The students of the 2019-20 graduating cohort produced fascinating work on a range of issues from local to global politics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
UK Politics<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Many students focussed on the UK and investigated a range of issues, such as public policy \u2013 whether that was the application of dispersal policies or the analysis of policy ideas: <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u00b7 To what extent was the Big Society a policy failure or success? <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u00b7 An exploration of post-industrial councils and how they integrate asylum seekers into their communities in the age of superdiversity <\/p>\n\n\n\n Northern Ireland and the relative success of the Good Friday Agreement, including its constitutional arrangement were discussed: <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u00b7 Feeding the Crocodile that Ate Unionism: to what extent has the Good Friday Agreement 1998 facilitated a rise in Irish nationalism in Northern Ireland <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u00b7 How far has power-sharing facilitated trust in NI? An examination of public attitudes concerning the NI Assembly, PSNI and cross-community relations <\/p>\n\n\n\n In these turbulent times, issues such as terrorism, security, political freedoms, and political engagement across the political spectrum were central concerns that were explored in range of ways \u2013 from a detailed analysis of secondary data to interviews and focus groups with students: <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u00b7 What perceptions do university students within the UK have on mass surveillance? Which, if any, factors affect this? <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u00b7 Referendum to Rebellion. Cause-oriented engagement, youth leadership, and decentralisation: how have these factors influenced youth political engagement in the UK throughout the 2010s? <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u00b7 It\u2019s grim up North: An investigation into the socioeconomic drivers of right-wing extremism in the North East of England <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u00b7 What is the impact of the IHRA definition of Anti Semitism upon Jeremy Corbyn supporters criticism of the state of Israel?<\/p>\n\n\n\n Terrorism\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n The security issue of our time continues to be play a key role in students\u2019 research, specifically the way in which the UK government has conceptualised counter-terrorism policy and how this policy and media reporting influences our collective understanding of terrorists and British society<\/p>\n\n\n\n . A \u2018root cause\u2019 analysis of contemporary terrorist attacks in the UK and its implications for counter terrorism strategy\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u00b7 Feeding a culture of fear? A comparative analysis of two British newspapers investigating the portrayal of Islam when reporting on terrorism <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u00b7 A study into whether the British government\u2019s Prevent strategy has the \u2018potential to alienate and radicalise the British Muslim population\u2019 <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u00b7 The \u2018Othering\u2019 of Muslims in Ideological Institutions: A Critical Discourse Analysis of Orientalist Representations in the Aftermath of the 2019 London Bridge Attack<\/p>\n\n\n\n Media<\/strong>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n The media was a significant concern for many students, from traditional print media to social media. Students asked how these means of representation and interaction shape political processes and outcomes, whether that is \u2018new\u2019 political actors (women) and movements or \u2018old\u2019 constituents (the working classes): <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u00b7 How personality traits influence a political campaign on Twitter: A case study on Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez\u2019s 2018 run for House of Representatives <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u00b7 A New Dawn of Democratic Crisis? Did the US presidential election in 2016 verify and exacerbate the growing belief that the rise of social media is creating a new crisis of democracy? <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u00b7 The motive behind the headline: exploring the framing of the working classes as the undeserving \u2018other\u2019 by the British tabloid media <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u00b7 Producing Protest News. How the protest paradigm influenced the coverage of the 2019 climate change protest <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u00b7 An evaluation of Herman and Chomsky\u2019s propaganda model and its ability to explain the behaviour of the Sun newspaper in response to both the Manchester Arena bombing and the London Bridge attack during the run-up to the 2017 UK general election<\/p>\n\n\n\n International Relations<\/strong>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n The hot spots of international relations continue to fascinate, with several students writing about the Middle East: <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u00b7 What are the roles and impacts of proxies in the Syrian conflict? <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u00b7 Have international relations between the United States, Russia and Middle Eastern states contributed to the conflict in the region? <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u00b7 To what extent will the United Nations be able to facilitate the attainment of global peace for the United Kingdom, with reference to the Middle East <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u00b7 The reasons for the invasion of Kuwait <\/p>\n\n\n\n However, emerging powers and the changing global order also faced critical enquiry: <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u00b7 The Alchemy of Money and Power. How might the \u2018new silk roads\u2019 affect US hegemony? <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u00b7 All Roads Lead to China. To what extent is China\u2019s Belt and Road initiative an imperialist foreign policy? <\/p>\n\n\n\n Students research a range of issues in Europe and around the world: <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u00b7 Portrayals of development through a post-colonial scope: a content analysis of a for-profit international volunteering organisation <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u00b7 An exploration of the influence of member state nationalism on the European Union\u2019s attempts to address the 2015\/16 European refugee crisis <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u00b7 To what extent can the doctrine of the Responsibility to Protect be classified as an international norm? <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u00b7 Analysing Eastern communist countries foreign policies, why they make changes to them, how they affect their domestic policies and if it is the case that Western hegemonic actions has forced these changes and has negative effects on the citizens of these nations <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u00b7 Transitional justice initiative in Bosnia and Herzegovina: evaluating the impact of international transitional justice on inter-ethnic reconciliation<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The students of the 2019-20 graduating cohort produced fascinating work on a range of issues from local to global politics. 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