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POLITICS 2022
BRITISH POLITICS 1
Political Racism Brexit and its Aftermath Martin Shaw “Shaw tackles a difficult issue – one that tends to be played down when we discuss supposedly ‘mainstream’ British politics – with skill, subtlety and an admirable refusal to resort to euphemism. Anyone seeking a deeper understanding of how Brexit came to pass should read this book and take its argument seriously.” – Tim Bale, Queen Mary University of London “A necessary and robust intervention challenging our reticence to speak candidly about the uses of race and racism in contemporary political discourse.” – Nasar Meer, University of Edinburgh “A vital intervention which confronts what most studies of contemporary British politics conveniently elide: the mobilization of new and old forms of racism for political ends. Shaw meticulously documents the lingering Powellism and reconstituted racisms which have been activated in Brexit-era politics and persisted throughout the Johnson administration. This book is a solid serving of evidence in the otherwise mystifying field of political science which remains intent on avoiding the ‘R’ word.” – Lisa Tilley, SOAS University of London Political Racism conceptualizes a distinctive form of racism – intentional, organized hostility mobilized by political actors – and examines its role in the Brexit conflict and in the rise of a new nationalist politics in the UK. In a compelling analysis the book argues that Powellite anti-immigrant racism, reinterpreted in numerical terms, was combined with anti-East European and anti-Muslim hostility to inform the Vote Leave victory. This type of racism, which has a special significance in societies where racism has been delegitimized, is shown to have further shaped the form of EU withdrawal and also the government’s post-Brexit policies.
MARCH 2022 PB £19.99 978-1-78821-508-4 HB £65.00 978-1-78821-507-7 184 pages | 234 x 156 mm
Martin Shaw is Emeritus Professor of International Relations and Politics at the University of Sussex and Research Professor at the Institut Barcelona d’Estudis Internacionals.
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A Short History of Conservatism Mark Garnett
NOVEMBER 2022 PB £18.99 978-1-78821-504-6 HB £60.00 978-1-78821-503-9 176 pages | 210 x 148mm
Mark Garnett presents an account of British conservatism which avoids the usual confusion between the ideology and the stated principles of a party which prides itself on an ability to change its views according to circumstances. He demonstrates that since the Tory Party adopted the name “Conservative” in the 1830s it has become increasingly difficult to associate its varying positions with a coherent “conservative” position. Indeed, it is more profitable to discuss its ideological history from the perspective of liberalism and nationalism. This argument is presented by tracing the histories of the party and the ideology in separate chapters, whose themes and cast of characters rarely coincide. Mark Garnett is Senior Lecturer in Politics at Lancaster University.
Outside the EU Options for Britain
Edited by Martin Westlake “The history of our relationships with our nearest neighbours and largest trading partners no more ends in 2020 than it started in 1973. This is an excellent primer for how to think about the next chapter.” – Sir Ivan Rogers, UK Permanent Representative to the European Union, 2013–17
PB £24.99 978-1-78821-313-4 HB £60.00 978-1-78821-312-7 256 pages | 2020
In the debates about the UK’s future relationship with the EU, all sorts of possible alternatives have been bandied about, from “Singapore on the Thames” to “Canada Plus”, from “Switzerland” to “Ukraine”, from “Norway” to “Australia”. But what do these alternative relationship models really consist of and are they viable for the UK? These essays offer expert insight into the scale and challenge of the practical issues facing Britain as it seeks to establish a new future with its largest trading partner. Martin Westlake is a Visiting Professor at the London School of Economics and the College of Europe, Bruges.
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A Troubled Constitutional Future Northern Ireland afer Brexit Mary C. Murphy and Jonathan Evershed “This informative, well researched book on the complexities of UK–Irish relationships and the impact of Brexit on Northern Ireland and its potential constitutional consequences should be compulsory reading for UK politicians.” – Rt Hon Dominic Grieve “Murphy and Evershed have done a wonderful and valuable job in drawing together the strands of a complex story, still unfolding, which has led Northern Ireland, perhaps even the UK, to a critical, constitutional moment.” – Tony Connelly, RTE Europe Editor The UK’s decision to leave the EU has opened up huge existential questions for Northern Ireland as it marks its centenary. Constitutional conflict in Northern Ireland had been regarded as largely resolved and settled, but Brexit has altered the wider constitutional framework within which the 1998 Good Friday Agreement is situated. With the question of Irish unity gaining renewed and sustained traction, and with trade, relationships and politics across “these islands” in a state of flux, Northern Ireland approaches a constitutional moment. Murphy and Evershed examine the factors, actors and dynamics that are most likely to be influential, and potentially transformative, in determining Northern Ireland’s constitutional future. This book offers an assessment of how Brexit and its fallout may lead to constitutional upheaval, and a cautionary warning about the need to prepare for it.
MARCH 2022 PB £19.99 978-1-78821-412-4 HB £60.00 978-1-78821-411-7 208 pages | 216 x 138 mm
Mary C. Murphy is Senior Lecturer in Politics at University College Cork. Jonathan Evershed is Newman Fellow in Constitutional Futures at the Institute for British–Irish Studies, University College Dublin.
