- Beppe Grillo is changing politics
- Report: Ireland’s strategic options in the face of changing UK-EU relations. (IIEA)
Ireland’s strategic options in the face of changing UK-EU relations.
- The Real Role of Cities < very good read, this (US perspective) via @governing
- Report: New political actors in Europe: Beppe Grillo and the M5S (Demos)
- The Voting Rights Act and Shelby County v. Holder: How the Supreme Court could make the VRA better instead of striking it down (Slate)
- Hungary – A Very FIDESZ Democracy (SEJ)
- Schneier on Security: Can you hack the Papal Election < summary: no, but interesting to try
- The War on Whistleblowers (by @nickcohen4)
- Thriving too: Trading Spaces – Radical New Collaborations for Local Economies (from @tessybritton)
- Gove's plans look to move schools farther and farther from democratic local control #localism
- Book Review: The Europe of Elites < summary: elites not as uniformly pro-European as you might think
What we’re reading- Youth participation in democracy in Europe (Eurobarometer)
- Henry G Manson (on Political Betting blog) says the Greens ought to be doing better
- Open data, participation and democracy – a call for case studies from @InvolveUK
- French Govt launches consultation on official digital identity [FR]
- Interview with Dr Andy Williamson (@andywilliamson) on Sustainable Lens
- Clegg "Every part of Britain will feel more empowered by 2015" [good luck with that
- BBC poll: Germany most popular country in the world
- What Are Foundations For? (by @rbreich at Medium)
- The laws of the land aren’t fit for purpose (Telegraph)
- The Networked Councillor space (via @davebriggs)