School of Social and Political Science

Description

Join Greg Power, former special adviser in the Labour government and founder of an international development organisation, to discuss how politics really works. Drawing on his experience of working with hundreds of politicians in more than sixty countries, Greg Power’s new book – Inside the Political Mind­ – explores how social norms, public expectations and the personal interests of MPs influence the path of political development.

Greg Power has experience of working in parliaments and political institutions across the world, including the UK, Iraq, Libya, Egypt and beyond. Combining insights from behavioural economics, change management and comparative politics, Greg Power’s fascinating book argues for a different approach to political reform, one concerned less with institutional design and more with the existing logic of human behaviour – one that starts inside the political mind, and works outwards from there.

Greg Power will discuss his book in conversation with Professor Sarah Childs

Biography:

Greg Power OBE, previously a special adviser to UK Ministers Robin Cook and Peter Hain, has been involved in constitutional and democratic change since the mid-1990s. Since 2005, his organisation, Global Partners Governance Practice, has helped to strengthen political systems across Asia, the Middle East, North and Sub-Saharan Africa, and Central and Eastern Europe.