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Europe and the British Left Owen Parker, Matthew Bishop and Nicole Lindstrom Just as it has for the Conservative Party and the political right in Britain, the European question has divided the Labour Party and the progressive left for over 50 years.
NOVEMBER 2022 HB £65.00 978-1-78821-245-8 240 pages | 234 x 156mm Building Progressive Alternatives
In this empirically rich book, the authors explore the debates between today’s “Lexiteers” and the pro-Europe wing of the Labour Party and argue that the debate is often rooted in a flawed analysis of the nature of the global political economy, the European Union and of Britain’s place within both. They make the case for an approach that is critical of the EU, yet pragmatically embraces its potential to facilitate and enable a radical internationalist politics. Owen Parker is Senior Lecturer in European Politics at the University of Sheffield. Matthew Bishop is Senior Lecturer in International Politics at the University of Sheffield. Nicole Lindstrom is Senior Lecturer in Politics at the University of York.
Race and the Undeserving Poor From Abolition to Brexit Robbie Shilliam “A milestone in political science and cultural studies.” – Capital & Class “A detailed and sharp analysis of the racialization of those deemed ‘undeserving’ in British society … provides an important analytical framework for us to begin to understand contemporary debates around nationalism and belonging.” – Ethnic and Racial Studies
PB £19.99 978-1-78821-038-6 HB £65.00 978-1-78821-037-9 192 pages | 2018 Building Progressive Alternatives
Robbie Shilliam charts the development over the past 200 years of a shifting postcolonial settlement that has produced a racialized distinction between the “deserving” and “undeserving” poor, the latest incarnation of which is a distinction between a deserving, neglected white working class and “others” who are undeserving, not indigenous, and not white. Robbie Shilliam is Professor of International Relations at Johns Hopkins University.
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Corbynism in Perspective The Labour Party Under Jeremy Corbyn Edited by Andrew S. Roe-Crines Jeremy Corbyn proved to be one of Labour’s most popular and yet one of its most divisive leaders amongst the membership. This collection of carefully researched essays assesses Corbyn’s influence on and legacy for the Labour Party. Each chapter focuses on an aspect of his time in office, his approach, his political thought and policy formation in an attempt to posit what constitutes “Corbynism”. Chapters assess his leadership style, his attitude towards antisemitism and women in the party, his controversial foreign policy positions, as well as his views on the European Union. The essays also engage with a range of wider debates about populism, identity politics and fandom. Contents 1. Introduction: the mission to renew Labour, Andrew S. Roe-Crines; 2. The election and re-election of Jeremy Corbyn as leader of the Labour Party, Timothy Heppell & Thomas McMeeking; 3. Corbynism: a coherent ideology? Bradley Ward & Peter Kerr; 4. Is Corbyn a populist? David Jeffery; 5. Corbynism as identity politics, Harry W. Fletcher; 6. An end to market mania and managerialist madness: Corbyn(ism) and the public sector, Peter Dorey; 7. Jeremy Corbyn and the dilemmas of leadership, Mark Bennister & Ben Worthy; 8. The absolute boy versus magic grandpa: Jeremy Corbyn and gender politics, Rosalynd Southern & Emily Harmer; 9. Who are the Corbynites? Glen O’Hara; 10. Jeremy Corbyn in historical perspective, Lise Butler; 11. Labour under Corbyn: zigzagging towards Brexit, Eunice Goes; 12. Corbyn, the constitution and constitutional premiership: breaking Bennism? Steven Daniels; 13. Jeremy Corbyn’s foreign policy, Mark Garnett & Richard Johnson; 14. Corbyn and antisemitism, Andrew Barclay; 15. Fan wars: Jeremy Corbyn, fans and the “antis”, Phoenix C. S. Andrews; 16. Corbyn and leadership satisfaction ratings, Timothy Heppell & Thomas McMeeking
HB £65.00 978-1-78821-291-5 306 pages | 2021 Building Progressive Alternatives
Andrew S. Roe-Crines is Senior Lecturer in British Politics at the University of Liverpool.
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The Five Giants: A New Beveridge Report Consultant Editor: Danny Dorling
William Beveridge’s 1942 Report laid the groundwork for the welfare state in Britain and famously aimed at eradicating the five giants of Want, Disease, Ignorance, Squalor and Idleness that stood in the way of reconstruction and social progress. Some 80 years later, Britain finds itself again at such a critical juncture. Each with a distinctive voice, these books articulate the reality of the five giants today and, in the spirit of Beveridge, they aim to ignite a broader debate about the future of our society and institutions and encourage the vision and aspiration that previous generations held for us.
Want Helen Barnard Helen Barnard considers what it takes to eradicate poverty in modern-day Britain and how we might build a better, fairer, more equal and more hopeful society. She shows how our social and economic structures trap those at the bottom in constant job insecurity, ill health, overcrowded housing and educational disadvantage and how better support systems are needed to free people from the crushing treadmill of poverty. OCTOBER 2022 PB £15.00 978-1-78821-397-4 176 pages | 198 x 129mm
Helen Barnard is Director of the Joseph Rowntree Foundation.
