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Contributor(s): | Do today’s power brokers in Britain continue to be born to privilege and anointed at Eton and Oxford? Or is a new progressive elite emerging with different values and political instincts?

In search of an answer, Aaron Reeves and Sam Friedman scrutinised the profiles, interests, and careers of over 125,000 members of the British elite from the late 1890s to today. Their findings offer an insight into who gets in, how they get there, what they like and look like, where they go to school, and what politics they perpetuate.

Check out the book by Aaron Reeves and Sam Friedman on this research: https://www.hup.harvard.edu/books/9780674257719

Contributor(s): | The pivotal 1953 coup in Iran, orchestrated by the CIA and MI6, toppled the democratically elected Prime Minister Muhammad Mossadegh. Renowned scholar Fawaz Gerges explains how this event set a precedent for an American foreign policy of intervention in the region, shaping the political landscape of the Middle East.  

This video is based on research from Fawaz Gerges’ new book, What Really Went Wrong?: The West and the Failure of Democracy in the Middle East, available here: https://yalebooks.co.uk/book/9780300259575/what-really-went-wrong/  

Fawaz A. Gerges is professor of International Relations at LSE and the author of Making the Arab World and ISIS: A History. He has also been a senior analyst for ABC News. https://www.lse.ac.uk/international-relations/people/gerges

Contributor(s): | Through a series of soundwalks, Gisa Weszkalnys, Rachel Grant and Maja Zećo explore how the city’s overlapping energy regimes are already impacting its citizens.

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Contributor(s): | Visit our dedicated hub showcasing LSE research and expertise on global politics through short films, blogs, articles and events here.

Contributor(s): | Dr Nick Anstead of the Department of Media and Communications at LSE explains today's new information environment, its impact in politics in the UK and elsewhere, and how we can regulate it.

Explore our dedicated hub showcasing LSE research and commentary on global politics in a year of elections: https://www.lse.ac.uk/Research/global-politics This #LSEFestival event will discuss the importance of trust for a functioning society here.

Contributor(s): | In the recent years, more and more right-wing parties have appeared in politics in European countries and across the world. Ahead of the European Parliament elections 6-9 June 2024, Prof Stephanie Rickard explains why this is happening and what the consequences could be for the EU and globally if we see more far-right candidates winning seats. 

Explore our dedicated hub showcasing LSE research and commentary on global politics in a year of elections here.

Contributor(s): | Mexico will likely elect its first female president on 2 June in an election where a lot is at stake. Dr Jenny Pearce explains the current state of politics in the country and the possible policy areas that Claudia Sheinbaum will tackle if she wins. 

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Contributor(s): | South Africa’s national election on 29 May is likely to be the most competitive one since the end of apartheid. One of the critical issues in the election is the Political Party Funding Act that came into force in 2021 and transformed the country’s political finance landscape.

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Contributor(s): | The polls in India are estimated to have 969 million voters, 5.5 million electronic voting machines, 15 million polling officials. Dr Mukulika Banerjee analyses elections in India, the largest human organised event anywhere in the world. 

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Contributor(s): | Once considered a policy success case for promoting food security, Brazil has now returned to the UN Hunger Map. In 2022, more than half of Brazil’s population was experiencing some degree of food insecurity and severe food insecurity impacted more than 33 million urban residents. In highly unequal Brazilian cities, this issue affects mostly low-income racialised residents in the urban fringes where infrastructural exclusion further constrains access to nutritious, affordable and culturally appropriate food. This short film introduces the interdisciplinary research project “Engineering food: infrastructure exclusion and ‘last mile’ delivery in Brazilian favelas”, a collaboration between LSE, Insper and Birkbeck, funded by the British Academy, that explores the last mile gaps in food accessibility in Brazilian low-income neighbourhoods. Featuring interviews with the research team and community leaders in Brazil, the film focuses on the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic and initiatives emerging to address hunger. It stresses the role of women and community organisations in closing the last mile gap and invites further attention and investment in local actors to tackle inequalities in food access.