May 24th, 2007

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TGP reading update 5

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 [...]

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RSSD reading update 3

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 [...]

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CdB reading update 5

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: [...]

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TL reading update 15

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. [...]

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