Idleness Katy Jones and Ashwin Kumar
OCTOBER 2022 PB £15.00 978-1-78821-454-4 192 pages | 198 x 129mm
Britain is stuck in a low-pay, low-productivity rut, with far too many people working in poor quality jobs, with little training and little chance of getting on. Dramatic growth in gig economy work has brought insecurity to the labour market in defiance of employment protections built up steadily since the Beveridge Report. Katy Jones and Ashwin Kumar argue that the state has a central role to play in promoting good work, decent pay, and better career progression. However, they show that there is no easy route: it requires overturning orthodoxies and established thinking on productivity, skills, unemployment policy, transport and childcare. Katy Jones is a Senior Research Associate in the Centre for Decent Work and Productivity at Manchester Metropolitan University. Ashwin Kumar is Professor of Social Policy at MMU.
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Squalor Robbie Shilliam and Daniel Renwick Increasingly divided into the haves and the have-nots, housing epitomises the divisions and social inequalities found in Britain today. Spiralling rents, exorbitant house prices, a lack of council housing and a poor and badly maintained housing stock is a picture of housing provision in the UK. This book exposes the history of the British problem of Squalor and the government’s repeated failures to grasp the nettle when it comes to fair and just solutions to shelter, the most basic of human needs. Robbie Shilliam is Professor of International Relations at Johns Hopkins University. Daniel Renwick is a writer and youth-worker.
OCTOBER 2022 PB £15.00 978-1-78821-388-2 192 pages | 198 x 129mm
Disease Frances Darlington-Pollock Since 2011 life expectancy in Britain has stalled and in some regions even begun to reverse. Whereas in 1942 death was typically due to degenerative and infectious diseases, today mortality rates depend on access to many of the things that make and keep us healthy and, as this book makes very clear, these things are not evenly distributed throughout the population. Achieving good health is deeply entwined with all aspects of society and underscores the level of social inequality throughout the country. Frances Darlington-Pollock is Chair of the Equality Trust.
OCTOBER 2022 PB £15.00 978-1-78821-391-2 192 pages | 198 x 129mm
Ignorance Sally Tomlinson In this passionate and personal defence of learning and its democratic values, Sally Tomlinson challenges the mania for testing, targets, choice and competition, and the part-privatization that have made today’s schools into a marketplace and turned young people into consumers. She charts the great strides made in education provision since Beveridge, but shows how the legacy of historic government initiatives and different schooling systems continues to plague today’s schools and perpetuate social inequalities. Sally Tomlinson is Emeritus Professor at Goldsmiths University.
OCTOBER 2022 PB £15.00 978-1-78821-394-3 224 pages | 198 x 129mm
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Pursuing the Knowledge Economy A Sympathetic History of High-Skill, High-Wage Hubris Nick O’Donovan
MAY 2022 PB £19.99 978-1-78821-515-2 HB £60.00 978-1-78821-514-5 224 pages | 234 x 156 mm Building Progressive Alternatives
Contents 1. The invention of the knowledge economy • 2. Knowledge 2000 • 3. Taming the market • 4. Continuity and change • 5. The crisis of growth • 6. The crisis of work • 7. The crisis of inclusion • 8. The new world order • 9. Political backlash • 10. Paradigm shift
In the 1990s, the “knowledge economy” was hailed by policy-makers in developed democracies as an antidote to the anxieties arising from the era of market liberalization – an era characterized by the decline of skilled blue-collar work, increasing levels of social exclusion and widening regional inequality. The shift to knowledge-driven growth appeared to offer a way of harnessing technological progress and global economic integration for progressive purposes, and justifying progressive policies in terms of the economic benefits that they would produce. Nick O’Donovan tells the story of how the technooptimism once associated with the rise of the knowledge economy came to be supplanted by widespread anxiety about technological progress, and how the political consensus that formed around a knowledge-driven growth agenda has unravelled. By examining the rhetoric and reality of knowledge-driven growth over the last three decades, the book highlights the flawed assumptions underpinning this policy agenda, showing how its economic shortcomings map on to patterns of political discontent evident today. Nick O’Donovan is a Senior Lecturer in the Future Economies Research Centre at Manchester Metropolitan University.
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The Return of the State
Restructuring Britain for the Common Good Edited by Patrick Allen, Suzanne J. Konzelmann and Jan Toporowski “Essential reading for everyone that wants equity, democracy and dynamism baked into a very different twenty-first century economy.” – Neal Lawson, Executive Director, Compass “A roadmap for reforming the British welfare state in the aftermath of the Covid-19 crisis ... an important and timely book with lessons for those both inside and outside the UK.” – LSE Review of Books “Here all the best writers and thinkers on the good society show recovery is possible, with a radical rethink of all the old errors. Read this and feel hope that things can change.” – Polly Toynbee Patrick Allen is chair and founder of the Progressive Economy Forum. Suzanne J. Konzelmann is Reader in Management at Birkbeck University of London. Jan Toporowski is Professor of Economics and Finance at SOAS University of London.
