• James Connelly and Jack Hayward The Withering of the Welfare State: Regression  (Palgrave Macmillan, 2012)

The post-war decades of prosperity and increased public expenditure on the comprehensive provision of public welfare services to all citizens went into reverse from the 1970s. The capacity to satisfy the demand for socially protective public services declined, along with the will to impose the redistributive taxation to pay for them. The regression from the high standards achieved is examined in this volume by considering the shifting balance between state and societal intervention in people's lives. The contributors also assess the ways in which governments have adapted their aims and practices to deal politically and administratively with their changed roles. The intrusive impact of national and international market and environmental pressures is analyzed along with the interstate fate of human welfare and the way it competes with military expenditure for increasingly scarce resources. Managing orderly retreat has been a challenge to statecraft and is comparatively evaluated.

• Bhumitra Chakma The Politics of Nuclear Weapons in South Asia, Ashgate, 2011. ISBN 978-1409426257

This is an important and critical re-evaluation of South Asia's post-tests nuclear politics. Unlike other books, this volume emphasises the political dimension of South Asia's nuclear weapons, explains how the bombs are used as politico-strategic assets rather than pure battlefield weapons and how they are employed by India and Pakistan in an extremely complex and competitive South Asian strategic landscape. Written by some leading scholars on South Asia, this volume evaluates the current state of Indo-Pakistani nuclear deterrents, their challenges and future directions, the post-test nuclear postures of the two strategic rivals, implications of Indo-Pakistani politics for the fight against terrorism and regional cooperation, the role of two systemic actors in the region's nuclear politics and the critical issues of confidence-building and nuclear arms control.

•  Philip Norton A Century of Constitutional Reform (Parliamentary History Book), Wiley-Blackwell, 2011. ISBN 9781444338942
  

A Century of Constitutional Reform is a detailed study of the introduction, passage and consequences of major constitutional legislation in the United Kingdom. The book covers legislation enacted since the passage of the Parliament Act 1911, with contributions from leading specialists. * Examines in depth the legislation that has shaped the constitution of the United Kingdom since the passage of the Parliament Act 1911 * Provides a systematic study of the reasons for the introduction of the measures, their passage through Parliament * Discusses the effects of legislation and the extent to which the laws both achieved their purpose and their unintended consequences * Each contribution is written by a specialist in the field.

• Matt Beech and Simon Lee The Cameron-Clegg Government: Coalition Politics in an Age of Austerity, Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2011, 352 pages. ISBN 978-0230290716

This book provides the first detailed analysis of the ideas and policies of the Cameron-Clegg government. It covers the period from the May 2010 General Election and its outcome, through the formation of the coalition, to publication of the coalition's Programme for Government, and its 20 October 2010 Spending Review. Drawing upon the contributions of a team of 16 academic experts, every area of domestic policy is evaluated, including policy developments and spending decisions affecting the economy; health; education; welfare and the 'Big Society'; environment and transport; home affairs; constitutional reform; and Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. The Cameron-Clegg Government also evaluates the coalition's agenda for defence policy, including the outcome of the Strategic Defence Review; foreign policy and international development; and policy towards the European Union. The book concludes with an analysis of the impact of the coalition upon each of the three major United Kingdom political parties.

Reviews

'a timely rain-check on the government's progress. The coalition may well have a lot longer to run but its first year has certainly been action packed and students of British politics will find much to chew over in this volume.' - Steve Coulter, European Institute, London School of Economics and Political Science 
'...a thoughtful comprehensive summary of the challenges Britain faces...not to be missed...." - City A.M

• Colin Tyler (Co-editor) John A. Hobson, Selected Writings, 1932-1939: The struggle for the international mind, ed. Colin Tyler and J.M. Hobson , London: Routledge, 2011.  ISBN 978-0-415-59823-1

John A. Hobson is widely recognised as the most important British New Liberal thinker of politics and political economy of the twentieth century. The Selected Writings of John A. Hobson showcases an exciting and previously unpublished collection of Hobson's writings and lectures from 1932-1938 that Hobson presented at the South Place Ethical Society in the last decade of his life. The lectures and the introduction produce a fresh reading of Hobson’s thinking and theorization of International Relations, thereby revealing a much more complex thinker than has conventionally been understood. Edited by Colin Tyler, a framing introduction written by the author’s great grandson, John M. Hobson situates these lectures in the context of his life-work on International Relations between 1897 and 1940. The Selected Writings of John A. Hobson 1932-1938 is an essential read for all Hobson scholars and students and scholars of globalization and political economy.

