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Yesterday’s Guardian carried an article (‘How the miner’s strike came close to being settled’) which will be of interest not just on the miner’s strike but the broader issue of how later revelations may change interpretations of an episode. The article refers to a new book by two journalists: Beckett, F. and Hencke, D. (2009) [...]
Written by Roger Middleton on March 10th, 2009 with no comments.
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Political memoir and contemporary history I was recently asked for some reading about the utility of political memoirs, especially, although not exclusively, in relation to Thatcher. Here are some key items: Begin with the series of papers in Contemporary British History, 10.4 (1996). The library cannot locate this issue of the journal: O’Brien, P.K. (1996) [...]
Written by Roger Middleton on December 10th, 2008 with no comments.
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Whilst in the LSE I came across the following which I’ll put on next year’s reading list: Flinders, M. (2008) Delegated governance and the British state: walking without order. Oxford: Oxford University Press. [Along with Moran (2007) on the British regulatory state, this is the most compelling analysis of the current state of governance in [...]
Written by Roger Middleton on November 6th, 2008 with no comments.
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Please call into my office (G51, 13WR) and collect a unit handbook in the week beginning 29.09.08 (I expect to be in the department most days that week, although not Thursday). I have also put the handbook in the TL part of this web site for you are advised to have an electronic version (for [...]
Written by Roger Middleton on September 15th, 2008 with no comments.
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Finally catching up on a bit of journal reading, and need to draw attention to some recent issues of Political Quarterly. Vol 79.2 (2008) has a symposium on inheritance tax. Vol 79.1 (2008) has a symposium to mark the October 2007 inauguration of the Equality and Human Rights Commission. Also caught my attention: Crick, B. [...]
Written by Roger Middleton on June 4th, 2008 with no comments.
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I was recently told that the publicly funded (through JISC) Film & Sound Online has some useful resources for studying the miner’s strike of 1984-5. You may need your Athens logon and password to gain access, depnding upon whether you are on the UoB campus network. Items of interest are two productions by Amber Films [...]
Written by Roger Middleton on April 3rd, 2008 with no comments.
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A new volume which looks promising (I’m due to review it for Twentieth Century British History and will let you know once I’ve read it): Turner, R.S. (2008) Neo-liberal ideology: history, concepts and policies. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press. Also, for various seminars: Arestis, P. (2007) Is there a new consensus in macroeconomics? London: Palgrave Macmillan. [...]
Written by Roger Middleton on March 7th, 2008 with no comments.
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Whilst this unit is not currently running, I am conscious that students and other are using the materials. So an interim update of some recent reading: Van Ark, B., O’Mahony, M. and Timmer, M.P. (2008) ?The productivity gap between Europe and the United States: trends and causes?, Journal of Economic Perspectives, 22 (1), pp. 25-44. [...]
Written by Roger Middleton on March 7th, 2008 with no comments.
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Across my desk this past couple of weeks (also of some relevance to TL): The latest issue of the British Journal of Political Science, 38.2 (2008) has four papers of interest: Jacobs, A.M. (2008) ?The politics of when: redistribution, investment and policy making for the long term?, British Journal of Political Science, 38 (2), pp. [...]
Written by Roger Middleton on February 14th, 2008 with no comments.
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Across my desk this week: The latest issue of the EJ has two papers of particular interest, the first demonstratinbg that labour market flexibility has increased in Britain and the second a concise account of why the new political economy matters for policy: Barwell, R.D. and Schweitzer, M.E. (2007) ?The incidence of nominal and real [...]
Written by Roger Middleton on December 14th, 2007 with no comments.
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