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BPG Quarterly

The British Politics Group publishes The British Politics Group Quarterly. The Quarterly (called the Newsletter through 2007) is sent to all members of the British Politics Group. Sample copies are available. It ordinarily has 30-34 double column pages. Contents include announcements about coming conferences, book reviews, short articles, and selected items from the BPG list-serve. Archives and Contents of recent issues are given below.

Archive of BPG Newsletters:

No114 [pdf]
No115 [pdf]
NO116 [pdf]
NO117 [pdf]
No118 [pdf]
NO 119 [pdf]
NO 120 [pdf]
NO 121 [pdf]
NO 122 [pdf]
NO 123 [pdf]
NO 124 [pdf]
NO 125 [pdf]
NO  126 [pdf]
NO  127 [pdf]

Table of Contents for Issues 89 to 113:

Summer, 1997, No. 89

Activities
Announcements
Conferences
Articles:

• Rasmussen Report
• The Pundits by Robert Worcester
• The Great Labour Victory of 1997 and My Part In It by Alan Ward
• The 1997 Election: In Four Parts by Nicholas Baldwin
• Scottish Devolution Proposals by Michael Davidson
• Welsh Devolution (&Scotland) by John Ellis
• Abstracts: Publications
• Book Reviews:
• L. Epstein on Anglo-American Relation Since 1939, ed by Bayliss.
• T. P. Wolf on Pressure Groups Today by Boggott.
• K. Jefferson on Democratic Socialism and Economic Policy by Tomlinson
• T. P. Wolf on National Identity in Times of Crisis by Femenia and Domestic Sources of Foreign Policy edited by Stavridis and Hill.
• G. Moyser on British Social Attitudes: The 12th Report edited by Jowel, Curtice, Part, Brook and Ahrendt.

Pot Pourri X:
Membership News:

WINTER 1998, NO 91

Activities
Announcements
Fellowships/Prizes
From the BPG Listerv
Abstracts: conference Papers
Article: Foxes and Free Votes by Philip Cowley
Abstracts: APSA Annual Meeting
Book Reviews:

Studlar on The British General Election of 1979 by Butler and Kavanagh and Contemporary Britain by Catterall and Preston
TP Wolf on Conflict of Loyalty by Howe; on Developments in British Politics 5 edited by Dunleavy, et al; Half a Century of British Politics edited by Robins and Jones; on Twenty-Something in the 1990s by Bynner, Ferri and Shepherd; and selected works on Winston Churchill
J. Williams on Diplomacy and Disillusion at the Court of Margaret Thatcher by Urban and Thatcher's Diplomacy by Sharp
J. Brookshire on Ideas and Policies Under Labour, 1945-1951
K. Beckwith on Women and Power in Parliamentary Democracies by Davis
J. Wolfe on The Political Economy of Modern Britain by Cox, Lee and Sanderson
R. Gray on The Eurosceptical Reader edited by Holmes and A Grand Illusion? An Essay on Europe by Judt
M. Burbank on Regional Dynamics by Field

Pot PourriXIII
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SPRING 1998, NO 92

Obituary. James Bernard Christoph
BPG Activities
Announcements
From the BPG-L Listserv

Articles:
    Britain's European Policy Under Tony Blair and the British Debate on the European Monetary Union by Louis R. Golino
The Rasmussen Report
Abstracts:
Publication
Conference
Book Reviews:
L. Epstein on Anthony Eden by Dutton
H. Elcock on Local Government Today by Chandler and Local Government Reorganisation edited by Leach
J. Brookshire on A History of the British Labour Party by Thorpe
D. Jackson on Human Rights in the United Kingdom edited by Gordon and Wilmot-Smith
J. Adolino on Whitewashing Race by Paul
J. Freyman on The British Labour Government and the 1978 IMF Crisis by Harmon
TP Wolf on Ireland in the 20th Century by Harkness, Sir Henry Pottinger by Pottinger, From Salisbury to Major by Evans and Taylor, Modern British Statesmen, 1867-1945 and Churchill to Major by Shell and Hodder-Williams
Pot Pourri XIV
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SUMMER 1998, NO. 93

Departed colleagues:

    James B. Christoph
    Robert C. Frasure

Announcements
From the BPG-L Listserve
Article: British MPs and the Euro by Roger M. Scully
Abstracts:
Publication
Conference
Book reviews:
J. Wolfe on The New Public Management in Action by Ferlie, et. al.
T.P. Wolf on Tory Radicalism by Reitan; The Queen by Pimlott; The Conservative Party edited by Ball; Ideas and
    Think Tanks in Contemporary Britain by Kandiah and Seldon; Elections and Voting Behaviour edited by
    Norris;  Legislatures and Legislators edited by Norton; Malcolm MacDonald by Sanger; The Ethical World of
    British MPs by Mancuso.
N. McCrillis on The Conservative Party edited by Norton
M. Burbank on Understanding Change in Social Attitudes edited by Taylor and Thomson and British Social Attitudes              (14th Report) edited by Jowell, et. al.
D. Studlar on Learning From America by Dolowitz.

