Articles by Edwin Bacon

Edwin Bacon

Edwin Bacon

Edwin Bacon is a Reader in Comparative Politics at Birkbeck, University of London.

Teaching students applied politics

More than ever universities and students are framing their degrees in terms of future prospects rather than present knowledge. This partly explains a renewed interest in teaching applied politics on degree programmes. But applied politics needs to be taught in a deeper and more critical way than simply focusing on employability allows. Read more