Andrew Bowman

<p>Andrew Bowman is a researcher at the <a href="http://www.cresc.ac.uk/">Centre for Research on Socio-Cultural Change</a> and editor for <a href="http://www.redpepper.org.uk/"><em>Red Pepper Mag

English city mayors: a sticking plaster on the north south divide

Will directly-elected Mayors be a blessing or a curse for local democracy in England? Can they redress the imbalance between London and the wealthy South East and the rest of the country?

By Andrew Bowman

/ 1 May 2012

The (mis)rule of the econocrats: how to re-politicise economics

The financial crisis demonstrated extraordinary failures on the part of policy elites and economic experts. And yet we remain governed by technocrats. We need to re-politicise economic policy-making, or else repeat the mistakes of the past.

By Andrew Bowman, Karel Williams and Mick Moran

/ 19 Apr 2012

Threat to opportunity: the new logic of climate policy

In the clutches of recession, the Ryanair chief executive may now breathe a sigh of relief as binding emission reductions seem further off than ever before. Now, the only thinkable solutions to climate change are those which also provide an immediate, tangible boost to economic growth. But can mar

By Andrew Bowman

/ 14 Dec 2011