The Legacy of the Crash How the Financial Crisis Changed America and Britain

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. A stellar cast of contributors, including Tim Bale, Wyn Grant and Graham Wilson provide a sophisticated account of how the administrations are faring.

TERRENCE CASEY is Head and Associate Professor of Political Science, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, USA, and Executive Director of the British Politics Group of the American Political Science Association. His previous books include The Blair Legacy, ed. (Palgrave Macmillan, 2009) and The Social Context of Economic Change in Britain (2002).

The Political Challenges of Hard Times; T.Casey
PART I: COMPARATIVE RESPONSES TO THE FINANCIAL CRISIS
Was there Ever an Anglo-Saxon Model of Capitalism?; W.Grant
Capitalism, Crisis, and a Zombie Named TINA; T.Casey
A Tale of Two Cities: Financial Meltdown and the Atlantic Divide; D.Coates&K.Dickstein
Confronting the Economic Crisis: Fiscal Policy Responses in the United Kingdom and the United States; E.Ashbee
Framing Economic and Fiscal Crisis: National Comparisons, International Markets, and Unpopular Policies in Britain and the US; A.Howard
PART II: PARTIES, POLITICS, AND POLICIES IN AN AGE OF AUSTERITY
Divided in Victory: Conservatives and Republicans in the Cameron Era; T.Bale & R.Kolodny
The Strange Death of New Democracy; G.Wilson
The Liberal Democrats and the Tea Party Movement in the 2010 Elections; A.I.Cyr
Party Polarization and Ideology in Britain and the United States: Convergence or Divergence?; N.C.Rae&J.S.Gil
Economics, Partisanship, and Elections: A Comparative Review of Economic-Voting in the 2010 U.K. Parliamentary Elections and U.S. Congressional Elections; M.Brogan
The Politics and Political Economy of Health Care in the United States and the United Kingdom; A.Wadden
The Impact of the 'War on Terror' on Executive-Legislative Relations in the UK and US: A Comparative Analysis; M.Shephard&
J.E.Owens
The 'War on Terror' in Court: A Comparative Analysis of Judicial Empowerment; R.J.Maiman
Anglo-American Politics in the Age of Austerity; T.Casey