In Case You Missed It: New Shadow Cabinet, and Blair's New Cabinet
Pot Pourri XV
Membership News: Milestones, New Members, Corrections, Changes.

Winter 1999, No 95

Activities
Announcements
From the BPG-L Listserv
Article: Britain's Unknown Political Party by Richard Flickinger
Abstracts: Publications; Speeches
Book Reviews:
J. Wolfe on The Boundaries of the State in Modern Britain edited by Green and Whiting
J. Williams on The Council of Ministers by Hayes-Rental and Wallace
D. Cowell on Between War and Peace by Bew, Patterson and Teague
N. Mitchell on Stakeholder Capitalism edited by Kelly, Kelly and Gamble
    and Capitalism in Contention by Boswell and Peters
T.P. Wolf on Democratic Royalism by Kuhn
Pot Pourri
Membership News

Spring 1999, No 96

Obituaries: Jim Bullpitt, Walter S.G. Kohn
Activities
Announcements
From the BPG-L Listserv
Chapping and Changing in the 1997 Elections, CPR
Constitutional Futures by Abu Fatal
Scottish Parliamentary Election Results by M. Davidson
Abstracts:
Book Reviews:
D. Studlar on Constitutional Futures edited by Hazell
J. Wolfe on The Conspicuous Corporation by N. Mitchell
J. Adelino on A Question of Numbers by Teitelbaurm and Winter
A. Cyr on British Foreign Policy 1919-1939 by P. Doerr; The foreign Office and Foreign Policy by E. Maisel; and Balfour and Foreign Policy by J. Tomes
T.P. Wolf on The Politics of Nationhood by P. Lynch and Backbencher Debate within the Conservative Party and its Influence on British Foreign Policy by S. Onslow; By-elections in British Politics edited by Cook and Ramsden; The Scottish Electorate by Brown, et.al.
Pot Pourri
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Summer 1999, No 97

Activities
Announcements
From the BPG-L Listserv
Results: 
    For the Record I: MEP Elections of 10 June 1999
    For the Record II: Results for the Welsh Seined
Abstracts: From Publications
Book Reviews:
R. Gray on The Referendum Experience in Europe by Gallagher and Ulerie
T.P. Wolf on The Ulster Question since 1945 by Loughlin
D. Studlar on Conscience and Parliament by Cowley
T.P. Wolf on British Politics Today by Jones and Kavanagh
M. Levy on The Labour Party's Political Thought by Foote
T.P.Wolf on The People's Peace by Morgan, British Politics Since the War by Coxall and Robins, and Thatcher's Children? edited by Pilcher and Wagg.
Pot Pourri
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Fall 1999, No 98

Actitivties
Announcements
From the BPG-L Listserv
Articles:
    From the BPG-L (sort of) T.P. Wolf
    Is the Honeymoon Over? Jorgen Rasmussen
Abstracts: From Conferences
Book Reviews:
    F. Myer on Britain's Withdrawal from East of Suez by Pickering
    T.P. Wolf on Britain and the World in the Twentieth Century by Young
    K. Jefferson on The Death of Britain? by Redwood
    J. Freyman on Economic Strategy and the Labour Party by Wickham-Jones
    N. Schwarz on The Economic Impact of the Welfare State and Social Change by Fazeli; Inequality in the UK by             Goodman, Johnson and Webb, and The UK Equity Gap by Lonsdale
    T.P. Wolf on Etholiadau'r Ganrif, 1885-1997 by Jones
    T.P. Wolf on Parliaments and Pressure Groups in Western Europe edited by Norton
Books Received
Pot Pourri
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Winter 2000, No 99

