Duncan O'Leary
Senior Researcher
Duncan works on projects looking at public services, skills and work.
"democracy"
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- Politi-Cola Last week I watched two different programmes charting the progress of two new brands of Cola - Mecca Cola and Qibla Cola. These new brands are Cola with a difference though, they engage with your politics as well as your taste buds. Both brands consider their selling point to be their association with a stance on certain issues, such as the future of Palestine. This left me with a few questions?does this belie the hypothesis that people no longer believe in collective solutions to problems?... from : duncanoleary 25th February 2004
- Apathy on the Beeb Perhaps foolishly I expected them to appear at the top of the page (where the headlines are) but they never turned up – heading straight to the bottom of the page where the more minor stories are situated. Checking back to the top of the page again I realised that ‘New playstation set for May debut’ and ‘Victims brother pleads for sharks’ actually featured higher in the running order. Is this simply a product of all the briefing that goes on before these events... from : duncanoleary 12th July 2004
- Smaller government...literally Apparently polling has demonstrated some support for the idea, but is it really going to achieve greater trust or belief in politics? Although I can’t find the evidence for it (well, not it England anyway), I wouldn’t mind betting that people trust and value their local MP far more than they do politicians or the government in general - this has certainly been the case with other institutions suffering from a lack of democratic legitimacy. If it does apply, then is making MPs more... from : duncanoleary 13th December 2004
- These are not the policies you are looking for... George Lucas says there?ll be no more Star Wars after Episode III. What with all the spare time he?ll have, maybe he fancies becoming a Demos intern ? his claim on Newsnight last night that his films are about the dangers of neglecting Democracy seemed a blatant pitch to me. [he said something along the lines of 'my interest is not how nasty people take over democracies but how democracies give themselves over to tyrants']. An elaborate plan to get in contact with us I?ll admit, given that you... from : duncanoleary 18th May 2005
- Listen carefully I've just been doing some reading for our Community Leadership project with the National College for School Leadership and came across this engagement continuum, developed by the New South Wales Department of Planning in 2003. Since the election there have been a lot of promises to listen more carefully to the public, it will be interesting to see where the government - and public institutions - position themselves on the continuum in the coming months and years.[by the way, if you're... from : duncanoleary 18th May 2005
- The Politics of Community I've just had a read of David Miliband's speech this week on 'The Politics of Community', and it touches on a lot of the things we've been talking about at Demos over the last year or so. This passage...The key is for all citizens to feel they have the power to make a difference to their local institutions in a direct way should they choose to exercise it, as well as through the ballot box every 4 years...picks up the point made in Everyday Democracy about the need for renewal of our Democracy... from : duncanoleary 27th October 2005
- It's good to talk Talking to the public about science can be a controversial matter. Really controversial, sometimes. But it seems the Conserative Party has decided that it's not such a bad idea: launching the Tories' energy review Alan Duncan says:"The review will invite contributions from the public as well as scientific experts, consumer and environmental groups, business users and energy providers."Engaging the public in direct participation and public deliberation is something that Demos has long been... from : duncanoleary 14th February 2006
- Invisible politics Perhaps James Tooley, who thinks that education was fine before the state got involved with it. Or should we go for those who argue against what they see as ?the commodification of education? through the involvement of the private sector. Maybe Chris Woodhead - who thinks that ?the traditional concept of education? has to be defended against ?pernicious? arguments for a skills based curriculum - could sit alongside Guy Claxton, who has argued for an approach to education which ?builds the... from : duncanoleary 16th February 2006
- Topstuff I see that Topshop is launching an ethical clothing range today (or an experiment with one at least). As Mckinsey pointed out recently, it turns out that surviving in a highly competitive market may be more complicated that we've often thought. The author of the article argues that Milton Friedman's philiosophy that "the business of business is business" is becoming increasingly outmoded, and that the legitimacy and longevity of businesses will depend on their contribution to wider social... from : duncanoleary 1st March 2006
- Collective action lives on Crisis, what crisis? In a perfect storm of identity politics and collective action a new organisational emerges: the Pete Collective. Turns out that our own Peter Bradwell is a fully-fledged member, and i'm sure will share the concern of the authors on the site that Pete from Big Brother hasn't - as yet - been flying the flag in the house. from : duncanoleary 19th May 2006
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