Thatcherism's Legacy (SS, TB I)
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The latest issue of Political Studies is a special issue (occasioned by the sixtieth anniversary of the PSA) devoted to ‘Dialogue and innovations in contemporary political science’. Three articles will be of especial interest:
Dunleavy, P. (2010) ‘New worlds in political science’, Political Studies, 58 (2), pp. 239-65.
and the debate:
Norton, A. (2010) ‘Politics against history: temporal […]
Written by Roger on February 27th, 2010 with no comments.
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The latest crop of PSA journals yields:
Hampsher-Monk, I. and Hindmoor, A. (2010) ‘Rational choice and interpretive evidence: caught between a rock and a hard place?’ Political Studies, 58 (1), pp. 47-65.
which builds upon Green and Shapiro’s (1994) scepticism about rational choice.
The latest issue of Political Studies Review, 8.1 (January 2010) is a symposium on the […]
Written by Roger on January 27th, 2010 with no comments.
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Somehow I missed this when it appeared: a themed issue of Cambridge Journal of Economics devoted to the economics of New Labour. Papers include:
Kitson, M. and Wilkinson, F. (2007) ‘The economics of New Labour: policy and performance’, Cambridge Journal of Economics , 31 (6), pp. 805-16.
Coutts, K., et al. (2007) ‘Structural change under New Labour’, […]
Written by Roger on November 28th, 2009 with no comments.
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The Institute for Fiscal Studies has just published a most useful briefing document on public expenditure since the Second World War, A survey of public spending in the UK
In preparing for that part of seminar 1 devoted to Downs and later work there is a paper just published in the British Journal of Politics and […]
Written by Roger on October 7th, 2009 with no comments.
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The latest issue of the BJPIR, 11.3 (2009) has a special section on the sub-prime crisis in Britain. Particularly interesting is a further instalment of Colin Crouch’s privatised Keynesianism hypothesis and a comparative paper by Colin Hay on UK-Ireland (especially housing) inflation:
Crouch, C. (2009) ‘Privatised Keynesianism: an unacknowledged policy regime’, British Journal of Politics […]
Written by Roger on August 14th, 2009 with no comments.
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Across my desk this week:
Evans, S. (2009) ‘The not so odd couple: Margaret Thatcher and one nation conservatism’, Contemporary British History, 23 (1), pp. 101-21.
Cox, M. J. (2009) ‘Why did we get the end of the Cold War wrong?’ British Journal of Politics and International Relations, 11 (2), pp.161-76.
Allen, N. and H. ward (2009) ‘”Moves […]
Written by Roger on May 9th, 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) ‘Is political biography […]
Written by Roger 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 Britain]
Jenkins, […]
Written by Roger 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 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. (2008) ‘The four […]
Written by Roger on June 4th, 2008 with no comments.
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