at:
www.tandfonline.com/toc/fcri20/c...
– many articles open access – available at:
www.tandfonline.com/toc/fcri20/c...
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Pleased that my exchange on Paul Tucker's stimulating Global Discord in now available OA on @crispp.bsky.social
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and reply:
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June 18, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Pleased that my exchange on Paul Tucker's stimulating Global Discord in now available OA on @crispp.bsky.social
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
and reply:
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and reply:
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Even the Guardian in my view fails to underline how worrying this is …. The BBC treats such news as if we should be rejoicing and heading for the beach. No wonder climate change isn't being taken seriously.
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Temperatures could hit 27C on Saturday as UK’s sunniest spring on record draws to end
Morning rain could affect Northern Ireland and Scotland but southern and eastern parts likely to remain dry
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May 31, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Even the Guardian in my view fails to underline how worrying this is …. The BBC treats such news as if we should be rejoicing and heading for the beach. No wonder climate change isn't being taken seriously.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
The latest issue of CRISPP is now online:
www.tandfonline.com/toc/fcri20/c... - Muldoon on digital socialism,Thompson and Modood on religious recognition, Goodin on excuses, Althorpe on Meaningful work, Eskelinen on global justice, Perez on Data based radicalism and more ....
www.tandfonline.com/toc/fcri20/c... - Muldoon on digital socialism,Thompson and Modood on religious recognition, Goodin on excuses, Althorpe on Meaningful work, Eskelinen on global justice, Perez on Data based radicalism and more ....
Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy
Volume 28, Issue 4 of Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy
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May 31, 2025 at 9:26 AM
The latest issue of CRISPP is now online:
www.tandfonline.com/toc/fcri20/c... - Muldoon on digital socialism,Thompson and Modood on religious recognition, Goodin on excuses, Althorpe on Meaningful work, Eskelinen on global justice, Perez on Data based radicalism and more ....
www.tandfonline.com/toc/fcri20/c... - Muldoon on digital socialism,Thompson and Modood on religious recognition, Goodin on excuses, Althorpe on Meaningful work, Eskelinen on global justice, Perez on Data based radicalism and more ....
Engaging with the neon-machiavellian justification of lying and the Neo-Platonic notion of the 'noble' lie to argue for the need for political truthfulness
An enjoyable discussion with @alanrenwick.bsky.social on the necessity for democratic politicians to be truthful - in some ways a taster for my next book project ...https://uncoveringpolitics.com/episodes/should-politicians-always-be-truthful
Should Politicians Always Be Truthful? | UCL Uncovering Politics
This week we ask if politicians should always be truthful? It often feels like many politicians themselves think not. But what does a healthy democracy demand?
uncoveringpolitics.com
May 29, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Engaging with the neon-machiavellian justification of lying and the Neo-Platonic notion of the 'noble' lie to argue for the need for political truthfulness
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Great to see this symposium on my & Anne Barnhill's and Josh Milburn's recent monographs on food justice being published in @crispp.bsky.social! Many thanks to the guest editor, Tom Bailey, and to all the commentators!
I'm thrilled to share that @crispp.bsky.social has started to publish a nine-article symposium on my Food, Justice, and Animals and @matteobonotti.bsky.social and Anne Barnhill's Healthy Eating Policy and Political Philosophy.
First up: This is Tom Bailey's introduction to the symposium.
(1/7)
First up: This is Tom Bailey's introduction to the symposium.
(1/7)
Healthy eating policy and political philosophy and Food, justice, and animals: synopses and critical issues
This essay introduces a symposium on two books that engage in debates in both liberal political philosophy and food ethics, Anne Barnhill and Matteo Bonotti’s Healthy Eating Policy and Political Ph...
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May 18, 2025 at 4:29 AM
Great to see this symposium on my & Anne Barnhill's and Josh Milburn's recent monographs on food justice being published in @crispp.bsky.social! Many thanks to the guest editor, Tom Bailey, and to all the commentators!
