C U R R I C U L U M V I T A E
DAVID COATES
Education University of York, 1964-7 Pembroke College, Oxford, 1967-68 Nuffield College, Oxford, 1968-70
Qualifications BA (Hons) Politics: First Class Honours with Distinction, University of York, July 1967 Ph.D. (Political Science), University of Oxford, November 1970
Present Full-time Post Worrell Professor of Anglo-American Studies, Wake Forest University, 1999-
Previous Full-time Posts Lecturer in Politics, University of York, 1970-1977 Lecturer in Politics, University of Leeds 1977-1983 Senior Lecturer in Politics, University of Leeds 1983-1992 Head of Department of Politics, University of Leeds 1984-87 Senior Lecturer in Politics, and Deputy-Chair of the D103 Course Team, Open University, 1988 -1990 Reader in Contemporary Political Economy, University of Leeds, 1992-3 Professor of Contemporary Political Economy, University of Leeds, 1993-5 Professor of Government, University of Manchester 1995-9 Honorary Associate Research Fellow, Centre for Research on Innovation and Competition, University of Manchester 1996-9
Senior Administrative/Management Positions Head of Department, Politics Department, University of Leeds 1984-87 Acting Chair, D103 Course team July-October 1988 Director, Centre for Industrial Policy and Performance, University of Leeds, 1992-5 Chair, Taught Courses Committee, Faculty of Economics, Social Studies and Law, University of Leeds, 1992-5 Director, International Centre for Labour Studies, University of Manchester 1996-8 Teaching Quality Assurance Officer, Department of Government, University of Manchester, 1997-9 Member, Academic Standards and Quality Committee, University Senate, Manchester 1998-9 President, University Senate, Wake Forest University 2007-8 Member, Tenure and Promotion Committee, 2009-11 Chair, Merit Evaluation Design Committee, 2010 Member, Committee on Academic Planning 2011-12 Chair, Committee on Academic Planning 2012-13 Interim Chair, Department of Sociology, 2013-14
Additional Positions/Awards since 1999
Poteat Lecturer, Wake Forest University, 2005 Student Government Legislature Excellence in Teaching Award, spring 2007 Tri Delta Kappa, Teacher of the Year 2007-8 Member, University Senate 2005-9: President, 2007-8
External Consultancies since 1999
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External consultant, Wellesley College, distance learning project 2004? External consultant, Booz, Allen Hamilton 2007 External Reviewer, Ontario Council on Graduate Studies, Canada, October 2008
Book Series Edited
BUILDING PROGRESSIVE ALTERNATIVES (with Matthew Watson). Agenda Publishing, 2016-
P U B L I C A T I O N S
A Books Authored (Non-fiction)
1. Observing Obama in Real Time (hard back version, bringing together Pursuing the Progressive Case? and The Progressive Case Stalled. Library Partners Press,2017
2. The Progressive Case Stalled; Observing Obama in Real Time (volume 2). Winston-Salem, Library Partners Press, 2016: supported by the website www.davidcoates.net
3. Capitalism: The Basics. London & New York: Routledge, 2015.
4. America in the Shadow of Empires. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, December 2014: supported by the website www.davidcoates.net
5. Pursuing the Progressive Case? Observing Obama in Real Time (iUniverse Inc. 2013/ Library Partners Press, 2016): supported by the website www.davidcoates.net
6. Making the Progressive Case: Towards a Stronger U.S. Economy (Continuum Books, 2011): supported by the website www.davidcoates.net
7. Answering Back: Liberal Responses to Conservative Arguments (Continuum Books 2009): supported by the website www.davidcoates.net
8. A Liberal Tool Kit: Progressive Responses to Conservative Arguments, (Praeger/Greenwood, 2007). Part of Chapter 5 is reprinted in Kurt Finsterbusch (editor), Taking Sides: Clashing Views on Social Issues, McGraw-Hill, 2009, 16th edition
9. Prolonged Labour: The Slow Birth of New Labour Britain (Palgrave, March 25 2005). Part of Chapter 1 is reprinted in Julia Johnson and Corinne de Souza (editors), Understanding Health and Social Care: An Introductory Reader (London, Sage, 2008)
10. Blair’s War (with Joel Krieger), Polity Press, 2004, p. 184
11. Models of Capitalism: Growth and Stagnation in the Contemporary Era (Polity Press, 2000), p. 300 (translated into Chinese and Korean: the Chinese edition published by Jiangsu People’s Press, Nanking, 2002; the Korean by….; also the subject of a special review section of the December 2000 issue of New Political Economy )
