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The Blair Years
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group 2011; US$ 35.00A revelatory account of Tony Blair?s tumultuous leadership, The Blair Years gathers extracts from the diaries of the man who knew him best: Alastair Campbell?Blair?s spokesman from 1994 to 2003, his press secretary, strategist, and closest confidant. It is a compelling chronicle of contemporary British politics and the rise of New Labour, providing... more...
The Conservatives under David Cameron
Palgrave Macmillan 2009; US$ 39.00The Conservatives under David Cameron provides the first and definitive analysis of the development of 'New Conservative' ideology and policy during the tenure of David Cameron, identifying both continuity and change, and evaluating the party's fitness to govern. more...
Building New Labour
Palgrave Macmillan 2005; US$ 45.00'New' Labour was defined in part by wide-ranging reforms to the party's internal democracy. These included changes to how candidates and leaders are selected, changes to policy making processes, and a programme of 'quotas' that transformed women's representation in the party. In the first book to analyse all these reforms in depth Meg Russell asks... more...
The Philosophy, Politics and Religion of British Democracy
I.B.Tauris 2010; US$ 77.08Maurice Cowling was one of the most controversial historians and thinkers of the last 40 years and a key figure in modern British Conservatism. His work on intellectual and political history assaulted conventional understanding of the political process and challenged the liberal and secular ideas which have been so pervasive in modern Britain. Here,... more...
Zwischen Vertrauen und Verrat
Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht 2012; US$ 59.95Hauptbeschreibung Können Mitglieder einer kommunistischen Partei Freunde sein? Das scheint zunächst undenkbar, da das Prinzip der Freundschaft schwer mit dem Prinzip kommunistischer Parteidisziplin vereinbar ist. Freundschaft wird im europäischen Raum seit der Neuzeit als Beziehung verstanden, die freiwillig eingegangen wird und individuell... more...
Die professionalisierte Mitgliederpartei
Springer 2012; US$ 47.99?Politische Parteien sind komplexe Organisationen. Sie müssen auf vielfältige institutionelle Erwartungen reagieren und agieren in einem Spannungsfeld zwischen professionalisierter Berufspolitik und ehrenamtsbasierter Mitgliedervereinigung. Die Studie bietet eine organisationstheoretisch fundierte, parteienvergleichende Analyse der Organisationsstruktur... more...
Egalitarian Thought and Labour Politics
Routledge 1994; US$ 170.00Nick Ellison argues that the concept of equlity is the cornerstone of the British socialist tradition, examining the alternative understandings that have divided the Labour party since 1930 and considering contemporary attitudes. more...
The Labour Party Since 1979
Taylor and Francis 2002; US$ 57.95The Labour Party since 1979: Crisis and Transformation challenges the claim that Labour's only real hope for the future lies in shedding its ideological baggage. It rejects the notion taht the 'shadow budget' was the prime cause of its 1992 defeat and argues that the strategyof seeking an image of 'responsibility' and 'respectability' - which under... more...
The Politics of Nationhood
Palgrave Macmillan 1999; US$ 159.00For over a century the Conservative Party has been identified as the patriotic party defending the nation state and British identity. Thatcherism sought to rework the Conservative politics of nationhood in the light of changed circumstances, but the Thatcher and Major Governments faced significant problems managing the Union, European integration... more...









