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Four models of political representation: British MPs and the use of ICT (2007)
Journal Article
Norton, P. (2007). Four models of political representation: British MPs and the use of ICT. Journal of Legislative Studies, 13(3), 354-369. https://doi.org/10.1080/13572330701500771

This paper tests four models of political representation in the UK Parliament: the traditional, party, representative and tribune. Each involves a different usage of the Internet in order to fulfil a particular role. A rational choice approach emphas... Read More about Four models of political representation: British MPs and the use of ICT.

The digital revolution and development: The impact of Chinese policy and strategies (2007)
Journal Article
Dai, X. (2007). The digital revolution and development: The impact of Chinese policy and strategies. Development = Développement = Desarrollo, 50(3), 24-29. https://doi.org/10.1057/palgrave.development.1100400

Xiudian Dai looks at how new information and communications technologies have impacted upon China's policy thinking on economic development and vice versa. The message is that China is able to become an important player in shaping the global digital... Read More about The digital revolution and development: The impact of Chinese policy and strategies.

Bilateral Stability, Global Instability: The Political Economy of Contemporary Anglo-Japanese Economic Relations (2007)
Book Chapter
Lee, S. (2007). Bilateral Stability, Global Instability: The Political Economy of Contemporary Anglo-Japanese Economic Relations. In P. Towle, & . N. M. Kosuge (Eds.), Britain and Japan in The Twentieth Century: One Hundred Years of Trade and Prejudice (138-151). London: Bloomsbury Publishing

After the horrors of World War II in Asia - not least the systematic appalling mistreatment of Allied prisoners-of-war by the Japanese military - few would have predicted that Britain's relationship with Japan would flourish into a booming partnershi... Read More about Bilateral Stability, Global Instability: The Political Economy of Contemporary Anglo-Japanese Economic Relations.

Labour’s Thinkers: The Intellectual Roots of Labour from Tawney to Gordon Brown (2007)
Book
Beech, M. A., & Hickson, K. E. (2007). Labour’s Thinkers: The Intellectual Roots of Labour from Tawney to Gordon Brown. I.B. Tauris

"Labour's Thinkers" seeks to examine the key ideas emphasised by the twelve individuals whom the authors judge to have made the most significant development to the political thought of the Labour Party since the 1930s. Hickson and Beech argue the Lab... Read More about Labour’s Thinkers: The Intellectual Roots of Labour from Tawney to Gordon Brown.

Chinese cyberspaces: technological changes and political effects. Edited by Jens Damm and Simona Thomas. London and New York: Routledge, 2006. The Internet in China: unlocking and containing the public Sphere. Johan Lagerkvist. Lund: Lund University, 2006 (2007)
Journal Article
Dai, X. (2007). Chinese cyberspaces: technological changes and political effects. Edited by Jens Damm and Simona Thomas. London and New York: Routledge, 2006. The Internet in China: unlocking and containing the public Sphere. Johan Lagerkvist. Lund: Lund University, 2006. The China quarterly, 196 - 198

Boosting investment and growth: the role of social pacts in the Brazilian automotive industry (2007)
Journal Article
Doctor, M. (2007). Boosting investment and growth: the role of social pacts in the Brazilian automotive industry. Oxford development studies, 35(1), 105-130. https://doi.org/10.1080/13600810601167629

The article examines why the automotive industry invested over US$20 billion in Brazil in the second half of the 1990s, focusing on how political economy factors influenced investment decisions. It is argued that, in a context of economic and policy... Read More about Boosting investment and growth: the role of social pacts in the Brazilian automotive industry.

The Constitution (2007)
Book Chapter
Norton, P. (2007). The Constitution. In A. Seldon (Ed.), Blair's Britain, 1997–2007 (104-122). Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511490828.007

One area in which there was a clear divide between the parties in 1997 was that of constitutional reform. The Conservatives were defenders of existing arrangements. Labour advocated a major overhaul of the nation's constitutional arrangements. The pa... Read More about The Constitution.

Idealist Political Philosophy: Pluralism and conflict in the absolute idealist tradition (2006)
Book
Tyler, C. (2006). Idealist Political Philosophy: Pluralism and conflict in the absolute idealist tradition. Continuum

The central claim of this book is that previous scholars have not appreciated the depths and complexities of the relationships between British idealist radicalism and the earlier idealist tradition of Kant, Fichte, Hegel and Carlyle. Colin Tyler expl... Read More about Idealist Political Philosophy: Pluralism and conflict in the absolute idealist tradition.