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For those of you trying to make sense of the current state of the economy and why the period since the early 1990s has been ‘NICE’ (Mervyn King’s term for a non-inflationary consistently expansionary economy) you might have a look at:
‘The turning point’, The Economist, 22 September 2007, pp. 33-5.
There is much that is good […]
Written by Roger on September 25th, 2007 with no comments.
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Please call into my office (B48, 13WR) and collect a unit handbook on Tuesday 2 October (am only). The first seminar will be on Tuesday 9 October, starting at 0900. It is essential that you look through the handbook before the first meeting as we will be setting the work programme for the seminars.
Written by Roger on September 24th, 2007 with no comments.
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A varied set of additional readings, beginning with the Campbell diaries in which the reaction to them (week beginning 2 July 2007) is more interesting then the diaries themselves. Nonetheless, now added as a set text:
Campbell, A. (2007) The Blair years: extracts from the Alistair Campbell diaries. London: Hutchinson.
On the key debate over public sector […]
Written by Roger on July 18th, 2007 with no comments.
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The latest issue of British Politics, 2.2 (2007) is devoted to the current state of the Conservative Part and ten years of New Labour, especially:
Dorey, P. (2007) ‘A new direction or another false dawn?: David Cameron and the crisis of British conservatism’, British Politics, 2 (2), pp. 137-66.
Denham, A. and O’Hara, K. (2007) ‘The three […]
Written by Roger on July 1st, 2007 with no comments.
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Just published (by the IPPR) and a good place to start considering the post-Blair Labour Party and government:
Pearce, N. and Margo, J. (eds) (2007) Politics for a new generation: the progressive moment. London: Palgrave. On Order.
in particular, the following chapters:
Pearce, N. and Margo, J. (2007) ‘Introduction’, in N. Pearce and J. Margo (eds) Politics […]
Written by Roger on June 1st, 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 […]
Written by Roger on May 24th, 2007 with no comments.
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Essential reading: the latest issue of Political Studies Review has a mini-symposium on Thatcher, comprising:
Jenkins, S. (2007) ‘Thatcher’s legacy’, Political Studies Review, 5 (2), pp. 161-71.
Garnett, M. (2007) ‘Banality in politics: Margaret Thatcher and the biographers’, Political Studies Review, 5 (2), pp. 172-82.
Hay, C. (2007) ‘Whatever happened to Thatcherism?’, Political Studies Review, 5 (2), pp. […]
Written by Roger on April 16th, 2007 with no comments.
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The Clift and Tomlinson (2007) paper on the Keynesianism of New Labour which was criticised by Hay (2007) has brought forth a response by Clift and Tomlinson:
Clift, B. and J.D. Tomlinson (2007) ‘Complexity, constraint and New Labour’s putative neo-liberalism’, British Journal of Political Science, 37 (2), pp. 378-81.
It is extremely unlikely that this is the […]
Written by Roger on March 21st, 2007 with no comments.
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Also of relevance to TGP and DisUK:
The latest issue of Prospect, March 2007, carries a major feature on, if left vs right defined the twentieth century, what’s next? You can also follow this up on their web site.
Other things I’ve been reading recently which may be of interest:
Russell, A. and E. Fieldhouse (2005) Neither left […]
Written by Roger on February 28th, 2007 with no comments.
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A couple of useful papers crossed my desk this week:
Gifford, C. (2006) ‘The rise of post-imperial populism: The case of right-wing Euroscepticism in Britain’, European Journal of Political Research, 45 (5), pp. 851-69.
Nickell, S.J. (2005) ‘Practical issues in United Kingdom monetary policy, 2000-2005’, Proceedings of the British Academy, 139, pp. 1-33. Nickell was a MPC […]
Written by Roger on January 19th, 2007 with no comments.
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