Sean Irving
@seanirving.bsky.social
Popular Power, Institutional Political Economy, Organization and Governance https://essex.academia.edu/SeanIrving
I wrote a little piece about the benefits of multi-party competition for @uk.theconversation.com. Give it a read if you like.
Why the rise of multi-party politics is good for democracy
More choice can also mean greater opportunity to be heard.
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Head to @trinityoxford.bsky.social next week, 12 Mar at 5:00pm GMT to celebrate the launch of @stuartjones.bsky.social's new book, Liberal Worlds! Grab a drink and learn more about this incredible work—plus use code P327 to get 30% off your copy! RSVP for this free, in-person event: buff.ly/KAVSCf2
Excellent essay on economic republicanism by @seanirving.bsky.social in @aeon.co. I learned loads from it and it made me want to read more! Lots of threads for future research. 👇 aeon.co/essays/the-w...
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Just published in @aeonmag: My essay on economic republicanism — a forgotten tradition that linked freedom to shared power in work, markets, and finance. If democracy feels unfinished, this history might help explain why. aeon.co/essays/the-w...
The West’s forgotten republican heritage | Aeon Essays
Economic republicanism shows us how to achieve authentic freedom: citizens require economic as well as political power
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Conversé con Javier Pineda en el podcast de El Ciudadano sobre el populismo, la democracia plebeya y la producción cooperativista. 👇 www.youtube.com/watch?v=nqve...
Podcastpitalismo 2x5 | Cooperativismo: una Brújula para el Futuro Económico
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How does republican theory reimagine economic freedom? Sean Irving explores John Francis Bray’s economic republicanism and its implications for markets and justice. Read OPEN ACCESS: buff.ly/SpsR2k8 @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social @uoypolitics.bsky.social @sagepub.com #polsky #polsci
My new article explores the neoliberalisation of the British worker coop movement. A lost history that speaks directly to today’s debates about ownership and the future of work. It's Open Access, so if it interests you, take a look! tinyurl.com/27r9j957
From New Left to Social Enterprise: A Conceptual History of the Industrial Common Ownership Movement, 1971–2001 | Enterprise & Society | Cambridge Core
From New Left to Social Enterprise: A Conceptual History of the Industrial Common Ownership Movement, 1971–2001
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We're excited to announce the call for papers for #MBS26, the next Modern British Studies conference, at Birmingham in June 2026. We'll be launching the #MBS Association at this event, to support further regular conferences in Modern British Studies. www.birmingham.ac.uk/events/moder...
Modern British Studies Conference 2026 - University of Birmingham
Conference information
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Thrilled to have another piece out on the history of economic republicanism! In the 19th century, republican ideas were mobilised to argue for popular economic self-government, ideas that still have much to offer in our own age of oligarchy. read.dukeupress.edu/hope/article...
A symposium on Georgios Varouxakis, The West: A History of an Idea Date: 24 Oct • 15:00 Location: 327 Mile End Road, London, E1 4NS www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/a-symposiu...
A symposium on Georgios Varouxakis, The West: A History of an Idea
Georgios Varouxakis Symposium
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How can social democrats offer an optimistic, futurist alternative to the dominant tech ideologies of 'Effective Altruism', 'Anglofuturism', and 'Accelerationism? @demofuturist.bsky.social sets out the beginnings of an approach: (subscribe to read)
Towards a social democratic futurism
A quarterly journal of politics and ideas, committed to exploring and expanding the radical potential of social democracy.
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NEW ISSUE: Renewal Vol. 33 No. 2 Published amidst far-right mobilisation and a Reform surge, the new issue of Renewal (guest co-edited by @sachahilhorst.bsky.social) features activists, journalists, and academics analysing the radical right threat and debating how social democrats can respond
Volume 33, Issue 2
A quarterly journal of politics and ideas, committed to exploring and expanding the radical potential of social democracy.
renewal.org.uk
Final reminder that Anneliese Dodds's lecture - on the Labour government, the challenges of new technology, and the need for a new, internationalist collectivism - is TONIGHT, and will be followed by a drinks reception. Tickets are free, and we still have some left, so sign-up on Eventbrite below:
Renewal@renewaljournal.bsky.social · last yr.Renewal is excited to announce Dr. Anneliese Dodds MP as the inaugural speaker for our new annual Rita Hinden Memorial Lecture. The Lecture will be held on Tuesday 9th September at City St. George's University. Register for free here: www.eventbrite.com/e/renewal-pr...?
I have a new paper out online in @crispp.bsky.social: I argue that a focus on domination can help us better understand a renewed politics of working time - a reduction in work, the right to disconnect, and challenging employer authority over free time. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Taking it home with you: work, free time, and domination: Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy: Vol 0, No 0
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@gclaeyshistory.bsky.social Many thanks for the repost of my article. Reading your work really set me off down this path!
@tomoshea.org @jamesmuldoon.bsky.social @jmchickson.bsky.social @brunoleipold.com @camilavergara.bsky.social @marxinhell.bsky.social @stevenklein.bsky.social Might be of interest to you...
Sean Irving@seanirving.bsky.social · last yr.Beyond the theoretical binary of state and market. In this new article, I revisit the work of JF Bray. I'm proposing it points towards an economic republicanism that resists both Bosses and Bureaucrats. Popular economic self government, that's the thing journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
Beyond the theoretical binary of state and market. In this new article, I revisit the work of JF Bray. I'm proposing it points towards an economic republicanism that resists both Bosses and Bureaucrats. Popular economic self government, that's the thing journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
I wrote this piece in an attempt to get to grips with economic thinking inside the faction of the Labour Party know as Blue Labour. I hope it's of some interest.
Renewal@renewaljournal.bsky.social · last yr."there is not much about Blue Labour’s economic programme that is genuinely populist, in the sense of putting power back into the hands of working-class citizens and communities" @seanirving.bsky.social on the political economy of Blue Labour
I'm really looking forward to presenting this paper at the Centre for the Study of Governance and Society at King's. Especially excited for the discussion, so if you're in London and are interested please come along, next Thursday 19th June, 6pm. csgs.kcl.ac.uk/event/republ...
‘Republics in Miniature’: Hayek, Market Republicanism, and Worker Cooperatives - Centre for the Study of Governance & Society
This is an in-person only public event that is free of charge. To RSVP, please visit this link here.
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