British Politics Books

New and Published Books

1. Transformational Diplomacy after the Cold War

   Britain’s Know How Fund in Post-Communist Europe, 1989-2003

   By Keith Hamilton

   Series: Whitehall Histories

   This book examines the 'Know How Fund', Britain’s bilateral technical assistance programme in post-communist central and eastern Europe, devised in response to the end of the Cold War. The Know How Fund (KHF) was the technical assistance programme which Margaret Thatcher’s government launched in...

   Published April 1st 2013 by Routledge
2. The Coal Question (Routledge Revivals)

   Political Economy and Industrial Change from the Nineteenth Century to the Present Day

   By Ben Fine

   Series: Routledge Revivals

   The coal industry has always occupied a symbolic place in British economic and political life, inspiring debates and arousing passions throughout the last two centuries. This account of the economics of coal, first published in 1990, is unique in its comprehensive three-part approach. First, Ben...

   Published March 31st 2013 by Routledge
3. Recession at Work

   HRM in the Irish Crisis

   By Bill Roche, Paul Teague, Anne Coughlan, Majella Fahy

   Series: Routledge Advances in Management and Business Studies

   How has the recession affected the conduct of human resource management? How have HR departments and managers fared? Have leading firms taken measures to sustain and revive their businesses through innovative HR measures? How have union representation and influence been affected? Is the recession...

   Published March 26th 2013 by Routledge
4. Britain, America and Anti-Communist Propaganda 1945-53

   The Information Research Department

   By Andrew Defty

   Series: Studies in Intelligence

   In the Cold War battle for hearts and minds Britain was the first country to formulate a coordinated global response to communist propaganda. In January 1948, the British government launched a new propaganda policy designed to 'oppose the inroads of communism' by taking the offensive against it.' A...

   Published March 21st 2013 by Routledge
5. Clinton and Blair

   The Political Economy of the Third Way

   By Flavio Romano

   Series: Routledge Frontiers of Political Economy

   The former President of the United States, Bill Clinton and, at the time of publication, still current Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Tony Blair have described their style of government as a ‘Third Way’. In this important and timely book, Flavio Romano identifies and clarifies the...

   Published March 21st 2013 by Routledge
6. Socialism and Religion

   Roads to Common Wealth

   By Vincent Geoghegan

   Series: Routledge Studies in Social and Political Thought

   In the past decade philosophers and political theorists have increasingly pondered the role of religion in a modern secular society, and of the possible value of religion as a resource for contemporary thinking. The global resurgence of a new religious politics – graphically symbolised by 9/11 -...

   Published March 14th 2013 by Routledge
7. British Prime Ministers From Balfour to Brown

   By Robert Pearce, Graham Goodlad

   The origins of the post of Prime Minister can be traced back to the eighteenth century when Sir Robert Walpole became the monarch’s principal minister. From the dawn of the twentieth century to the early years of the twenty-first, however, both the power and the significance of the role have been...

   Published March 13th 2013 by Routledge
8. Open Government (Routledge Revivals)

   A Study of the Prospects of Open Government Within the Limitations of the British Political System

   Edited by Richard A. Chapman, Michael Hunt

   First published in 1987 this book considers the practical implications of increasing public access to official information in Britain, both from the perspective of increasing Freedom of Information and reforming Section 2 of the Official Secrets Act. It draws attention to the practical problems...

   Published February 11th 2013 by Routledge
9. Leadership in the British Civil Service (Routledge Revivals)

   A study of Sir Percival Waterfield and the creation of the Civil Service Selection Board

   By Richard A. Chapman

   First published in 1984, this book examines the style of leadership amongst senior civil servants and its impact on administrative reform by investigating the work of Sir Percival Waterfield who was First Civil Service Commissioner from 1939 to 1951. He was responsible for setting up the Civil...

   Published February 11th 2013 by Routledge
10. Decision Making (Routledge Revivals)

    A case study of the decision to raise the Bank Rate in September 1957

    By Richard A. Chapman

    Originally published in 1968, Richard Chapman’s pioneering work illuminates the process of decision making by analysis of a particular example: the decision to raise the Bank Rate in September, 1957. The legal responsibility for a decision may be easy to pinpoint; in this case the Court of...

    Published February 11th 2013 by Routledge