Research Projects
Population Politics
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Introduction
Population policies have a bad press. Although governments worldwide have pursued policies aiming to alter demographic trends, ‘population policy’ has become synonymous in Britain with notions of one-child restrictions in China. This is a shame. At their best population policies are a means for governments to pre-empt demographic challenges and respond coherently, and can be as innocuous as providing better childcare with an explicit, if not primary, aim of raising fertility. But should altering demography be a political concern at all?
An article on population politics by Mike Dixon and Julia Margo for openDemocracy is available here.
Further Information
This project has been generously supported by the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation.
Publications
Mike Dixon and Julia Margo argue that we should act now to safeguard Britain’s demographic future or risk rising levels of inequality and poverty and damage to the economy.
Shared Responsibilities
National security strategy for the UK
We face serious international security challenges but provided we are willing change the way we think, and adapt our policy solutions to new circumstances, there is much that can be done.
Youth Tracker
Newsletter Issue 1
A quarterly newsletter looking at how Britain’s young people are faring in the recession, and what we can do to support them.
Youth Justice
Towards a Popular, Preventative System
This report proposes ways in which the youth justice system can reduce offending, as well as ways of creating public confidence in the system.