12. The Question of UK decline: the economy, state and society. Harvester 1994. p. 316.
13. Running the Country (Hodder and Stoughton, 1991, p. 200: second, extensively revised edition, 1995,). This was the set text for the Open University second level course of the same name.
2 14. Features of a Viable Socialism (with Hans Breitenbach and Tom Burden), (Harvester, 1990) p.177. Sections of chapter 2 were reprinted in G. Thompson et al, (eds), Markets, Hierarchies and Networks, (Sage, 1992), pp. 48-53
15. The Crisis of Labour (Philip Allan, 1989) p.194.
16. The Context of British Politics (Hutchinson, 1984) p.288.
17. Labour in Power? A Study of the Labour Government 1974-79 (Longman, 1980) p.302.
18. The Labour Party and the Struggle for Socialism (Cambridge University Press, 1975), p.256, second edition 1981). Chapter 6 of this was reprinted in G. Olsen (ed.), The Other Europe (Ohio, 1977).
19. Social Stratification and Trade Unionism (with George Bain and Valerie Ellis) (Heinemann, 1973), p.174. Sections of Chapter 3 of this were reprinted in B. Barrett, E. Rhodes and J. Beishon (eds.), Industrial Relations and the Wider Society (Collier-Macmillan, 1975): and in R. Hyman and P. Price (eds.), The New Working Class (Macmillan, 1983).
20. Teachers Unions and Interest Group Politics (Cambridge University Press, 1972) p.137. Chapter 7 of this was reprinted in G. Fowler (ed.), Decision-Making in British Education (Heinemann, 1973).
FORTHCOMING
Flawed Capitalism: The Anglo-American Condition and Its Resolution. Agenda Publishing, 2017
A1 Books Authored (fiction)
1. The Thighs of Rose Tudor-Crump (Infinity Publishing, West Conshohocken, PA 2008; second edition, Library Partners Press, Winston-Salem, 2015)
2. Lying Close to the Sky (under pen-name Robert Cornish) Library Publishers Press, 2017
B Books Edited
1. The Oxford Companion to American Politics (2 volumes) (with Kathy Smith & Will Waldorf) (Oxford University Press, 2012)
2. Getting Immigration Right: what Every American Needs to Know (Potomac Books, June 2009)
3. Varieties of Capitalism, Varieties of Approaches (Palgrave, January 2005)
4. Paving the Third Way: The Critique of Parliamentary Socialism (Merlin Press, 2003)
5. Models of Capitalism: Debating Strengths and Weaknesses (3 volumes, Edward Elgar 2002 ) pp. 1540 Volume 1: Capitalist Models: Divergence and Convergence Volume II: Capitalist Models under Challenge Volume III: The Ascendancy of Liberal Capitalism.
6. Working Classes, Global Realities, (with Leo Panitch, Colin Leys and Greg Albo), London, Merlin, 2000, pp. 392.
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7. New Labour into Power (with Peter Lawler), (Manchester University Press, 2000)
8. pp.318. Industrial Policy in Britain (Macmillan, 1996) p. 294
9. Economic and Industrial Performance in Europe (Edward Elgar, 1995) p. 258.
10. UK Economic Decline: Key Texts (with John Hillard) Harvester-Wheatsheaf, 1995, p.335.
11. The Economic Revival of Modern Britain: the debate between Left and Right (with John Hillard) Edward Elgar Publications, 1987 p.349.
