Options for a New Britain

VARUN UBEROI is Post-Doctoral Fellow in the Department of Politics and International Relations, University of Oxford, UK. ADAM COUTTS is Post-Doctoral Research Fellow in the Department of Politics and International Relations, University of Oxford, UK. IAIN MCLEAN is Professor of Politics and Director of the Public Policy Unit, Department of Politics and International Relations, University of Oxford, UK. DAVID HALPERN is Director of Research at the Institute for Government, UK.

'An authoritative and rigorous analysis of the policy options for Britain in the next ten years. It looks across the whole range of policy areas, exploring the dilemmas which will confront governments, and how they might be resolved.' - Andrew Gamble, University of Cambridge, UK 'A comprehensive account of the challenges that Britain faces in the decade ahead by a team of experts who also provide policy options to address these challenges.' - Robert Hazell, The Constitution Unit, UCL, UK 'Fascinating, timely and invaluable - a collection of independent perspectives of how key policy issues and options have changed and been addressed since 1996 together with thoughts on how the challenge of the next decade might be tackled.' -- Sir Michael Bichard, Institute of Government, UK 'An independent and authoritative audit of public policy that is detached from day to day Westminster and media battles. The authors challenge many conventional political assumptions on, for instance, housing and public transport. The party manifestos for the next election should be judged alongside this book.' - Peter Riddell, Chief Political Commentator of The Times

• Foreword: D.King Introduction Microeconomic Policy and the Productivity Agenda; N.Crafts Prosperity& Productivity; M.Weale Poverty, Inequality and Social Mobility; P.Kenway& J.Blanden Employment, Worklessness and Unemployment; M.Evans& S.Harkness NHS, Health and Well-Being; J.Appelby& A.Coutts Education; A.Wolf Science and Technology Policy; J.Grant& J.Krapels Crime and Criminal Justice: Exploring the Policy Options; M.Hough& J.V.Roberts Housing; S.Nickell Economy and Environment: Tackling Britain's Transport Problem; R.Wellings Energy, Climate Change and the Environment; F.Gallo, A.Woods, C.Hope, B.Worthington& A.Coutts Britain and the World: Options for UK Foreign and Security Policy; M.Chalmers Diversity and Extremism; V.Uberoi& S.Saggar Communications and Media Policy; D.Tambini The Constitution; G.Lodge& R.Gough