PB £12.99 978-1-78821-329-5 224 pages | 2021 Published in association with the Progressive Economy Forum
The Political Economy of Industrial Strategy in the UK
From Productivity Problems to Development Dilemmas Edited by Craig Berry, Julie Froud and Tom Barker “One of the most impressive and convincing attempts to demonstrate how industrial policy can help deal with the enormous challenges facing the UK and the necessity of a new economic imaginary in which a progressive industrial policy can succeed.” – Valbona Muzaka, King’s College London “The industrial strategy debate in the UK tends to be framed narrowly in terms of finding solutions to the ‘productivity puzzle’. But this book offers a breath of fresh air and a compelling case for framing the debate in far more capacious terms. In short, it demonstrates how a progressive industrial strategy can help to fashion an inclusive well-being economy.” – Kevin Morgan, Cardiff University Craig Berry is Reader in Political Economy at MMU. Julie Froud is Professor of Financial Innovation at the University of Manchester. Tom Barker teaches at the University of Sheffield.
PB £24.99 978-1-78821-340-0 HB £70.00 978-1-78821-339-4 368 pages | 2021 Building Progressive Alternatives
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Finntopia
What We Can Learn From the World’s Happiest Country Danny Dorling and Annika Koljonen “How can other countries achieve Finland’s happiness? Read this wonderful book, and learn the answers!” – Jared Diamond, Pulitzer-Prize-winning author of Guns, Germs and Steel “… contains some fascinating and important lessons on how policies like progressive taxation and investing in public services can lead to more equal – and happier – societies.” – Danny Sriskandarajah, chief executive, Oxfam GB PB £12.99 978-1-78821-216-8 HB £18.99 978-1-78821-215-1 320 pages | 2020
The 2021 World Happiness Report ranked Finland, for the fourth year running, as the world’s happiest country. What is it about Finland that makes the country so successful and seemingly such a great place to live? Danny Dorling is the Halford Mackinder Professor of Geography at the University of Oxford. Annika Koljonen graduated from the University of Cambridge in 2019 and lives in Helsinki.
European Studies
Past, Present and Future Edited by Erik Jones In commemoration of the founding of the Council for European Studies fifty years ago, this volume brings together some of the most influential Europeanists writing today to take stock of the subject and to consider the most fruitful avenues for future research.
PB £19.99 978-1-78821-283-0 HB £60.00 978-1-78821-282-3 240 pages | 2020 Understanding Europe
The contributors – drawn from 52 institutions across the globe – present a wide range of perspectives on Europe’s past and present, and the key challenges facing its future. Although it remains to be seen whether Europeans will continue to promote the dream of union or whether they will retreat back into their nation states, these essays offer valuable insights into how Europe might respond and the changing nature of what it means to be a European. Erik Jones is Professor of European Studies and International Political Economy at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies.
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The European Social Question Tackling Key Controversies Amandine Crespy “Amandine Crespy, a leading scholar on social Europe, presents an excellent ‘state of the art’ on the (increasing) complexity of European social integration. This book is an excellent, well-documented, analysis of the piecemeal development of social Europe, presented clearly and pedagogically. Strongly recommended for academics, practitioners and students interested in the social dimension of Europe.” – Caroline de la Porte, Copenhagen Business School Examining the key issues facing the EU’s social policy-making, each chapter focuses on a single challenge and explores the arguments and considerations that coalesce around it. The book helps students and researchers alike to understand how the EU operates and shapes social policy on multiple levels, and to better assess the EU’s role in supporting social cohesion.
PB £24.99 978-1-78821-358-5 HB £65.00 978-1-78821-357-8 256 pages | 2021 Building Progressive Alternatives
Amandine Crespy is Associate Professor in Political Science and European Studies at the Université libre de Bruxelles.
Resilient Welfare States in the European Union Anton Hemerijck and Robin Huguenot-Noël “European welfare states are changing again – and not for the worse. To understand how, why, and with what consequences, this insightful new book by two of the continent’s leading social policy analysts provides an indispensable guide.” – Jonathan Zeitlin, University of Amsterdam Anton Hemerijck and Robin Huguenot-Noël examine the nature of European welfare provision and the untruths that surround it. They evaluate the impact of the austerity measures that followed the Great Recession, and consider its future design to better equip European societies to face social change, from global competition to accelerated demographic ageing, the digitalization of work and climate change. Anton Hemerijck is Professor of Political Science and Sociology at the European University Institute. Robin Huguenot-Noël is a doctoral researcher at the European University Institute.
APRIL 2022 PB £24.99 978-1-78821-486-5 HB £70.00 978-1-78821-485-8 184 pages | 234 x 156 mm Comparative Political Economy
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Pandemonium Europe’s Covid Crisis Luuk van Middelaar
HB £18.99 978-1-78821-423-0 208 pages | 2021
“This wonderful book offers an original, penetrating and compelling account of why the pandemic has forged a sense of common destiny rather than disintegration among Europeans. It cements Luuk van Middelaar’s reputation as the leading theorist and most gripping chronicler of our continent’s improbable but inspiring ‘passage to Europe’ through crisis management rather than federalist blueprints. Packed with insight and sparkling with ideas, it is required reading for anyone who wants to understand the tough choices Europeans must make to preserve their liberty, prosperity and power in the face of geopolitical competition.” – Mark Leonard, Director of the European Council on Foreign Relations Luuk van Middelaar’s compelling analysis of the EU’s response to the pandemic details how events and decisions unfolded, how crisis solutions were improvised in a situation of deep uncertainty, and the lessons it must learn if it is to continue to protect its citizens.
