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. London: Verso.
which […]

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Written by Roger on May 24th, 2007 with no comments.
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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 attacked the end of Thatcher-Major market triumphalism.

On Cameron and the Conservatives, see the following from the IPPR stable:

Finlayson, A. (2007) ‘Making sense of David Cameron’, Public Policy Research, 14 (1), pp. 3-10.

For those of a psephological disposition the latest issue of Electoral Studies is a special issue on the growing feild of expert, manifesto and survey assessments of the positions of national political parties; see

Marks, G. (2007) ‘Introduction: triangulation and the square-root law’, Electoral Studies, 26 (1), pp. 1-10.

Finally, just published, and with an excellent chapter on Britain (ch. 14) with highlights the continuity in Britain’s trade off with EU membership (economic benefits vs the political ambitions of the Franco-German alliance):

Neal, L. (ed.) (2007) The economics of Europe and the European Union. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Written by Roger on May 24th, 2007 with no comments.
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