Activities
Announcements
From the BPG-L Listserv
Abstracts
Articles:
    How Not to Abolish the Monarchy by Alan J. Ward
    The Parliamentary Labour Party by Philip Cowley
    Britain in 1999 by N.D.J. Baldwin
    Conference report on teh "Legal Aspects of Devolution" by Abul Fazal
Book Reviews
J. Waltman on Constitutional Reform by Brazier
W. Field on Pay, state, and Society edited by Lawrence and Lawrence
TP Wolf on Expaining Labour's Landslide by Worcester and Mortimer
W. Niemi on Britain's Century by Rubinstein
W. Messmer on Political Economy and the Labour Party by Thompson
D. Cowell on Politics in Northern Ireland edited by Mitchell and Wilford
TP Wolf on Devolution in the United Kingdom by Bogdanor
R. Melville on An Important Matter of Principle by Seawright
TP Wolf on The Oxford History of the British Empire, vol 1, edited by Canny; The Origins of Empire, Vol. IV, edited by Brown and Louis; Historiography, vol. V, edited by Winks
A. Cyr on An Awkward Partner by George and Britain's Failure to Enter the European community 1961-63 edited by Wilkes
TP Wolf on Harold Macmillan edited by Aldus and Lee
TP Wolf on The Politics today Companion to the British Constitution by Pilkington
Other
Pot Pourri
Membership News

Spring 2000, No 100

Activities
Announcements
From the BPG-L
Special Anniversary Section
Symposium of Articles
    Reflections of a Career of Studying British Politics by Leon D. Epstein
    Why British Politics? by Samuel H. Beer
    A Changing Prime Minister in a Changing World by Richard Rose
    The Changing Constitution by Philip Norton
    The British Politics Group Research Register After 25 years, Bill Muller
    The Internet and the BPG by Joel D. Wolfe and Michael Margolis
Abstracts
Book Reviews:
    D. Studlar on British Parties and Elections Review, Vol. 9, edited by Fisher, Cowley, Denver and Russell
    P. Stansky on The Women's Suffrage Movement n Britain by van Wingerden 
        and From Plymouth to Parliament by Musolf 
    T.P. Wolf on The Law, Politics and the Constitution edited by Butler, Bogdanor and Summers
Pot Pourri
Membership News
Photograph Gallery

Summer 2000, No 101

Activities
Announcements
From the BPG-L
Book Reviews
    Childs on Contesting Elections edited by Galligan, Ward & Wilford
    Wolf on Victorian Political Thought by Jones
    Soper on Conservative Protestant Politics by Bruce
    Wolf on Bonar Law by Adams; Callaghan by Morgan; Lloyd George by Packer; The Self-Fashioning of
        Disraeli, 1816-1851 edited by Richmond and Smith
    Williams on "Empire" by Integration by Lundestad
    Wolf on Twentieth Century British Political Facts edited by Butler & Butler
    Wolfe on The Political Economy of New Labour by Hay
Pot Pourri
Membership News
Special Announcement: Christoph Prize

Fall 2000, No 102

Activities
Announcements
From the BPG-L
Article
    The 'New Politics' and the Economic Constraints Confronting New Labour by Mark Wickham-Jones
Abstracts: From conferences
Book Reviews
    Chris Howell on A History of British trade Unionism 1700-1998 by Fraser
    TP Wolf on Churchill and the Soviet Union by Carlton; Churchill: His Radical Decade by Hill; Churchill by
        Wood; and The Second Quebec Conference Revisited edited by Woolner 
    Donald Jackson on Governing With Judges by Sweet
    TP Wolf on Pressure Groups and British Politics by Grant
    John Williams on The Road to Maastricht by Dyson and Featherstone
    TP Wolf on The Boundary Commission by Rossiter, Johnston and Pattie
Pot Pourri
Membership News
Photo Gallery

Winter 2001, No 103

Activities
Announcements
From the BPG-L
From H-Albion
Articles: 
The Constitution Unit by Ben Seyd
How Rank Were the 20th Century Prime Ministers by TP Wolf
Abtrasts
Book Reviews:
    J. Wolfe on Public Management in Britain edited by Horton and Farnham
    TP Wolf on The New Politics of Tony Blair by Sully
    J. Adolino on The New Politics of the Right edited by Betz and Immerfall
    C. Howell on The Rise and Fall of Class in Britain by Cannadine
    TP Wolf on Slavery in a Land of Liberty by Hill
    TP Wolf on The British Party System by Ingle
    TP Wolfe on The British Study of Politics in the Twentieth Century, edited by Hayward, Barry and Brown
Pot Pourri XXIV
Membership News
Photo Gallery

Spring 2001, No 104

Activities
Announcements
From the BPG-L
From H-Albion
Abstracts
Book Reviews:
    J. Rasmussen on The Liberal Party by Searle
    TP Wolf on UK Today 2000 edited by Turner
    A. Messina on Anti-Fascism in Britain by Copsey and Fascism in Britain by Thurlow
    D. Cowell on Ireland by Finnegan and McCarron
    TP Wolf on Memories of Maggie edited by Dale
    TP Wolf on Parliament Under Blair by Riddell
    D. Cowell on Northern Protestants byMcKay
    TP Wolf on Singular Continuities by Behlmer and Leverthal
Pot Pourri XXV
Membership News