Alarums and Excursions
Improvising Politics on the European Stage Luuk van Middelaar “One of the most thoughtful and uncompromising books to appear on the EU in recent years. It should be widely read by EU specialists and used as a core text for EU studies.” – Journal of Common Market Studies “The best analysis yet to appear of how the EU managed its recent crises over refugees, Ukraine, and the euro.” – Foreign Affairs “Elegant and magisterial … immensely pleasurable to read.” – European Political Science Review PB £20.00 978-1-78821-277-9 HB £60.00 978-1-78821-172-7 320 pages | 2019
“Refreshing and perceptive … a scholar-cum-official blend of insights more common in Washington than Brussels.” – FT “The most insightful and original book on this era of European politics.” – Politico Brussels Playbook Luuk van Middelaar is Professor of EU Law at Leiden University.
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The Strongmen
European Encounters with Sovereign Power Hans Kribbe “A powerful, provocative and polished statement of the central predicament that Europe faces in a world that increasingly pivots around strength … a remorseless analysis of how the world is changing – and how Europe must change with it.” – Jean-Claude Juncker “A bold, erudite and original historical and comparative study of the logic of embodied sovereign power. Kribbe forensically examines the style of politics practiced by strongmen like Putin, Xi and Trump, and warns that Europe needs to understand and engage with the phenomenon.” – Richard Sakwa, University of Kent “A most timely wake-up call and a plea for an urgent switch of mindset.” – Pierre Vimont, French Ambassador to the US, 2007–10
HB £25.00 978-1-78821-275-5 256 pages | 2020
Hans Kribbe is a political theorist and advises clients on strategy, policy and communications.
A Modern Migration Theory
An Alternative Economic Approach to Failed EU Policy Peo Hansen “Hansen’s superb book dismantles the dominant idea in political circles that there is a trade-off between migration and the sustainability of the welfare state … should be on the desk of every journalist, politician and policy-maker in the EU and beyond.” – Gurminder Bhambra, University of Sussex “A timely book on the supposed trade-off between migration and the sustainability of the welfare state. Hansen’s skilful debunking of the ‘sound finance’ view demonstrates that there is no ‘fiscal burden’ when it comes to migration. Hansen successfully rewires our thinking about migration and the economy. I highly recommend this superb book.” – Dirk Ehnts, Institute for International Political Economy, Berlin Peo Hansen is Professor of Political Science at Linkoping University, Sweden.
PB £19.99 978-1-78821-055-3 HB £60.00 978-1-78821-054-6 256 pages | 2021 Comparative Political Economy
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The Pursuit of Governance Nordic Dispatches on a New Middle Way Fabrizio Tassinari “… brims with insights on a wide range of subjects, from labor relations to bureaucratic peculiarities to cultural differences. Most important is Tassinari’s grasp of ‘the middle way’ as a process more than an ideology, almost like a dance with agreed steps that create a larger pattern. The book opens up a new set of governance possibilities.” – Anne-Marie Slaughter, Princeton University
PB £19.99 978-1-78821-401-8 HB £65.00 978-1-78821-400-1 200 pages | 2021
“The Nordics are regular features in the top-10 of most global rankings ranging from equality to prosperity and happiness to trust. Fabrizio Tassinari’s book is a must for anyone who wants to understand how and why the Nordic model of governance works. Rare are those who can tell a vivid story and frame it in a useful context. This book does both.” – Alexander Stubb, Former Prime Minister of Finland “Tassinari has identified the key challenge of the coming decades: how to establish an institutional equilibrium between democracy and technocracy ... Tassinari proposes a middle way for our time ... Since governance is the way open societies make their choices about the future, our capacity to meet all other challenges from the disruptions of the digital revolution to climate change to pandemics, rests on getting that right.” – Nathan Gardels, Berggruen Institute Fabrizio Tassinari seeks to rediscover the methods, practices and limits of good governance. By taking inspiration from the Nordic region, where democratic governance has delivered some of its most impressive feats, he shows that populism and technocracy are not the causes of our political malaise; they represent skewed by-products of the most basic instincts in our body politic. They need not be suppressed but channelled and reconciled in our practices of governing. Fabrizio Tassinari is Executive Director of the School of Transnational Governance at the European University Institute.
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Terrorist Financing William Vlcek This clear and rigorous survey of terrorist financing and the international efforts to combat it is suitable for a range of courses in international relations, politics and global political economy. The book begins by defining “financial” support and “terrorism” before providing some historical background of the national efforts to deal with terrorist financing in the 1970s and 1980s. The impact of 9/11, in particular the US response, and the fundamental changes that followed, which were internationalised through the UN Security Council, are examined in depth, including the unintended consequences that emerged from the move to make combatting the financing of terrorism (CFT) global. The more recent challenges of (non-cash) payment technologies for terrorist financing as well as how to operate CFT regimes where territories and populations are controlled, as in the case of Islamic State, are also considered.