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I'm thrilled to share that @crispp.bsky.social has started to publish a nine-article symposium on my Food, Justice, and Animals and @matteobonotti.bsky.social and Anne Barnhill's Healthy Eating Policy and Political Philosophy.
First up: This is Tom Bailey's introduction to the symposium.
(1/7)
First up: This is Tom Bailey's introduction to the symposium.
(1/7)
Healthy eating policy and political philosophy and Food, justice, and animals: synopses and critical issues
This essay introduces a symposium on two books that engage in debates in both liberal political philosophy and food ethics, Anne Barnhill and Matteo Bonotti’s Healthy Eating Policy and Political Ph...
www.tandfonline.com
May 6, 2025 at 2:07 PM
I'm thrilled to share that @crispp.bsky.social has started to publish a nine-article symposium on my Food, Justice, and Animals and @matteobonotti.bsky.social and Anne Barnhill's Healthy Eating Policy and Political Philosophy.
First up: This is Tom Bailey's introduction to the symposium.
(1/7)
First up: This is Tom Bailey's introduction to the symposium.
(1/7)
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Labour has to change tack and stop aping Reform on immigration and public spending before it is too late. Not only is it morally wrong, but also the strategy of growing the economy will also fail to materialise given Trump light policies have major economic costs that undermine any such recovery.
New post from me about the elections of the last week, where the 'peak populism' hypothesis stands, and what lessons the Labour Party should be drawing. 1/n
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Labour is Learning the Wrong Lessons
Centre-left incumbents are staying in power by aggressively pushing back on populists, not by aping them
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May 5, 2025 at 8:24 AM
Labour has to change tack and stop aping Reform on immigration and public spending before it is too late. Not only is it morally wrong, but also the strategy of growing the economy will also fail to materialise given Trump light policies have major economic costs that undermine any such recovery.
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On why aping Reform is not only bad politics but also bad economics
New post just out:
"Terminal Decline"
My review of a dramatic set of elections and what it means for all of the parties.
(£/free trial)
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"Terminal Decline"
My review of a dramatic set of elections and what it means for all of the parties.
(£/free trial)
open.substack.com/pub/samf/p/t...
Terminal Decline
Local Elections Review: 2025
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May 5, 2025 at 8:25 AM
On why aping Reform is not only bad politics but also bad economics
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In a week when Australia followed Canada in giving the neo-Trumpist parties an electoral drubbing, it was disappointing to say the least to see the Trump adjacent Reform do so well in the recent local elections and to win the Runcorn by-election.
May 4, 2025 at 10:43 AM
In a week when Australia followed Canada in giving the neo-Trumpist parties an electoral drubbing, it was disappointing to say the least to see the Trump adjacent Reform do so well in the recent local elections and to win the Runcorn by-election.
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Great blog on free speech and social media www.medialaws.eu/the-evolutio...
The evolution of Incitement Online: from Brandenburg v. Ohio to Depiction of Zwarte Piet - MediaLaws
Unlike states, social media companies – indeed, our new governors – only have voluntary commitments to International Human Rights Law (IHRL). However, once IHRL becomes the common language of content ...
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April 23, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Great blog on free speech and social media www.medialaws.eu/the-evolutio...
Great post graduate teaching opportunity at UCL
April 17, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Great post graduate teaching opportunity at UCL
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New from Arash Abizadeh, in a symposium on the work of Joseph Carens (RGCS Lecture Feb 24) in CRISPP (ed. by Richard Bellamy, RGCS Lecture Nov 24).
@abizadeh.bsky.social @rbellamy.bsky.social
"The burdens of jurisdiction and the alleged right to exclude unwanted migrants"
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@abizadeh.bsky.social @rbellamy.bsky.social
"The burdens of jurisdiction and the alleged right to exclude unwanted migrants"
doi.org/10.1080/1369...
