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Episode 1: The State Around Us
Episode 2: Origins of The State
Episode 3: Why Do States Differ?

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Dr Matt Williams

University of Oxford

Dr Matt Williams has an undergraduate degree in politics from Bristol University. He then came to Oxford in 2006 for a Masters and DPhil. During and after his doctorate he held lectureships at seven Oxford colleges, including stints as the organising tutor for politics at Wadham and University.

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Economics
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PPE was born of the conviction that study of the great modern works of economic, social, political and philosophical thought would have a transformative effect on students’ intellectual lives, and thereby on society at large.

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Politics
Philosophy
Economics
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Meet the academic

Dr Matt Williams

Dr Matt Williams has an undergraduate degree in politics from Bristol University. He then came to Oxford in 2006 for a Masters and DPhil. During and after his doctorate he held lectureships at seven Oxford colleges, including stints as the organising tutor for politics at Wadham and University.

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