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The legacy of the crash : how the financial crisis changed America and Britain / edited by Terrence Casey.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2011.Description: xv, 291 p. : ill. ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 9780230304581 (alk. paper)
  • 9780230304598 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 330.973 23
LOC classification:
  • HB 3722 L496 2011
Contents:
The political challenges of hard times / Terrence Casey -- Was there ever an Anglo-American model of capitalism? / Wyn Grant -- Capitalism, crisis, and a zombie named TINA / Terrence Casey -- A tale of two cities: financial meltdown and the Atlantic divide / David Coates, Kara Dickstein -- Fiscal policy responses to the economic crisis in the UK and the US / Edward Ashbee -- Divided in victory? The Conservatives and the Republicans / Tim Bale, Robin Kolodny -- The crisis of capitalism and the downfall of the left / Graham Wilson -- Third parties and political dynamics in the UK and the US / Arthur I. Cyr -- Party polarization and ideology: diverging trends in Britain and the US / Nicol C. Rae, Juan S. Gil -- Economics, partisanship, and elections: economic voting in the 2010 UK parliamentary and US congressional elections / Michael J. Brogan -- The politics and changing political economy of health care in the US and the UK / Alex Wadden -- From 9/11 to 2011: the 'war on terror' and the onward march of executive power? / John E. Owens, Mark Shephard -- The 'war on terror' in court: a comparative analysis of judicial empowerment / Richard J. Maiman -- Anglo-American politics in the age of austerity / Terrence Casey.
Summary: When the global financial system crashed, governments in America and Britain perfomed the greatest bailout in history. The legacy is record government debt, low growth and a new era of austerity. Here, a stellar cast of contributors, including Tim Bale and Wyn Grant provide a sophisticated account of how the administrations are faring.
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Papers presented at a conference organized by the British Politics Group in September 2010.

Includes index.

The political challenges of hard times / Terrence Casey --
Was there ever an Anglo-American model of capitalism? / Wyn Grant --
Capitalism, crisis, and a zombie named TINA / Terrence Casey --
A tale of two cities: financial meltdown and the Atlantic divide / David Coates, Kara Dickstein --
Fiscal policy responses to the economic crisis in the UK and the US / Edward Ashbee --
Divided in victory? The Conservatives and the Republicans / Tim Bale, Robin Kolodny --
The crisis of capitalism and the downfall of the left / Graham Wilson --
Third parties and political dynamics in the UK and the US / Arthur I. Cyr --
Party polarization and ideology: diverging trends in Britain and the US / Nicol C. Rae, Juan S. Gil --
Economics, partisanship, and elections: economic voting in the 2010 UK parliamentary and US congressional elections / Michael J. Brogan --
The politics and changing political economy of health care in the US and the UK / Alex Wadden --
From 9/11 to 2011: the 'war on terror' and the onward march of executive power? / John E. Owens, Mark Shephard --
The 'war on terror' in court: a comparative analysis of judicial empowerment / Richard J. Maiman --
Anglo-American politics in the age of austerity / Terrence Casey.


When the global financial system crashed, governments in America and Britain perfomed the greatest bailout in history. The legacy is record government debt, low growth and a new era of austerity. Here, a stellar cast of contributors, including Tim Bale and Wyn Grant provide a sophisticated account of how the administrations are faring.

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