12. The Economic Decline of Modern Britain: the debate between Left and Right (with John Hillard) Wheatsheaf Books, 1985.p.386.
11/14.The Socialist Primer series (4 volumes). • Socialist Arguments (with Gordon Johnston), (Martin Robertson, 1983) p.238: • Socialist Strategies (with Gordon Johnston), (Martin Robertson, 1983) p.294.; • A Socialist Anatomy of Britain (with Ray Bush and Gordon Johnston), (Polity Press, 1985) p.291; • The World Order: Socialist Perspectives (with Ray Bush and Gordon Johnston), (Polity Press 1987) p.301.
FORTHCOMING
Reflections on the Future of the Left. Agenda Publishing, 2017
C Chapters in Books
1. “Harold Wilson: A View from the Left,” in Andrew S. Clines and Kevin Hickson (editors), Harold Wilson: The Unprincipled Prime Minister. London, Biteback Publishing, 2016, pp. 291-5. 2. 3. “Industrial Policy: International Experiences,” in David Bailey, Keith Cowling and Philip R. Tomlinson (editors), New Perspectives on Industrial Policy for a Modern Britain. Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2015, pp. 41-59.
4. “Varieties of Capitalism and ‘the Great Moderation’,” in Matthias Ebanau, Ian Bruff and Christian May (editors), New Directions in Comparative Capitalisms Research: Critical and Global Perspectives. Houndmills: Palgrave Macmillan, 2015, pp. 11-27.
5. “Studying comparative capitalisms by going left and by going deeper,” Capital and Class, 38(1), 2014, pp. 18-30
6. “The UK: less a liberal-market economy, more a post-imperial one,” Capital and Class, 38(1), 2014, pp. 171-82.
7. “Paradigmen der Vergleichenden Kapitalismusforschung: Neoklassik, neuer Institutionalismus und Marxismus.” In Ian Bruff, Matthias Ebenau, Christian May & Andreas Nolke (Eds.) Verglieichende Kapitalismusforchung: Stand, Perspektiven, Kritik (1st edition ed., 2013 pp. 23-36). AkG.
8. “A tale of two cities: financial meltdown & the Atlantic divide” (with Kara Dickstein). In Terrence Casey (ed.) The Legacy of the Crisis) London: Palgrave Macmillan. 2011 pp. 60-78
4 9. “The Anglo-Saxon Cul-De-Sac,” in Olaf Cramme (editor), Jobs, Industry & Opportunity, London, Policy Network, 2010, pp. 23-5
10. “Introduction” (with Peter Siavelis), in David Coates and Peter Siavelis (editors), Getting Immigration Right: What Every American Needs to Know; Washington DC, Potomac Books, 2009, pp. 1-15
11. “The Economic Impact of immigration”, in David Coates and Peter Siavelis (editors), Getting Immigration Right: What Every American Needs to Know; Washington DC, Potomac Books, 2009, pp. 83-96
12. “Options for Action, Strategies for Change”, in David Coates and Peter Siavelis (editors), Getting Immigration Right: What Every American Needs to Know; Washington DC, Potomac Books, 2009, pp. 219-234
13. “Social Justice in a ‘Shrinking’ World: Beyond Protectionism and Neo-Liberalism”, in Olaf Cramme and Patrick Diamond (editors), Social Justice in the Global Age: Cambridge UK, Polity Press, 2009, pp. 136-153
14. ‘The mistake heard around the world: Iraq and the Blair legacy”, (with Joel Krieger) in Terrence Casey (editor), The Blair Legacy: Politics, Policy, Governance and Foreign Affairs, Polity, 2009, pp. 247-59.
