A fascinating examination of the activities of the joint-stock royal charter companies that established settlements in the British North American colonies and which were pivotal in shaping the political-economic transformation of early America and its capitalist evolution.

Examines the nature of European welfare provision and the untruths that surround it. They examine the impact of the austerity measures that followed the Great Recession, and consider its future design to equip European societies to face social change, global competition and external shocks.

A critical appraisal of the latest round of platform intermediation, centred on MusicTech, social media platforms and user-generated content, live streaming, crowdfunding and gamification, that is reshaping the contemporary music industry.

An account of British conservativism 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.

A lively analysis of how Thatcherism became an ideology for politics to conjure with, its relationship with its eponymous leader and with the Conservative Party, as well as the long-term implications for the British people.

An introdution to one of the key areas of behavioural economics - social preferences - which explains in clear, untechnical language how experimental research in this area has provided economists with much greater understanding of economic behaviour.

Simon Lee makes the case for England, an English identity and and an English state. He puts forward a moral vision of England as a political community, based upon a civic nationalism and national identity rooted in the principles of democratic political culture and citizenship.

Simon Lee makes the case for England, an English identity and and an English state. He puts forward a moral vision of England as a political community, based upon a civic nationalism and national identity rooted in the principles of democratic political culture and citizenship.