Politics in 60 Seconds

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What's Politics in 60 Seconds about?

In 2009, we challenged our politics experts to define or dicuss a political concept in a minute or less.

The result is a small library of political ideas explained (and a whole host of bloopers!)

We may produce more in the future, but for now, enjoy!

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Politics in 60 Seconds episodes:

11.05.2010
Why is the right wing important?
Dr Matthew Goodwin takes up the challenge and explains why the right wing is important and why it's important to understand it.
11.05.2010
Who supports right wing extremism
Dr Matthew Goodwin attempts to describe the kind of people who support right wing extremist parties.
11.05.2010
What is right wing extremism
Dr Matthew Goodwin takes up the challenge and defines right wing extremism.
11.05.2010
Defence: Britain's role internationally
Professor Wyn Rees takes up the challenge and chooses to focus on Britain's miltary role on the global stage.
10.01.2010
Defence: The changing nature of conflict
In this 60 second challenge Professor Wyn Rees looks at the changing nature of conflicts.
08.20.2010
Defence: allies
Professor Wyn Rees takes up the challenge and explores the idea of allies in the context of global security.
08.13.2010
Democracy
Dr Sara Motta takes up the challenge with Democracy.
08.06.2010
Defence: Britain's relationship with the US
In this 60 second challenge Professor Wyn Rees sums up the relationship between the US and the UK on defence.
08.06.2010
Green Politics
In this video Dr Mathew Humphrey takes up the 60 second challenge and chooses Green Politics.
07.08.2010
Ideology
Dr Mathew Humphrey takes up the 60 second challenge and chooses as his subject the concept of war. Challenge our experts yourself. If you have a concept you'd like explaining in 60 seconds or less drop us a line.
05.14.2010
Disaster politics
Dr Vanessa Pupavac takes up the 60 second challenge and chooses as her subject the concept of disaster politics. Challenge our experts yourself. If you have a concept you'd like explaining in 60 seconds or less - drop us an...
05.14.2010
The Labour Party
Professor Steven Fielding takes up the 60 second challenge and chooses as his subject the Labour Party. Challenge our experts yourself. If you have a concept you'd like explaining in 60 seconds or less - drop us an email.
05.14.2010
Social Democracy
Professor Steven Fielding takes up the 60 second challenge and chooses as his subject the concept of social democracy. Challenge our experts yourself. If you have a concept you'd like explaining in 60 seconds or less - drop us an...
05.14.2010
Voting at 16?
Professor Philip Cowley takes up the 60 second challenge and chooses as his subject the concept of lowering the voting age in Britain. Challenge our experts yourself. If you have a concept you'd like explaining in 60 seconds or less...
05.14.2010
Parliamentary Whips
Professor Philip Cowley takes up the 60 second challenge and chooses as his subject the concept of parliamentary whips. Challenge our experts yourself. If you have a concept you'd like explaining in 60 seconds or less - drop us an...
05.14.2010
Corruption
Professor Paul Heywood takes up the 60 second challenge and chooses as his subject the concept of corruption. Challenge our experts yourself. If you have a concept you'd like explaining in 60 seconds or less - drop us an email.
05.14.2010
China's responsibility
Dr Miwa Hirono takes up the 60 second challenge and chooses as her subject the concept of China's international responsibility. Challenge our experts yourself. If you have a concept you'd like explaining in 60 seconds or less - drop us...
05.14.2010
Exploitation
Dr Matthew Rendall takes up the 60 second challenge and chooses as his subject the concept of exploitation. Challenge our experts yourself. If you have a concept you'd like explaining in 60 seconds or less - drop us a line.
05.14.2010
History and the State
Dr Malika Rahal takes up the 60 second challenge and chooses as her subject the concept of history and the state. Challenge our experts yourself. If you have a concept you'd like explaining in 60 seconds or less drop us...
05.14.2010
Utopia
Dr Lucy Sargisson takes up the 60 second challenge and chooses as her subject the concept of Utopia. Challenge our experts yourself. If you have a concept you'd like explaining in 60 seconds or less drop us a line.
05.14.2010
Property
Professor Christopher Pierson takes up the 60 second challenge and chooses as his subject the concept of property. Challenge our experts yourself. If you have a concept you'd like explaining in 60 seconds or less drop us a line.
05.13.2010
War
Dr Lucy Sargisson takes up the 60 second challenge and chooses as her subject the concept of war. Challenge our experts yourself. If you have a concept you'd like explaining in 60 seconds or less drop us a line.
05.13.2010
Voting
Professor Cees van der Eijk takes up the 60 second challenge and chooses as his subject the concept of voting. Challenge our experts yourself. If you have a concept you'd like explaining in 60 seconds or less drop us a...
05.13.2010
Welcome to Politics in 60 Seconds
Welcome to Politics in 60 Seconds. You can't boil an egg in less than 60 Seconds, so how can you explain a political concept? We challenged our experts to define political concepts in a minute or less.
05.13.2010
Passive revolution
Dr Adam Morton takes up the 60 second challenge and chooses as his subject the concept of passive revolution. Challenge our experts yourself. If you have a concept you'd like explaining in 60 seconds or less - drop us an...

What's Politics in 60 Seconds about?

Download our free app to listen on your phone

Politics in 60 Seconds episodes:

Why is the right wing important?

Who supports right wing extremism

What is right wing extremism

Defence: Britain's role internationally

Defence: The changing nature of conflict

Defence: allies

Democracy

Defence: Britain's relationship with the US

Green Politics

Ideology

Disaster politics

The Labour Party

Social Democracy

Voting at 16?

Parliamentary Whips

Corruption

China's responsibility

Exploitation

History and the State

Utopia

Property

War

Voting

Welcome to Politics in 60 Seconds

Passive revolution