AUGUST 2022 PB £19.99 978-1-78821-528-2 HB £60.00 978-1-78821-527-5 224 pages | 234 x 156 mm Finance Matters
William Vlcek is Senior Lecturer in Global Political Economy at the University of St Andrews.
Political Football
Regulation, Globalization and the Market Wyn Grant “a brilliant analysis of what has gone wrong with the world’s most popular sport” – THES Football has been largely exempt from the development of the regulatory state and has been left to govern itself. However, new media have raised the profile of the game and globalization has created new pressures as football clubs become pawns in the ambitions of states, consortia and wealthy individuals. Wyn Grant examines the political economy of football and its uneasy relationship with the market. There are no off-the-shelf solutions for regulation, he argues, but the complexities of the game and its economic size require more attention from government. Wyn Grant is Emeritus Professor in the Department of Politics and International Studies at the University of Warwick.
PB £19.99 978-1-78821-351-6 HB £60.00 978-1-78821-350-9 240 pages | 2021
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Understanding Corruption How Corruption Works in Practice Robert Barrington, Elizabeth David-Barrett, Sam Power and Dan Hough “A valuable overview and synthesis of what we do – and do not – know, examining major trends in thought and practice while carefully dissecting a variety of cases. It is an essential work for students and teaching, and will help guide the research and debates to come.” – Michael Johnston, Colgate University
MARCH 2022 PB £19.99 978-1-78821-444-5 HB £65.00 978-1-78821-443-8 256 pages | 234 x 156mm
Robert Barrington is Professor of Anti-Corruption Practice in the Centre for the Study of Corruption (CSC) at the University of Sussex. Elizabeth David-Barrett is Professor of Governance and Integrity and Director of CSC at the University of Sussex. Sam Power is Lecturer in Corruption Analysis in CSC at the University of Sussex. Dan Hough is Professor of Politics at the University of Sussex.
Understanding Corruption tells the story of how corruption happens in the real world, illustrated through detailed case studies of the many different types of corruption that span the globe. Each case study follows a tried and tested analytical approach that provides key insights into the workings of corruption and the measures best used to tackle it. Case studies include • Alstom and corporate bribery • Odebrecht, corporate bribery and political corruption • Panalpina and facilitation payments • The Council of Europe and Azerbaijan • Darleen Druyun and the US defence sector • Jacques Chirac and French politics • Jack Abramoff and the US lobbying industry • Angola and the Dos Santos regime • Erdogan and cronyism in Turkey • Najib Razak and 1MDB in Malaysia • The Guptas and state capture in South Africa • FIFA: kleptocracy and capture outside politics • Teodorin Obiang and asset recovery • The Panama Papers and offshore secrecy • Bell Pottinger and reputation laundering in South Africa • Zamira Hajiyeva and unexplained wealth
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China’s Hong Kong SECOND EDITION The Politics of a Global City Tim Summers “A ground-breaking reassessment of modern Hong Kong, from an observer with decades of experience in the region.” – Biblio-Fiend “This readable overview of twenty-first-century Hong Kong … succinctly reviews the major events of globalization that have impacted the city, shaped by its changing relations with China and the rest of the world.” – Choice In this new edition, Tim Summers brings his analysis of the politics of Hong Kong fully up to date and discusses the intensifying confrontational politics which has culminated in China’s new national security law and how the city’s future will be shaped by its position at the frontline of US–China strategic rivalry. Tim Summers is assistant professor in the Centre for China Studies at the Chinese University of Hong Kong.
PB £19.99 978-1-78821-333-2 HB £60.00 978-1-78821-332-5 208 pages | 2020 Business with China
China’s Belt and Road Initiative Explained Igor Rogelja and Konstantinos Tsimonis This book offers a comprehensive and balanced appraisal of China’s Belt and Road Initiative and what it means for Western businesses and polities. The authors examine China’s new role as a global source of development finance and investment capital, and the political, normative, economic, social and environmental implications of its increased presence in the world, including a sober analysis of the most prevalent narratives that cast China as a threat. Aimed at business professionals and policy analysts, the book seeks to answer some of the most pressing questions about the opportunities that China’s rising economic presence in global markets presents. Igor Rogelja is Lecturer in Global Politics at University College London. Konstantinos Tsimonis is Lecturer in Chinese Society at the Lau China Institute, King’s College London.
NOVEMBER 2022 PB £19.99 978-1-78821-254-0 HB £60.00 978-1-78821-253-3 192 pages | 234 x 156mm Business with China
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Populocracy
The Tyranny of Authenticity and the Rise of Populism Catherine Fieschi “Vivid and illuminating … combines conceptual analysis with real examples to chart the historic evolution of populism.” – Ben Hall, Financial Times “Essential reading.” – Danny Dorling, University of Oxford “Catherine Fieschi does what many claim to do but few achieve: write an original book on populism. Far-reaching and thoughtprovoking, Populocracy is a must read for practitioners and scholars alike.” – Cas Mudde, University of Georgia PB £17.99 978-1-78821-025-6 HB £60.00 978-1-78821-024-9 192 pages | 2019 Comparative Political Economy
“For students of politics, their teachers, politicians and commentators it provides a fascinating meditation on a key problem of twenty-firstcentury existence.” – Journal of Contemporary European Studies Catherine Fieschi is founder and executive director of Counterpoint, a research consultancy that focuses on the social and cultural drivers of political dynamics.