April 8, 2025 at 1:37 PM
New from Arash Abizadeh, in a symposium on the work of Joseph Carens (RGCS Lecture Feb 24) in CRISPP (ed. by Richard Bellamy, RGCS Lecture Nov 24).
@abizadeh.bsky.social @rbellamy.bsky.social
"The burdens of jurisdiction and the alleged right to exclude unwanted migrants"
doi.org/10.1080/1369...
@abizadeh.bsky.social @rbellamy.bsky.social
"The burdens of jurisdiction and the alleged right to exclude unwanted migrants"
doi.org/10.1080/1369...
Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy: Vol 28, No 3 (Special Issue) Relational Equality and Intergenerational Justice, edited by Devon Cass and Andre Santos Campos is now available on line – the Introduction on open access.
www.tandfonline.com/toc/fcri20/c...
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Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy
Relational Equality and Intergenerational Justice, edited by Devon Cass and Andre Santos Campos. Volume 28, Issue 3 of Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy
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April 3, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy: Vol 28, No 3 (Special Issue) Relational Equality and Intergenerational Justice, edited by Devon Cass and Andre Santos Campos is now available on line – the Introduction on open access.
www.tandfonline.com/toc/fcri20/c...
www.tandfonline.com/toc/fcri20/c...
Finally available on line (and in hard copy from next month) Essential reading - about a world we are in danger of losing - for the times we live in ... www.cambridge.org/core/books/t...
The Cambridge Handbook of Constitutional Theory
Cambridge Core - Political Theory - The Cambridge Handbook of Constitutional Theory
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March 27, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Finally available on line (and in hard copy from next month) Essential reading - about a world we are in danger of losing - for the times we live in ... www.cambridge.org/core/books/t...
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New chapter on 'Can the Rule of Law Meet the Hobbes Challenge? Democracy and the Rule of Law'
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Can the Rule of Law Meet the Hobbes Challenge? Democracy and the Rule of Law
This chapter argues that the rule of law ultimately depends on law being the product of, and administered under, the democratic rule of persons. The rule of law cannot escape the ‘Hobbes challen...
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March 13, 2025 at 2:26 PM
New chapter on 'Can the Rule of Law Meet the Hobbes Challenge? Democracy and the Rule of Law'
link.springer.com/chapter/10.1...
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Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy: Vol 28, No 1 (2025) is now on line:
www.tandfonline.com/toc/fcri20/2...
The issue contains seven articles and a book symposium on Tae-Yeoun Keum, Plato and the Mythic Tradition in Political Thought, Harvard University Press, 2020
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The issue contains seven articles and a book symposium on Tae-Yeoun Keum, Plato and the Mythic Tradition in Political Thought, Harvard University Press, 2020
Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy
Volume 28, Issue 2 of Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy
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March 1, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy: Vol 28, No 1 (2025) is now on line:
www.tandfonline.com/toc/fcri20/2...
The issue contains seven articles and a book symposium on Tae-Yeoun Keum, Plato and the Mythic Tradition in Political Thought, Harvard University Press, 2020
www.tandfonline.com/toc/fcri20/2...
The issue contains seven articles and a book symposium on Tae-Yeoun Keum, Plato and the Mythic Tradition in Political Thought, Harvard University Press, 2020
The winner of the 2024 CRISPP Essay Prize, for the best essay in a normal issue published in Vol 26 (2023), goes to Edmund Tweedy Flanigan, 'From self-defense to violent protest' CRISPP, 26(7) (2023), 1094-1118
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CRISPP Essay Prize
Explore the article collection: CRISPP Essay Prize. Published in Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy.
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January 28, 2025 at 12:54 PM
The winner of the 2024 CRISPP Essay Prize, for the best essay in a normal issue published in Vol 26 (2023), goes to Edmund Tweedy Flanigan, 'From self-defense to violent protest' CRISPP, 26(7) (2023), 1094-1118
www.tandfonline.com/journals/fcr...
www.tandfonline.com/journals/fcr...