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LSE researcher Daniel Chandler considers the work of one of the 20th Century’s foremost political philosophers

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‘Every system is perfectly designed to get the results it gets’.

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Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 has been accompanied by atrocities against the civilian population.

For decades, social scientific study of religion has been dominated by the secularisation question: is religion growing or declining?

Have inequalities become so entrenched that we can no longer imagine a fairer society?

In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, inequality is on the rise, but so is grassroots activism.

How might understanding this recent traumatic history help us understand the present, and future, of Russia and its political system?