The Conservative Challenge to Globalization Anglo-American Perspectives Ray Kiely Ray Kiely examines the nature of conservative anti-globalization that has manifested itself in recent years – the discourse of “winners” and “losers” of globalization that has emerged since the financial crisis and which has informed popular mantras of deregulation and economic nationalism.
PB £19.99 978-1-78821-097-3 HB £60.00 978-1-78821-096-6 272 pages | 2020
The book explores the nostalgia for a former supposed age of economic and societal harmony that has charaterized US and UK conservative responses to the increasing interconnections in the global economy. It provides both an account of the “crisis of globalization” and the wider resurgence of populism, as well as a detailed examination of new US and UK conservative movements (alongside earlier traditions) and the development of conservative ideas, and how these have shaped responses to globalization that challenge neoliberal and third way approaches. Ray Kiely is Professor of International Politics at Queen Mary University of London.
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Social Movements in Latin America Mapping the Mosaic Ronaldo Munck “A tour de force of the theories, debates and methods for making sense of Latin American social movements. Munck’s comprehensive overview skilfully speaks to ideas that will be of interest to both regional specialists and to social movements scholars more widely. Readers will no longer be able to approach either social movements or Latin America without a deep appreciation of how they have shaped each other.” – Sam Halvorsen, Queen Mary University of London Combining insights from Latin American approaches to social movement theory and detailed empirical case studies, the book provides readers with an understanding of the vital role social activism plays in the region and offers students the methodological tools to develop their own research agendas.
PB £24.99 978-1-78821-243-4 HB £65.00 978-1-78821-242-7 192 pages | 2020
Ronaldo Munck is head of civic engagement at Dublin City University and a Visiting Professor of International Development at the University of Liverpool.
The Market Matthew Watson “a valuable history of ‘the market’ as an idea, rendering unfamiliar something we often take as a given … At a time when we are increasingly facing pressure to imagine alternative economic futures in which the economy works for everyone, The Market’s call to action will certainly have wide appeal in its abandonment of the present market concept.” – LSE Book Reviews What does it really mean to allow ourselves to submit to market forces? And does economic theory really provide insights into the market institutions that shape our everyday life? In tackling these questions, the book contributes to a deeper appreciation of the dominant economic language of our time, challenging the idea that we can simply defer to the “logic of the market”. Matthew Watson is Professor of Political Economy at the University of Warwick.
PB £19.99 978-1-911116-61-5 HB £70.00 978-1-911116-60-8 192 pages | 2017
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Angrynomics Eric Lonergan and Mark Blyth “In recent years, the toxic sense that people are voiceless and action is futile has paralysed our democracies. Angrynomics is a rebuke to that ‘failure of the mind’.” – Ed Luce, Financial Times “A compelling, challenging and incredibly timely book – needs to be read.” – Matthew Goodwin, Sunday Times “Beautifully simple, logical and absolutely doable ideas zip off the pages of a new book by two of the most thoughtful economists in the game.” – David McWilliams, Irish Times PB £12.99 978-1-78821-279-3 208 pages | 2020
“With considerable sophistication and a good dose of humour, this book dissects the popular anger that has made our economics unsustainable and our politics dysfunctional. Lonergan and Blyth rightly call for a reset of our current model of capitalism. To their great credit, they also provide creative – and practical – ideas for moving forward.” – Dani Rodrik, Harvard University “A rip-roaring read.” – Diane Coyle, University of Cambridge In Angrynomics, Eric Lonergan and Mark Blyth explore the rising tide of anger, sometimes righteous and useful, sometimes destructive and ill-targeted, and propose radical new solutions for an increasingly polarized and confusing world. Angrynomics is for anyone wondering, where the hell do we go from here? Eric Lonergan is a policy economist and macro hedgefund manager. Mark Blyth is the William R. Rhodes ’57 Professor of International Economics at Brown University.
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The Magic Money Tree and Other Economic Tales Lorenzo Forni ONE OF THE BEST ECONOMICS BOOKS OF 2021 as selected by Martin Wolf of the Financial Times “An insightful journey through politics and economics, addressing why the former might mismanage the latter. Lorenzo Forni describes in depth the causes and consequences of many policy ‘mistakes’, all characterized by a common error: forgetting the economic constraints.” – Francesco Giavazzi, economic adviser to the Italian prime minister This lively and provocative look at the tension between economics and politics examines why so many mistakes in economic policy-making are made for political reasons and ignore the economic truths. Using short-term economic gains to ensure electoral success, argues Lorenzo Forni, inevitably spells macroeconomic disaster. Using the state budget, trade policy and monetary policy to prop up labour markets and the wider economy in order to boost voter approval ratings, while ignoring budget constraints can only result in longer recessions and economic downturns. Which then can incur the painful austerity measures needed to bring the economy back into balance. Forni looks at many unsustainable economic policies that have been implemented in parts of the world when the economic realities – there is no magic money tree! – would recommend a different and more prudent economic course. Lorenzo Forni is Professor of Economic Policy at the University of Padua. He has worked at the International Monetary Fund in Washington, DC and at the Central Bank of Italy in Rome.