• Philip Norton Politics UK, (with Bill Jones), 7th edition, Harlow: Pearson Education, 2011, 667 + 20 pp. ISBN 978-1-4058-9996-3

First published in 1991, Politics UK has earned a reputation as the biggest - and the best - introductory British politics textbook for undergraduates. With comprehensive coverage of every aspect of politics in the UK and a solid historical background this is the ideal textbook for students studying British politics for the first time at undergraduate level.  Its broad coverage and the featured articles from well-known political commentators make it accessible and relevant. Includes 2010 Election update!

• Matt Beech and Simon Lee The Brown Government: A Policy Evaluation, (London: Routledge, 2010) 160 pages. ISBN 978-0-415-54980-6

The Brown Government provides an interim evaluation of Gordon Brown’s Labour administration through identifying continuities and discontinuities with the Blair governments from 1997. By focusing on key ideas and areas of public policy it presents an analysis of the first 18 months of Brown’s government. This book is notable for its topicality particularly for the discussions of the credit crunch, the British banking crises and the interconnectedness of these events with the global economic downturn.

A study of Brown’s handling of these crises in the economy is important as it is arguable that the present recession and credit crunch will reach unprecedented proportions and therefore define the character and content of British politics in the coming years. By conducting an examination of the Brown Government’s public policy priorities one can begin to decipher its aims and values and, by so doing, begin to understand the next phase of the New Labour project. In this sense the book is a contribution to the ongoing study of contemporary British social democracy. This book was published as a special issue of Policy Studies.

• Cornelia Beyer Counterterrorism and International Power Relations: The EU and ASEAN in Hegemonic Global Governance, 2010, IB Tauris, ISBN 978-1845118921

Why do states and international relations organisations participate in the 'global war on terrorism'? This book asks this question within a broad framework, exploring the mechanisms and causes for participation in global governance and taking counter terrorism as a pertinent case. Challenging the assumption of egalitarian structures of global governance, the author argues that power relations and the use of power (influence, coercion and force) play a more important role than previously suggested. Providing a critical assessment of the counter terrorism policies of EU, US and ASEAN, the book identifies a number of causes of participation in hegemonic governance, including asymmetric interdependence with the US, open and informal pressure in the case of the EU, and the authority and legitimacy of the leading actors.

• James Connelly Anglo-American Idealism: Thinkers and Ideas (edited with Stamatoula Panagakou) Peter Lang, 2010

This volume is devoted to a critical discussion and re-appraisal of the work of Anglo-American Idealists of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Idealism was the dominant philosophy in Britain and the entire English-speaking world during the last decades of the nineteenth century and the beginning of the twentieth. The British Idealists made important contributions to logic, metaphysics, aesthetics, ethics, social and political philosophy, philosophy of history, philosophy of religion and philosophy of mind. Their legacy awaits further exploration and reassessment, and this book is a contribution to this task.
The essays in this collection display many aspects of contemporary concern with idealistic philosophy: they range from treatments of logic to consideration of the Absolute, personal idealism, the philosophy of religion, philosophy of art, philosophy of action, and moral and political philosophy. During the first decade of the twenty-first century, the work of the Anglo-American Idealists has once again been widely discussed and re-considered, and new pathways of research and investigation have been opened.

• James Connelly The Legacy of Leo Strauss (ed. With Tony Burns), Imprint Academic, 2010

Leo Strauss was a political philosopher who died in 1973 but came to came to prominent attention in the United States and also Britain around the beginning of the War in Iraq. Charges began emerging that architects of the war such as Paul Wolfowitz and large numbers of staff in the US State and Defense Departments had studied with, or been influenced by, the academic work of Strauss and his followers. A vague, but powerful, idea was generated in the popular press that a group known as the Straussians had been instrumental in the long-range strategic planning of American foreign policy, both to advance American interests and to encourage democratic revolutions outside the West.

This volume of essays opens up the topic of Leo Strauss and the Straussians to those outside the relatively narrow circles who have been concerned with him and his followers up to now.

