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Rise and Rise of Meritocracy
Av Geoff Dench
Häftad, 2006
259 kr
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Fifty years after the term “meritocracy” was coined, this book asks where the idea of meritocracy has led. A team of commentators consider diverse topics such as family and meritocracy, meritocracy and ethnic minorities, and what is meant by talent Contains commentaries by a selection of …
Politics and the Media
Harlots and Prerogatives at the Turn of the Millennium
Av Seaton, Jean Seaton
Häftad, 1998
259 kr
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Spin doctor, soundbite, press secretary, digital, global village, cool Britannia. Politics today is saturated with the jargon and buzzwords of the mass media. How important are they for the way we are governed? How can the ever-expanding impact of the media be controlled? In this up-to-the-minute …
New Social Democracy
Häftad, 1999
259 kr
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Since the election of Tony Blair to the leadership of the Labour party in 1997 and the party's subsequent electoral triumph in 1997 after eighteen years in opposition there has been intense speculation about what the Labour party now stands for. Does the party still have a clear set of values and …
Religion and Democracy
Av Ronald Nettler, David Marquand
Häftad, 2000
217 kr
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100 years ago, secular liberals thought religion would gradually recede from the public sphere and become an exclusively private concern. Today, organised religion is still a powerful political force in most parts of the world. In many its political significance has grown. But is it an ally or an …
Citizens
Towards a Citizenship Culture
Av Crick, Bernard Crick
Häftad, 2001
259 kr
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This is the eighth book of a series published with The Political Quarterly. Expert contributors including Joyce Macmillan, Michael Brunson, Karen Evans, John Maxton, Matthew Taylor, Neal Acherson, Yasmin-Alibhai Brown and Anthony Everitt. Asks how a radically more participative citizenship culture …
Retrieving The Big Society
Häftad, 2012
259 kr
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Retrieving the Big Society presents a collection of essays that challenge the view of Britain’s Big Society as a political gimmick and recognise it as an alternative to the central state in social and economic governance. Offers an original and critical take on the idea of the Big Society Attempts …
Britain Beyond Brexit
Häftad, 2019
217 kr
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"A wise and wide-ranging reminder of the things we should have been talking about when we were talking about Brexit."—Stephanie Flanders, Head of Bloomberg Economics"With the national debate bogged down in the messy process of negotiating the UK’s exit from and future relationship with the EU, this …
Superterrorism
Policy Responses
Av FREEDMAN, Lawrence Freedman
Häftad, 2002
259 kr
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This book examines the policy responses to superterrorism, suggesting that the world was not in fact turned upside down by the events of 11 September 2001, but rather that some established trends and tendencies were picked up and reinforced while others were recast. Examines the policy responses to …
Politics of Migration
Managing Opportunity, Conflict and Change
Av Spencer, Sarah Spencer
Häftad, 2003
259 kr
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The Politics of Migration explores the opportunities and tensions posed by migration today and makes a series of strong, workable proposals for managing it effectively. An exploration of the opportunities and tensions posed by migration today.Written by some of the foremost international experts on …
Restating the State?
Häftad, 2004
259 kr
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In his essay “The end of laissez-faire”, Keynes distinguished between the agenda and the non-agenda of government. This book asks how we interpret that distinction today. A ground-breaking collection concerned with rethinking the contemporary role of the state. Comprises essays written by leading …
Britain and European Integration
Views from Within
Av Anand Menon
Häftad, 2004
224 kr
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Bringing together contributions from the eight men who have held the post of British Permanent Representative to the EC/EU, this book provides an authoritative insight into the way Britain’s relationship with its EC/EU partners has developed since accession in 1973. A unique and authoritative …
Britishness
Perspectives on the British Question
Häftad, 2009
258 kr
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Distinguished contributors from a range of disciplines explore the question of Britishness – past, present and future. A lively and authoritative discussion of an important, timely and contemporary issueInvestigates how devolution has brought a new focus on the future of Britain and the nature of …
Options for Britain II
Cross Cutting Policy Issues - Changes and Challenges
Av Varun Uberoi, Adam Coutts m. fl.
Häftad, 2010
259 kr
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Options for Britain II: Cross Cutting Policy Issues - Changes and Challenges offers an assessment of the last decade of British public policy that cuts across policy areas, such as measuring public sector performance, the role of the state, regulation, and Britain’s relationship with the EU. …
Progressive Tradition
Eighty Years of The Political Quarterly
Häftad, 2011
258 kr
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This volume, marking the eightieth anniversary of the journal The Political Quarterly, contains a selection of articles from eight decades of progressive writing and provides both a fascinating window on the past and a stimulus to thought and action in the present. A free-thinking platform for the …
Defending Politics
Bernard Crick at The Political Quarterly
Av Stephen Ball
Häftad, 2015
356 kr
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A collection of Bernard Crick's writings comprising everything he ever wrote for The Political Quarterly from the late 1950s to 2008 - newly re-edited and with an Introduction, the collection reveals the intellectual and political development, as well as the wit and style, of one of the most …
Reassessing New Labour
Market, State and Society under Blair and Brown
Av Patrick Diamond, Michael Kenny
Häftad, 2011
258 kr
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An authoritative evaluation of the long-term legacy of New Labour. The first book-length retrospective assessment of New Labour in government which ranges across academic commentary and political debateFeatures brand-new essays from political figures associated with the Labour party, senior …
Reinventing Collective Action
From the Global to the Local
Av Colin Crouch, David Marquand
Häftad, 1996
259 kr
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A reborn collectivism has begun to challenge the neo-liberal orthodoxies of the last fifteen years. But this new collectivism is very different from the state-centred collectivism of the post-war period. It is outward-looking, pluralistic and internationalist. It stands for strong communities, a …
Greening the Millennium?
The New Politics of the Environment
Häftad, 1998
259 kr
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This collection of specially commissioned essays aims both to broaden understanding of environmental issues, and to explore their implications for politics. The book discusses the concepts of the 'risk society' and 'ecological modernisation', examines the relationship between science, public policy …
Rethinking Democracy
Häftad, 2019
187 kr
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"There's never been a more pressing time to question every aspect of our inadequate democracy"- Polly Toynbee "This important book shows the many challenges democracy faces in a world of populism and radical digital change" - Margaret Hodge2018 saw celebrations of the centenary of the …