PB £14.99 978-1-78821-365-3 HB £60.00 978-1-78821-364-6 192 pages | 2021
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Politicians and Economic Experts The Limits of Technocracy Anna Killick When it comes to economic policy-making, should politicians be responsive to voters, or responsible to future generations? The need to find economic solutions to the climate crisis is leading many to call for a greater role for experts to guide politicians, a new “economic technocracy”. Based on interviews with politicians and advisers from France, Germany, Denmark, the UK and USA, this book reveals why deferring to the experts is neither viable nor desirable, and how we have to trust politicians to take the lead role in solving economic problems. AUGUST 2022 PB £24.99 978-1-78821-565-7 HB £65.00 978-1-78821-564-0 240 pages | 234 x 156mm
The book provides an in-depth analysis of how politicians from the main parties think about economics and economists. It finds that politicians have clear and strong moral visions for what they want to achieve economically, visions that are strikingly diverse and contested. Although many are excellent communicators, only some have sought to convey complicated economic messages to voters, with many increasingly uneasy about technocracy undermining democracy. The book reveals how politicians judge the need to be both responsive and responsible and what role expert economic opinion plays in that balancing act. Anna Killick is a research fellow in the Department of Political Science, University College London.
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Turkey in the Global Economy Neoliberalism, Global Shift and the Making of a Rising Power Bülent Gökay “A superb long durée perspective on the political economy of contemporary Turkey over the last two decades, one we ignore at our own peril.” – Vassilis K. Fouskas, University of East London “Essential reading for anyone interested in the development of modern Turkey and the Middle East.” – Mark Bassin, Södertörn University, Sweden By situating the story of Turkey’s economic growth within an analysis of the structural changes and shifts in the world economy, this book provides new insights into the functioning of Turkey’s political economy and the successes and failures of its ruling party’s economic management.
PB £22.99 978-1-78821-084-3 HB £65.00 978-1-78821-083-6 224 pages | 2021
Bülent Gökay is Professor of International Relations at Keele University.
A Short History of Inequality Michele Alacevich and Anna Soci “It is exciting and appealing to read and study this small book. It is a smart and readable introduction to the issues of inequality from an economic and historic perspective and a good starting point for further in-depth analyses of the consequences of inequality as well as its policy implications.” – Wilfried Altzinger, Journal of Economics The authors chart the emergence of the inequality question and provide a masterly overview of the work of recent scholars and the main debates that have arisen within inequality studies. Their analysis highlights how the historical diffidence to examining inequality, the relationship of inequality to the processes of globalization, and the adverse effects of inequality on democracy are all strongly intertwined. An ideal introduction for students looking to understand what’s at stake when the rewards of capitalism are distributed unjustly. Michele Alacevich is Associate Professor of Economic History at the University of Bologna. Anna Soci is Professor of Economics at the University of Bologna.
PB £15.99 978-1-78821-049-2 HB £55.00 978-1-78821-048-5 232 pages | 2017
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Elinor Ostrom and the Bloomington School Edited by Jayme Lemke and Vlad Tarko Elinor Ostrom was the first female winner of the Nobel Prize in economics and her achievement has generated renewed interest in the Bloomington School research programme in institutional economics and political economy.
PB £19.99 978-1-78821-124-6 HB £60.00 978-1-78821-123-9 224 pages | 2021
These essays showcase Ostrom’s extensive and lasting influence throughout economics and the wider social sciences. Part 1 contextualizes the Bloomington School within schools of economic thought and shows how Ostrom’s distinct methodology is used in policy-making and governance. Part 2 uses case studies to illustrate the value of civic involvement within public policy, a method pioneered by Ostrom and the Bloomington School. Jayme Lemke is senior research fellow at the Mercatus Center, George Mason University. Vlad Tarko is assistant professor in the Department of Political Economy and Moral Science, University of Arizona.
Karl Polanyi’s Political and Economic Thought A Critical Guide
Edited by Gareth Dale, Christopher Holmes and Maria Markantonatou “This critical guide is a must-read volume … an illuminating dialogue between the central ideas in Polanyi’s work and the best in current scholarship.” – Fred Block, University of California, Davis
PB £20.99 978-1-78821-090-4 HB £65.00 978-1-78821-089-8 240 pages | 2019
This comprehensive introduction to Polanyi’s thought examines the key themes that run throughout his work: economic ideas, commodification, money, the gold standard, geopolitical economy, the state, class, fascism, democracy and knowledge. Each chapter introduces the relevant aspects of Polanyi’s writings, covering important terminology and the position of the theme in relation to his work more broadly. Gareth Dale is Senior Lecturer in Politics at Brunel University. Christopher Holmes is Lecturer in Political Economy at King’s College London. Maria Markantonatou is Assistant Professor of Political Sociology at the University of the Aegean, Lesvos.
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