• James Connelly and Rudi Wurzel The European Union as a Leader in International Climate Change Politics, book edited with James Connelly, London: Routledge, 2010, ISBN 9780-415580472

The EU has developed into a leader in international climate change politics although it was originally set up as a ‘leaderless Europe’ in which decision-making powers are spread amongst EU institutional, member state and societal actors. The central aim of this book, which is written by leading experts in the field, is to explain what kind of leadership has been offered by EU institutional, member state and societal actors. Although leadership is the overarching theme of the book, all chapters also address ecological modernisation, policy instruments, and multi-level governance as additional main themes. The book chapters focus on the Commission, European Parliament, European Council and Council of Ministers as well as member states (Britain, Germany, France, the Netherlands, Poland and Spain) and societal actors (businesses and environmental NGOs). Additional chapters analyse the EU as a global actor and the climate change policies of America and China and how they have responded to the EU’s ambitions.

• Philip Norton The British Polity, 5th edition, New York: Longman, 2010, 478pp., ISBN 13: 978-0-321-2166-3, ISBN 10: 0-321-21666-0

The British Polity is an engaging and comprehensive survey of the structure and process of British government. Offering an insider’s analysis, Philip Norton examines the debates surrounding Britain’s political history and culture, constitution, parties and elections, branches of government, media, and relations with the European Union. Throughout, The British Polity follows a theme of continuity and change that draws on historical and institutional knowledge and that helps to explain contemporary British politics.

Review

“This is the best book available on British government. Norton explains perfectly how institutions work in practice as well as in theory; he gives a nuanced and balanced picture of both structure and process.”–James Alt, Harvard University

• Noël K. O'Sullivan, The Concept of the Public Realm. London; Routledge, 2010. pp.214. ISBN 13: 978-0-415-44831-4

In its political form, the existence of a public realm is the basis of a shared relationship between rulers and ruled which makes politics more than mere power or domination. How to construct and maintain a public realm in the political sphere is, however, a matter of especial dispute at the present day, due partly to the increasing difficulty of making the distinction between public and private spheres which has been the basis of Western liberal democracy; partly to the tendency of public concerns to be identified with economic interests, which transforms citizens into consumers; partly to pressure for the acknowledgement of diversity of every kind, which creates the danger of fragmenting the public realm; and partly to globalization processes which have undermined the traditional identification of the public realm with national political institutions. Globalization has, in addition, raised the question of whether there can be a supra-national public realm and, more generally, of what form it is likely to assume in non-Western cultures.

• Colin Tyler Metaphysics of Self-realisation and Freedom: Part 1 of the Liberal Socialism of T.H. Green, Exeter and Charlottesville, Ill.: Imprint Academic, 2010  

This first part of Colin Tyler’s new critical assessment of the social and political thought of T.H. Green (1836-1882) explores the grounding that Green gives to liberal socialism. Tyler shows how, for Green, ultimately, personal self-realisation and freedom stem from the innate human drive to construct a bedrock of fundamental values and commitments that can define and give direction to the individual s most valuable potentials and talents. This book is not only a significant contribution to British idealist scholarship. It highlights also the enduring philosophical and ethical resources of a social democratic tradition that remains one of the world s most important social and political movements, and not least across Britain, Europe, North America, India and Australia.

• Matt Beech and Simon Lee The Conservatives under David Cameron: Built to Last?, Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2009, 288 pages. ISBN 978-0-230-57565-3

Drawing upon the expertise of a team of established researchers, The Conservatives under David Cameron provides a detailed analysis and evaluation of the ideas, policies and electoral strategy developed during the tenure of David Cameron as Conservative Party leader. For students of developments in British politics, the book provides the essential guide to key domestic and foreign policy choices, including the Conservative Party's agenda for economic policy, reform of the public services, welfare reform, law, order and immigration, the environment, constitutional reform, foreign affairs and defence, the European Union, and international development. These choices are placed in historical context by an introduction which also includes a detailed analysis of Conservative Party ideology.

Reviews

'First and definitive analysis of the development of the Conservative Party's ideology and policy during the tenure of David Cameron' - The Guardian Bookshop

'This collection of essays is the most comprehensive analysis of Cameron's Conservative Party to date. The editors have done a splendid job once again following their earlier collaboration on Ten Years of New Labour. ' Kevin Hickson – Parliamentary Brief

• Cornelia Beyer Effectively Countering Terrorism, eds (with Michael Bauer). Sussex Academic Press, 2009. ISBN 978-1845193034

