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 […]
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The lastest issue of Prospect (May 2009, pp. 32-6) carries an article by David Willetts, ‘The meaning of Margaret’, one of the few contemporary Conservatives who was both a participant-observer of the 1980s and is contributing interestingly to the redefinition of contemporary Conservatism today. I have placed a copy in RM.
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At a recent conference I heard a paper on US-UK tax reform during the Thatcher-Reagan era. This had a number of references which may be of interest:
Smith, G. A. (1990) Reagan and Thatcher. London: Bodley Head.
O’Sullivan, J. (2006) The president, the pope and the prime minister: three who changed the world. Washington, DC: Regnery Publishing.
Wapshott, […]
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Yesterday’s Guardian carried an article (‘How the miner’s strike came close to being settled’) which will be of interest not just on the miner’s strike but the broader issue of how later revelations may change interpretations of an episode. The article refers to a new book by two journalists:
Beckett, F. and Hencke, D. (2009) Marching […]
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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 […]
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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, […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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I was recently told that the publicly funded (through JISC) Film & Sound Online has some useful resources for studying the miner’s strike of 1984-5. You may need your Athens logon and password to gain access, depnding upon whether you are on the UoB campus network.
Items of interest are two productions by Amber Films ‘Where […]
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A new volume which looks promising (I’m due to review it for Twentieth Century British History and will let you know once I’ve read it):
Turner, R.S. (2008) Neo-liberal ideology: history, concepts and policies. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press.
Also, for various seminars:
Arestis, P. (2007) Is there a new consensus in macroeconomics? London: Palgrave Macmillan.
Eichenberg, R.C. (1989) Public […]
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