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The End of Thatcherism, Anthony Barnett openDemocracy - Latest articles from openDemocracy The End of Thatcherism, Anthony Barnett The Perilous Politics of ‘No Mandate’ and Genuine Scottish Self-Determination, Gerry Hassan Our proper station, John Jackson Mayor Luzhkov and the reconstruction of Moscow, Clementine Cecil Kickstarting the Kyrgyz economy, Robert Livingston, Alexey Semyonov and Baktybek Abdrisaev The heart of it all: openDemocracy's first article, , Tani Bhargava and Rajeev Bhargava The End of Thatcherism, Anthony Barnett This week's creation of a Conservative led coalition with the Liberal Democrats has brought the period associated with Margaret Thatcher after her election in 1979 to an end. The UK will continue to play its part in global capitalism but a new... Read more » The Perilous Politics of ‘No Mandate’ and Genuine Scottish Self-Determination, Gerry Hassan As British politics enters uncharted waters, Scottish politics seems strangely familar and returning to the parameters of the 1980s and the politics of 'no mandate', as Labour and SNP out do each other in the oppositionalist opportunism.... Read more » Our proper station, John Jackson God bless the Squire and his relations. And keep us in our proper stations. The very good thing about the agreement between the Tories and the LibDems is that, if as intended (we are told) it produces five years of stable government by an executive... Read more » Mayor Luzhkov and the reconstruction of Moscow, Clementine Cecil Yuri Luzhkov was appointed Mayor of the city in 1992; since then he has overseen the physical transformation of the city using “hypermayoral” powers awarded by then President, Boris Yeltsin. These powers allow him to legislate by executive... Read more » Kickstarting the Kyrgyz economy, Robert Livingston, Alexey Semyonov and Baktybek Abdrisaev Once again Kyrgyzstan has a chance to develop real democracy. The United States, OSCE, and other international partners have expressed their willingness to help. The strategic interests of the United States would certainly be well served by a... Read more » The heart of it all: openDemocracy's first article, , Tani Bhargava and Rajeev Bhargava By virtue of their legitimate capacity to throw "paper stones" at their ostensible rulers, ordinary people have begun to feel that those rulers can be made accountable. Radical democratic theory never tires of claiming that democracy... Read more »