Since September 11, 2001, the pressure on Al Qaeda has increased. Training sanctuaries and havens have been eliminated, and numerous fighters of the organisation have been killed, captured or are in hiding. Today, Al Qaeda can be understood - according to many analysts - much more as an ideological platform than an operative terror organisation: Bin Laden and al-Zawahiri cannot provide tactical leadership. But, they pose a new, more virtual threat insofar as recruitment, training and indoctrination, as well as propaganda, have moved to small cell operations in virtually every country, under the Al Qaeda ideological banner. The stark fact is that the execution of the global war on terrorism has not decreased international terrorism directed against the West.In view of this apparent failure of present strategies, the editors have sought the opinions of eight distinguished scholars and experts in the field to reflect on the following questions: What additional actions are required in counter-terrorism policy to reverse the increase in terror-directed activities? What are the main shortcomings of current policy initiatives? And, what policy recommendations can they make as a result of recent developments in counter-terrorism theory and new data on terror perpetrators and incidents? Their answers set out in this volume provide important contributions - academic, scientific, and practical - to the debate on how to effectively counter terrorism, which methods to pursue, and which means to apply.The volume is structured in three parts: possible anticipatory actions in the context of counter-terrorism and prevention; the question of reasonable reaction to a perceived or real threat; and, discussion on the effects of an attack and how to deal with them.

• Bhumitra Chakma  Pakistan’s Nuclear Weapons, London: Routledge, 2009, ISBN 978-0-415-40871-4 (hbk)

Pakistan is a vitally important country in the contemporary global political system. It is a de facto nuclear state, and a pivotal country in the War on Terror. This book provides a comprehensive study of a nuclear-armed Pakistan, investigating the implications of its emergence as a nuclear weapons state.

Setting out the historical background of Pakistani nuclear development, the book examines the lessons for proliferation that can be drawn from the Pakistan case. It explains the changes and continuities of Pakistan’s nuclear policy, assessing its emerging force posture and the implications for Pakistani, South Asian and global security. It also considers the extent to which Pakistan can be said to have a nuclear doctrine, the Pakistani nuclear command and control system, and the relationship between Pakistan and the Non-Proliferation regime. Addressing the issue of whether Pakistan should be viewed as a proliferator, and the implications of a nuclear Pakistan for global terrorism, Pakistan’s Nuclear Weapons is an important study of all the major issues surrounding Pakistan’s emergence as a nuclear power.

• James Connelly, Don Carrick and Paul Robinson Ethics Education for Irregular War, 2009, ISBN 978 0 7546 7700 0

In recent years, events in Iraq and Afghanistan have highlighted the requirement that Western military personnel, drawn from the armed forces of many different countries, should behave in an ethical manner at all times. The contributors to this volume come from various disciplinary backgrounds, several are serving or former military officers and most are actively engaged in ethics education. The volume advances theoretical understanding of different approaches to ethics education and provides practical conclusions.

• Simon Lee, Boom and Bust: The Politics and Legacy of Gordon Brown, Oxford: Oneworld, 2009

In this newly updated edition of the critically acclaimed biography, Simon Lee systematically examines Gordon Brown's politics over the last decade of Labour power. Assessing his recent catastrophic fall in popularity, Lee argues that ideological wavering and economic mismanagement are at the root of his troubles. Incisive and compelling, Lee’s searching examination of Britain’s most important politician will prove invaluable to anyone interested in politics today.

Reviews:

"A brilliant and authoritative analysis" --Dennis Kavanagh, Professor in Politics at Liverpool University and author of 'Politics UK'
"Up to the minute. Lee has the nose for coming trouble. Acute in pointing to the problems Brown faces." --Times Higher Educational Supplement
"An outstanding book" --The Spectator
"Lee has long been the most challenging thinker on Brown from within liberal academia...A book I never tire of praising." --The New Statesman
"Gordon Brown is an intensely private man, but this biography reveals much about the person inside the politician." --The Good Book Guide
"Brilliantly dissects Brown the intellectual and exposes the cynicism and dishonesty behind the Prime Minister's `British Way'. An explosive political tract." --Peter Oborne, Open Democracy
"Could not be more timely. An intelligent and very well sourced study."Anthony Seldon, Author of the bestselling biography 'Blair'.

• Richard Woodward, The Organization for Economic Cooperation and DevelopmeCornelia Beyer Effectively Countering Terrorism, eds (with Michael Bauer). Sussex Academic Press, 2009. ISBN 978-1845193034, Abingdon: Routledge,  2009, 155 pages. Published simultaneously as hardback and paperback, ISBN 978-041537191-1 (hardback) 978-0415371988 (paperback) 2009

The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) is one of the least written about and least understood of our major global institutions. This new book builds a well-rounded understanding of this crucial, though often neglected, institution, with a range of clearly written chapters that: outline its origins and evolution, bringing its story fully up-to-date; present a clear framework for understanding the OECD; set the institution within the broader context of global governance; outline key criticisms and debates; evaluate its future prospects. Given the immense challenges facing humanity at the start of the 21st century, the need for the OECD as a venue where the world’s leading states can discuss, on an informal and ongoing basis, the conundrums of globalization has never been greater. The clarity and rigour of these chapters cut through the layers of misunderstanding and misconception that surround the OECD, often dismissed as a ‘rich-man’s club’, ‘a think-tank’ and ‘a consultative forum’. This new book dismantles these labels to provide a holistic understanding of the organization. This concise and accessible introduction is essential reading for all students of international relations, politics and world history and affairs.