Summer 2001, No 105

Activities
Announcements
From the BPG-L
From H-Albion
Articles:
The 2001 British Election Study: An Interim Report by Clarke, Sanders, Stewart, and Whitely
Were You Up for Twigg? by Studlar
Catholics Among the Tory Party Leadership by Fahey
Abstracts
Book Reviews:
    Studlar on Reforming the Constitution by Catterall, Kaiser and Walton-Jordan 
        and Does Britain Still Have a Constitution? by King.
    Williams on The European Union and Britain edited by Koutrakou 
        and Emerson Abshire on Paths to a Settlement in Northern Ireland by Farren and Mulvihill
    Myers on Semi-detached Idealists by Caedel
    Howard on Rethinking British Decline edited by English and Kenny 
        and The British Economy Since 1945 by Middleton
    Rasmussen on British Public Opinion, 1937-2000 edited by King
    Levy on The Labour Party edited by Brivati and Heffernan
    Messmer on The European Union and British Democracy by Mather
    Wolfe on Regulation Inside Government by Hood, Scott, James and Jones; 
        and Regulating Pollution by Hilson
    Wolf on The Powers Behind the Prime Minister by Kavanagh and Seldon; 
    At the Centre of Whitehall by Leem Jones and Burnham; and Leadership in Whitehall by Theakson
    Wolf on Roosevelt and Churchill by Stafford
Pot Pourri  XXVI
Membership News
Photo Gallery

Fall 2001, No 106

Activities
Announcements
From the BPG-L
Abstracts - From Publications - From Conferences
Articles
"J.M. MacDonald: The Labour Party" by Michael Levy
The Conservative Leadership Election: by Philip Norton
Out of Town? Alone? Need Someone To Talk To? by David Docherty
Problems in Interviewing Northern Ireland Legislators by Kimberly Cowell-Meyers
Book Reviews
    T. Casey on World, Class, Britain by Paton
    J. Freyman on Pluralist Thought and the State in Britain and France by Laborde; 
        and Citizenship, Work  and Welfare by Parker
    R. Flickinger on Public Policy Under Blair edited by Savage and Atkinson
    T.P. Wolf on Electoral Systems by Farrell
    J. Williams on Federalism and the European Union by McKay
        and After the Euro by Crouch
    R. Flickinger on France, Germany and Britain edited by Maclean and Trouille
    T.P. Wolf on The British Liberal Tradition by Jenkins; The English Constitution edited by Smith; 
            How to Win an election by Richards and Election 2001 by the Electoral Commission
Pot Pourri XXVII
Membership News
Obituary: Frank L. Wilson
Photo Gallery

Winter 2002, No 107

Activities
Announcements
From the BPG-L
From H-Albion
From the PSRT-L
Articles:
    Out of Town? Alone? Need Someone to Talk To? by David C. Docherty
    Problems in Interviewing Northern Ireland Legislators by Kimberly Cowell-Meyers
Abstracts - From Publications - From Conferences
Book Reviews
    Studlar on New Labour edited by Stuart White
    Beckwith on Women, Privilege and Power edited by Amanda Vickery
    Ward on The Belfast Agreement by Austen Morgan
    T. Wolf on British Political Studies edited by Dunleavy, Kelly & Moran
    Zahariadis on Privatization and Deregulation of Transport edited by Bradshaw and Smith
    T. Wolf on The History of Political Thought in National Context edited by Castiglione and
       Hampshire-Monk and Elections in Britain by Leonard & Mortimer
Pot Pourri XXVII
Membership News
Photo Gallery

Spring, 2002, No 108

Activities
    BPG Panels, 2002 APSA Meeting, Boston
Announcements
From the LIstserves
Articles:
    Blair's Economic Class Does not Bear Examination by Ben Macintyre
Abstracts - From Publications - From conferences
Book Reviews
    N. Zahriadis on The Politics of Planning bu ritschel
    J. Freyman on Essays on Citizenship by Crick
    R Flickinger on Poliical Leadership by H. Elcock
    A. Ward on Breaking the Code by Brandreth
    T.P. Wolf on Transforming British Government, Vol I & 2, edited by Rhodes;
        Security in British Politics, 1945-99 by Keohane;
        Dictionary of Labour Biography by Rosen;
        Brief Encounters by Brandeth;
        Scottish Popular Politics by Fraser, The Road to Home Rule by Harvie and Jones, 
        and Claiming Scotland by Hearn; and Scottish Politics in the Twentieth Century by Hutchison

