Happened to pick up the 1984 issue of the Political Quarterly and there are a number of papers of interest:
On the Falklands, a useful post-general election perspective:
Christie, C. (1984) ‘The British left and the Falklands war’, Political Quarterly, 55 (3), pp. 288-307.
In the same issue, an early discussion of the appeal of social market ideas […]
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On economic policy and performance since 1997, and published to coincide with the plethora of end of Blair assessments, see the deeply sceptical:
Elliott, L. and Atkinson, D. (2007) Fantasy island: waking up to the incredible economic, political and social illusions of the Blair legacy. London: Constable & Robinson.
Recently published and providing a very broad […]
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Just published in the new journal, Cliometrica, an update of Maddison (1991, ch 4):
Maddison, A. (2007) ‘Fluctuations in the momentum of growth within the capitalist epoch’, Cliometrica, 1 (2), pp. 145-75.
On economic policy and performance since 1997, and published to coincide with the plethora of end of Blair assessments, see the deeply sceptical:
Elliott, L. and […]
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As the Blair end-of-regime assessments come in thick and fast we must note:
Elliott, L. and Atkinson, D. (2007) Fantasy island: waking up to the incredible economic, political and social illusions of the Blair legacy. London: Constable & Robinson.
which is an update on their:
Elliott, L. and Atkinson, D. (1998) The age of insecurity. London: Verso.
which […]
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On whether the British people/electorate became Thatcherite in the 1980s I don’t know how I have avoided for so long knowing of:
Rentoul, J. and Ratford, J. (1989) Me and mine: the triumph of the new individualism?. London: HarperCollins. HN385.5 REN
Thanks to one of your number for bringing it to my attention in their project.
Written by Roger on May 17th, 2007 with no comments.
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The latest issue of the Royal Economic Society’s Newsletter (no 137, April 2007) has a useful and very positive piece by Diane Coyle, author of the recent The soulful science: what economists really do and why it matters (2007), entitled ‘Are economists conquering the world’. The RES Newsletter is available via the society’s web site […]
Written by Roger on May 16th, 2007 with no comments.
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The latest issue of Journal of Liberal History is devoted to the 1906 landslide election victory. Two papers will be of particular interest:
Packer, I. (2007) ‘Economic strategies and the New Liberalism’, Journal of Liberal History, 54 (Spring), pp. 14-21.
Holmes, A.R. (2007) ‘The development of the New Liberalism as a philosophy of transition’, Journal of Liberal […]
Written by Roger on May 3rd, 2007 with no comments.
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