• Matt Beech and Simon Lee Ten Years of New Labour, (Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2008) 221 pages, ISBN 978-0-230-57443-4

Drawing upon the expertise of a team of established researchers, Ten Years of New Labour provides a detailed and comprehensive evaluation of the ideas, institutions and policies that shaped the Blair Governments' decade in office. The reader is provided with a critical analysis of the key domestic policy choices, including New Labour's agenda and legacy for economic and social policy, constitutional reform, including the impact upon Westminster and the Office of the Prime Minister, and the Labour Party's relationship with the trades union.  The impact of the Blair Governments' policy choices overseas are explored through evaluations of defence policy, Tony Blair's 'liberal interventionism' in international politics, and New Labour's relationship with the European Union.

Reviews
'...all of the subjects are thoroughly covered and rigorously examined...' - Peter MacMahon, Tribune 
'...the best study of our government so far...' - Austin Mitchell, House Magazine 
  '...this unfolding of the New Labour story provides a lucid hsitory of recent events.' – PublicService

• Cornelia Beyer Violent Globalisms. 2008, Ashgate. 978-0754672050

Beyer provides a structural explanation for the 'Global War on Terror' in terms of its broader context and causes. During the post-cold war unipolar world, the only superpower encounters an unprecedented challenge: a non-state enemy that is challenging its hegemony and uses violence as a strategic means. Given the international nature of this phenomenon, such a structural explanation requires an added necessity and urgency. This structural approach can provide for both a proper understanding of the phenomenon of international terrorism and for formulating effective policies to counter it.Current studies of transnational terrorism and the interrelated role of hegemonic power are undertheorized. This book remedies this theoretical neglect and in doing so opens up new modes of thinking about and struggling against global terrorism.

• Xiudian Dai and Philip Norton, The Internet and Parliamentary Democracy in Europe, London: Routledge, 2008, 149pp.  ISBN 978-0-415-45948-8

This book investigates the ethical challenges the internet presents to contemporary parliamentary democracy in Europe and how these challenges are being addressed. It fills an important gap: current literature until now has largely focused on the study of internet usage by politicians and institutions. With the ever widening scope of participation in internet-based communication, there are widely differing views on its potential social, economic and political impact, and whether parliamentary democracy will be strengthened or weakened in the information age.

The book compares four European parliaments in Europe: the British, European, Portuguese and Swedish Parliaments, using both quantitative methods (questionnaires and survey of websites) and qualitative methods (workshops and face-to-face interviews with parliamentarians and parliamentary staff). This book was previously published as a special issue of the Journal of Legislative Studies.

• Jack Hayward, Leaderless Europe (ed), Oxford University Press, 2008.

The argument that the European Community/Union was always intended to be a leaderless, mainly confederal association member states has been confirmed since publication by the Lisbon Treaty’s multiplication of would-be leaders and the inability to agree on common action to deal with the major financial and migration problems confronting the EU. Consensus is harder to achieve and intractable power struggles predominate.

• Tom Kane Emerging Conflicts of Principle: International Relations and the Clash between Cosmopolitanism and Republicanism, Aldershot: Ashgate, 2008, ISBN 978-0-7546-4837-6

The ideological struggles of the Cold War were so bitter – and so dangerous – that conflicts of principle involving developed countries today seem tame by comparison. Nevertheless, conflicts persist, and they influence world politics in the twenty-first century. This book investigates the current tension between those who adhere firmly to the traditional republican idea that political authority should rest with state institutions representing particular peoples and those who advance a more cosmopolitan ideal of shared international governance. Whatever the virtues of these ideas in theory, both republicanism and cosmopolitanism have acquired unattractive features in recent practise. Moreover, the fact that some states remain firmly republican while others respond more readily to cosmopolitan ideas seems to give the more republican countries an advantage in interstate politics.

