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Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
the political quarterly
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.373
H-Index - 37
eISSN - 1467-923X
pISSN - 0032-3179
DOI - 10.1111/1467-923x.12116
Subject(s) - calais , thatcherism , power (physics) , memoir , democracy , art history , sociology , politics , refugee , hegemony , wright , law , economic history , political science , history , physics , quantum mechanics , world wide web , computer science
Books reviewed in this issue. ‘We can't go on as we are’
Donald Sassoon Mammon's Kingdom. A Essay on Britain, Now , by David Marquand. Superpower no more
Gianfranco Pasquino Good‐Bye Hegemony! Power and Influence in the Global System , by Simon Reich and Richard Ned Lebow. The real professionals: The NGOs
Matthew Grant The Politics of Expertise: How NGOs Shaped Modern Britain , by Matthew Hilton, James McKay, Nicholas Crowson and Jean‐François Mouhot. Good‐bye democracy
Tony Wright Ruling the Void: The Hollowing of Western Democracy , by Peter Mair. The joys of scraps
Joseph Rykwert Junkyard Planet: Travels in the Billion‐Dollar Trash Trade , by Adam Minter. Making Thatcherism possible
Robert Taylor Crisis? What Crisis? The Callaghan Government and the British Winter of Discontent by John Shepherd. Love in the time of capitalism
Stella Tillyard Why Love Hurts. A Sociological Explanation , by Eva Illouz You want to see how we live? We live like dogs.
Victoria Brittain Refugees of the Revolution. Experiences of Palestinian Exile , by Diana Allan. From the haven of care to community care
Lindsay Duguid The Last Asylum: A Memoir of Madness in Our Times , by Barbara Taylor. Serving the Prime Minister
Catherine Haddon At Power's Elbow. Aides to the Prime Minister from Robert Walpole to David Cameron , by Andrew Blick and George Jones. Narrative bombshells
Duncan Kelly The War That Ended Peace , by Margaret Macmillan Catastrophe , by Max Hastings. July 1914 , by Sean McMeeckin.