British Politics Books

New and Published Books

1. Muslims in Britain

   Making Social and Political Space

   Edited by Waqar Ahmad, Ziauddin Sardar

   The management of social, religious and ethnic diversity is a key social policy concern in Britain, and Muslims in particular have become a focus of attention in recent years. This timely and topical volume examines the position of Muslims in Britain and how they are changing and making social,...

   Published May 16th 2012 by Routledge
2. The Constitution of Poverty (Routledge Revivals)

   Towards a genealogy of liberal governance

   By Mitchell Dean

   Firts published in 1991, this book looks at how capitalism has affected the organization of the poor. It also explores what the links are between notions of poverty and notions personal responsibility, philanthropy, morality and state forms. An intruiging work for anyone interested in the...

   Published March 25th 2012 by Routledge
3. Britain, America and the War Debt Controversy

   The Economic Diplomacy of an Unspecial Relationship, 1917-45

   By Robert Self

   Series: British Politics and Society

   This volume throws important new light upon a pivotal period of transition in the Anglo-American relationship and sets the stage for its equally dramatic transformation during and after the Second World War. Based upon extensive research in previously unpublished archival material on both...

   Published March 21st 2012 by Routledge
4. The Official History of Privatisation, Vol. II

   Popular Capitalism, 1987-97

   By David Parker

   Series: Government Official History Series

   This is Volume II of Professor Parker's authoritative Official History of Privatisation, covering the period from the re-election of Margaret Thatcher in 1987 to the election of Tony Blair in 1997. Volume II considers in detail several of the major privatisations, including those of airports, steel...

   Published March 20th 2012 by Routledge
5. Confronting the Human Rights Act 1998

   Contemporary themes and perspectives

   Edited by Nicolas Kang-Riou

   This book critically examines the Human Rights Act 1998 (HRA) and evaluates its impact from a multi-disciplinary perspective. The book includes both a domestic and international analysis of the effectiveness of the HRA, and also considers possible future developments in policy and practise as well...

   Published March 12th 2012 by Routledge
6. The Invasion of Afghanistan and UK-Soviet Relations, 1979-1982

   Documents on British Policy Overseas, Series III, Volume VIII

   Edited by Richard Smith, Patrick Salmon, Stephen Twigge

   Series: Whitehall Histories

   This volume examines British policy towards the Soviet Union in the aftermath of the invasion of Afghanistan in December 1979. The documents in this volume, many released into the public realm for the first time, describe the development of British policy towards the Soviet Union during the...

   Published March 7th 2012 by Routledge
7. Britain since 1945

   A Political History, 7th Edition

   By David Childs

   Britain since 1945 is the established textbook on contemporary British political history since the end of the Second World War. David Childs' authoritative chronological survey discusses domestic policy and politics in particular, but also covers external and international relations. This new and...

   Published February 26th 2012 by Routledge
8. Ideas and Economic Crises in Britain from Attlee to Blair (1945-2005)

   By Matthias Matthijs

   Series: Routledge Explorations in Economic History

   Published February 14th 2012 by Routledge
9. Ending Empire in the Middle East

   Britain, the United States and Post-war Decolonization, 1945-1973

   By Simon C. Smith

   Series: Routledge Studies in Middle Eastern History

   This book is a major and wide-ranging re-assessment of Anglo-American relations in the Middle Eastern context. It analyses the process of ending of empire in the Middle East from 1945 to the Yom Kippur War of 1973. Based on original research into both British and American archival sources, it...

   Published February 2nd 2012 by Routledge
10. German Unification 1989-90

    Documents on British Policy Overseas, Series III, Volume VII

    Edited by Patrick Salmon, Keith Hamilton, Stephen Robert Twigge

    Series: Whitehall Histories

    This volume is comprised of a collection of diplomatic documents covering British reactions to, and policy towards, the collapse of the German Democratic Republic and the unification of Germany in 1989-90. The peaceful unification of Germany in 1989-90 brought a dramatic end to the Cold War. This...

    Published January 30th 2012 by Routledge