• Philip Norton Post-Communist and Post-Soviet Parliaments: The Initial Decade (ed. with D. M. Olson), London: Routledge, 2008, 192pp.  ISBN 978-0-415-36557-4 [paperback edition 2009: ISBN 978-0-415-49523-3] 

The sudden collapse of communism stimulated both the rapid emergence of fledgling democracies and scholarly attention to the post-communist transition. These newly democratized parliaments have been described as "parliaments in adolescence".

This book identifies six parliaments which exemplify the wide range of developments in the new post-communist political systems, from the stable consolidated democracies to the less stable and more authoritarian states, within which their respective parliaments function.

Finally the post-communist parliaments are compared with the presumptively more established west European parliaments. This book bridges the usual gap in research between the post-communist parliaments and more "normal" democratic parliaments to develop a common legislative research perspective on both new and established parliaments.  This book was previously published as a special issue of the Journal of Legislative Studies.

• Colin Tyler Idealist Political Philosophy: Pluralism and conflict in the absolute idealist tradition, London & New York, NY: Continuum, 2006; paperback published in 2008,  ISBN9-780826-446831  2008 [hardback pub. 2006]

The central claim of this book is that previous scholars have not appreciated the depths and complexities of the relationships between British idealist radicalism and the earlier idealist tradition of Kant, Fichte, Hegel and Carlyle. Colin Tyler explores two recurring themes: the first is that the foundations of British idealist thought were encapsulated within parts of Hegel's political theory that have been ignored or misunderstood - specifically Hegel's analyses of civic pluralism and international order. Tyler argues that these parts of Hegel's system had highly significant political implications. They showed that reformers must work from within concrete historical traditions; they grounded a critique of abstract rationalism as an alienating and potentially totalitarian method of designing social and economic institutions; they indicated the inevitability of civic and political pluralism and the many opportunities for human improvement which they created; and finally they demonstrated the tragic nature of human progress. The second recurring theme is the concern of many British idealists to articulate the distinction between the virtues of an enriching community and a modern commercial society, a concern that owed much of its force to the earlier idealist tradition. Together, these themes show the inseparability of the British idealists' social and political radicalism from the inherent logic of idealism, a link that has been denied or misconceived by previous scholars, and has never been completely appreciated by anyone before. The book makes extensive use of certain British idealist manuscripts which were not merely unpublished, but were undiscovered until very recently.

• Colin Tyler (Editor) Unpublished Manuscripts in British Idealism: Political Philosophy, Theology and Social Theory, 2 vols, Bristol & New York, NY: Thoemmes Continuum, 2005; paperback published by Imprint Academic in 2008, 500pp. ISBN 9-781845-401252  2008 [hardback pub. 2006]

The British Idealist movement flourished between the 1860s and 1920s and exerted a very significant influence in the USA, India and Canada, most notably on John Dewey and Josiah Royce. The movement also laid the groundwork for the thought of Michael Oakeshott and R.G. Collingwood. Its leading figures - particularly Thomas Hill Green and Edward Caird - have left a number of complete or near-complete manuscripts in various British university archives, many of which remain unpublished. This important collection widens access to this unpublished material by transcribing, editing and then publishing the most significant pieces. The project focuses on the moral, political, and religious writings - the areas of most interest to scholars. Many of these items shed significant light on areas of their thought where these philosophers were notoriously cryptic and at key points frustratingly brief. These resources provide invaluable new insights into the thought of major figures in an intellectual movement that played a pivotal role in the development of Anglo-American philosophy and theology at the turn of the twentieth century. Until now, most of these papers have been buried in archives, in frequently 'challenging' handwriting. Consequently, they have been very difficult to use in a scholarly fashion. This annotated, critical edition opens them up to the academic community.

• Rudi Wurzel  The Politics of Emissions Trading in Britain and Germany, London: Anglo-German Foundation, 2008, ISBN: 9781900834513

This report explains why Britain became an emissions trading pioneer while Germany initially acted as an emissions trading laggard. Significant Anglo-German divergences are explained with reference to differences in (1) national (emissions trading) advocacy coalitions, (2) preferred national environmental policy instrument mixes and (3) the dominant national macro-level action guiding norms. The EU developed into an emissions trading policy entrepreneur only reluctantly. It is highly unlikely that the EU ETS could have become operational in January 2005 without emissions trading having been inserted into the 1997 Kyoto Protocol. It was the USA which acted as a political hegemon by insisting on emissions trading in the 1997 Kyoto Protocol against the opposition of the EU, and of Germany in particular.