Activities Page 2
Announcements Page 4
From the BPG-L Page 5
From H-Albion Page 8
Abstracts
From Publications Page 9
Book Reviews
    S. Bennett on British Elections & Parties Review edited by Cowley, Denver, Russel, & Harrison
    T. P. Wolf on The Office of Lord Chancellor by Woodhouse; Second Chambers edited by Baldwin & Shell;
         D. Cowell on How the Troubles Came to Northern Ireland by Rose
    K. Cowell-Meyers on Developing Dialogue in Northern Ireland by Bloomfield
    D. Cowell on The Left and Israel by Edmunds
    T. Beech on Northern Ireland at the Crossroads by Mulholland
    D. Cowell on Special Relationships by Arthur
    J. Laible on Scottish Government and Politics by Lynch
    T. P. Wolf on Scotland Decides by Denver, Mitchell, Pattie, & Bochel; British Politics and  European     Elections 1999 by Butler & Westlake; The Oxford History of Britain edited by Morgan; Wales in the 21st Century edited by Bryan & Jones
    J. Wolfe on Learning Policy by Ainley 

Pot Pourri XXIX Page 22

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Fall 2002, NO. 110

IN THIS ISSUE

Activites
Announcements
From the BPG-L
Abstracts - From Conferences
Book Reviews
    K. Jefferson on The Tories and Europe by Turner and A Blue Tomorrow edited by Boles and Gove
    J Meisel on Lord Salisbury's World by Bentley
    D. Studlar on Australians and Globalisation by Galligan, Roberts and Trifilette; and The State of the Nations
        edited by Trench
    A. Ward on Aspects of the Northern Ireland Agreement edited by Wilford
    R. Flickinger on New Labour's Foreign Policy edited by Little and Wickham-Jones
    T.P. Wolf on Dignified and Efficient by Douglas-Home and Kelly; Politico's Guide to the History of British
        Political Parties by Boothroyd; The Bow Group by Barr; Tory Wars by Walter; Governing Numbers
        by Page; The British General Election of 2001 by Butler and Kavanagh; Britain at the Polls, 2001 edited by
        King;  Explaining Labour's Second Landslide by Worcester and Mortimer
Pot Pourri XXX
Membership News
Obituary: Lawrence Longley

Winter 2003, No 111

IN THIS ISSUE

Activities
Announcements
From the BPG-L
From H-Albion
Articles: Hitchens on Winston Churchill by Wolf
Britain and the European Union Conference
Abstracts
    From Publications
    From Conferences
Book Reviews
    Cole on Crisis and Consensus in British Politics by Williams
    Messmer on On Message by Norris, Curtice, Sanders, Scammell and Semetko
    Wolf on Northcliffe's Legacy edited by Baterall, Seymour-Ure & Smith and Politicians, the Press and
         Propaganda by Thompson
    Wolf on Political Scandal by Thompson
    Wolf on Perspectives on Political Parties edited by Scarrow
Pot Pourri XXX
Membership News

Spring 2003, No 112

In This Issue
Activities
Annuncements
From the BPG-L
From H-Albion
Article: Earthy: Higly Sexed...by David Frum
Abstrstracts
Book Reviews
    Williams on Bullying Bonn by Schaad
    Wolf on Devolution in Britain Today by Pilkington
    Cole on Britain Since 1945 edited by Hollowell
    Rasmussen on Britain and Denmark by Sevaldsen
    Wolf on Politico's Guide to Parliament by Child
    Wolf on Presidents and Prime Ministers by Sykes
    Wolf on Here Today, Gone Tomorrow by Nott
    Wolf on Revolts and Rebellions by Cowley
Pot Pourri XXII
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Summer 2003, No 113

In This Issue
Activities
Announcements
From the BPG-L
Articles:    
    The Welsh Assembly Election by Jones, Scully and Llandinam
    Bending and Sending a Myriad of Messages About Multicultural Britian by Jefferson and Black
Abstracts
Book Reviews
    Kam on Britain Since 1945 by Hollowell
    Sinclair on Debates in British Politics Today by Robins and Jones
    Muller on British Trade Unions Since 1933 by Wrigley
    Williams on Uneasy Allies by Larres and Meehan
    Cole on New Labour and Thatcherism by Heffernan
    Wolfe on Labour's First Century by Tanner, Thane and Tiratsoo; Labour in Crisis b y Swift; and New
        Labour in Power edited by Coates and Lawler
    Wolf on The Dynamics of Historical Change edited by James and Preston
    Wolf on Political Communications Transformed edited by Bartle and Griffith; and Media and
        the Presidentialization of Parliamentary Elections by Mugham
Pot Pourri XXII
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