Profile
Simon Lee lectures in political economy. He is responsible for
the introduction of undergraduate and postgraduate programmes in
global political economy and globalisation and governance in the
Department.
He has written two books on the ideas and
policies of Gordon Brown: Boom and Bust: The
Politics and Legacy of Gordon Brown (Oxford: Oneworld, 2009),
which was a second and updated edition of Best for Britain? The
Politics and Legacy of Gordon Brown (Oxford: Oneworld, 2007). His
next single –authored monograph will be The State of England: The
Nation We’re In (London: Palgrave Macmillan,
2011).
His most recent book is the first published
study of the Cameron-Clegg Government. It is the fourth book
co-edited with Dr Matt Beech, and produced by the Centre
for Political Economy in partnership with the Centre for
British Politics. The previous works were The Brown Government: A
Policy Evaluation (London: Routledge,
2010), TheConservatives under David Cameron: Built to
Last (London:
Palgrave Macmillan, 2009), and Ten Years of New
Labour (London: Palgrave Macmillan, 2008).
He has previous co-authored (with Andrew Cox
and Joe Sanderson) The Political Economy of
Modern Britain (Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, 1997), and also
edited (with Stephen McBride) Neo-Liberalism, State
Power and Global Governance (Dordrecht: Springer, 2007),
and (with Maurice Mullard) The Politics of Social
Policy in Europe (Cheltenham: Edward Elgar,
1997). He has contributed chapters to twenty other edited
collections.
His articles have been published
in New
Political Economy, The Political
Quarterly, Local Economy, Policy
Studies, Public Policy and
Administration, Policy and Society,
and Public
Money and Management.
He is currently working on Globalisation: A
Beginner’s Guide (Oxford: Oneworld, 2011), and
(with Richard Woodward)Understanding States and Markets: An
Introduction to Political Economy (London: Palgrave Macmillan,
2012).