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Coming Soon: British Conservative Party and One Nation Politics

The British Conservative Party and One Nation Politics, by David Seawright, will be published in November 2009.

"The label, One Nation, has been central to the politics of British Conservatism for nearly 150 years. Often used as code in internal conflicts or as short-hand for a complex electoral strategy, it has seldom been analysed systematically. David Seawright’s book addresses and remedies this by exploring the evolution of the concept of One Nation politics, locating it in the party’s history and demonstrating its continued importance in contemporary Conservatism. The British Conservative Party and One Nation Politics is a significant contribution to our understanding Conservative politics in Britain." --Andrew Taylor, Professor of Politics,University of Sheffield.

"David Seawright knows his subject backwards. His book is a persuasive blend of history and social science: it demonstrates definitively that One Nation politics, far from being some kind of centrist alternative to Thatcherism, has always been a microcosm of the creative tensions that have made the Conservative Party, at its best, Britain’s natural party of government." --Tim Bale, author of The Conservative Party from Thatcher to Cameron

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Political Economy of Southeast Europe from 1990 to the Present

Political Economy of Southeast Europe from 1990 to the Present by Bruno Sergi and Qerim Qerimi was reviewed in the Italian Cultura & Società:

"[The book] is about the troubled history of the Balkan peninsula, with specific reference to the Kosovar secession, all dealt with great mastery and wisdom. A journey through ten chapters and 180 pages that are very accessible thanks to a writing style that is both analytical and descriptive. A useful study both for university students and the general public."  --Giuseppe Leanza

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No Time to Think by Howard Rosenberg and Charles S. Feldman

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*Starred Review* “The breezy style of this critique belies the incredible research behind it, as Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter Rosenberg and investigative journalist Feldman explore the impact of the amped-up, overwrought nature of modern news gathering. The authors talked to a wide range of reporters, including Arianna Huffington, Jim Lehrer, Tom Brokaw, and others, from sources as divergent as CNN News, the Drudge Report, and Access Hollywood, to present a look at the competitive forces at work in speeding news coverage at the cost of accuracy, never mind insight and reflection. Amid predictions that politics this year is moving at the speed of the Internet, with the blogosphere kicking around reaction to campaign news that has yet to make it onto television, Rosenberg and Feldman worry that the speed of news gathering is shaping the news, and not for the better. They offer a history of increasingly speedy news coverage from newsreels to radio and television to the Internet, as well as a diary of blogging and an absorbing dialogue between the two as they look back over their own careers and experiences. Often humorous, completely engrossing.”  –Booklist

“Compelling and insightful…any reader who wants to understand how news outlets such as CNN are run might appreciate a behind-the-scenes glimpse from a longtime insider.”   –Associated Press. Picked up by Carroll County Times, GMA News.TV, and The Canadian Press