15. “The rise and fall of Japan as a model of “progressive capitalism”’, in D. Coffey (ed), Crisis in Japan: State and Industrial Economy, Edward Elgar, 2007 pp. 179-196
16. ‘The concept of labour: its continuing relevance in social theory’, in A. Gamble, S. Ludlam, A. Taylor and S. Wood (editors), Labour, The State, Social Movements and the challenge of Neo-liberal Globalization, Manchester University Press, 2007, pp. 7-20
17. ‘Two Steps Forward, One Step Back: The Gender Dimensions of Treasury Policy under New Labour’ (with Sarah Oettinger), in C. Annersley, F. Gains and K. Rummery (editors) Women and New Labour Polity Press, 2007, pp. 117-132
18. ‘A just war, or just another of Tony Blair’s wars?’ in A. Bartholemew (ed), Empire’s Law, London, Pluto Press, 2006, pp. 282-296
19. ‘Paradigms of explanation’, in D. Coates (ed), Varieties of Capitalism, Varieties of Approaches’, Basingstoke, Palgrave Macmillan, 2005, pp. 1-25
20. ‘Conclusion: choosing between paradigms – a personal view’, in D. Coates (ed), Varieties of Capitalism, Varieties of Approaches’, Basingstoke, Palgrave Macmillan, 2005, pp. 265-271
21. ‘The Continuing Relevance of the Miliband Perspective’, in J. Callaghan, S. Fielding and S. Ludlam (eds), Understanding Labour: Approaches to Labour and Labour History ,Manchester, Manchester University Press, 2003, pp. 71-85
22. ‘The failure of the socialist promise”, in D. Coates (ed), Paving the Third Way, London, Merlin, 2003, pp. 137-155
23. Labour Governments: old constraints and new parameters’, in D. Coates (ed), ), Paving the Third Way, London, Merlin, 2003, pp. 261-276
24. ‘The New Political Economy of Post-War Britain’, in C. Leys (editor), British Politics Today, Cambridge, Polity Press, 2002, pp. 157-184
25. ‘Força de Trabalho e Competitividade Internacional’ in A. Araújo, (ed) Do Corporativismo ao
5 neoliberalismo: Estado e trabalhadores no Brasil e na Inglaterra. São Paulo, Boitempo Editorial, 2002.
26. ‘Epilogue’, to L. Panitch and C. Leys, The End of Parliamentary Socialism, London, Verso, 2000, pp 272- 291
27. ‘New Labour’s industrial and employment policy”, in D. Coates and P.Lawler (eds), New Labour into Power, Manchester University Press, 2000, pp. 122-135.
28. ‘The character of New Labour’, in D. Coates and P. Lawler (eds), New Labour into Power, Manchester University Press, 2000, pp. 1-15.
29. ‘Placing New Labour’, in B. Jones (ed), Political Issues in Britain Today, (5th edition), Manchester University Press, 1999, pp. 346-366.
30. ‘Dominant ideas and moments of choice”, in B. Jones et al (eds), Politics UK (4th edition), Prentice Hall, 1996, pp. 118-120.
31. ‘Industrial policy: conclusion' (with Paul Reynolds), in D. Coates (ed), Industrial Policy in Britain, Macmillan, 1996, pp. 241-68.
32. ‘Industrial policy: introduction' in D. Coates (ed), Industrial Policy in Britain, Macmillan, 1996, pp. 3-30.
33. ‘The view at half-time: politics and UK economic under-performance', University of Leeds Review Volume 38, 1995-6, pp. 37-55.
34. ‘Roger Scruton and the New Left', in N. Kirk (ed), Social Class: Defence and Challenges, Scolar Press, 1996, pp. 194-213.
35. ‘State expenditure and economic performance' (with Mette Wiggen) in D. Coates (ed), Economic and Industrial Performance in Europe, Edward Elgar, 1995, pp. 185-201.
36. ‘UK underperformance: claim and reality' in D. Coates and J. Hillard (editors) UK Economic Under- performance: the key texts, Harvester-Wheatsheaf, 1995.
37. ‘UK economic under-performance: causes and cures', Developments in Economics: An annual review, volume 11, pp. 47-63.
38. ‘The challenge to industrial democracy in Britain' (with John Hillard) in M. Donald Hancock, J. Logue and Bernt Schiller (eds), Managing Modern Capitalism: industrial renewal and workplace democracy in the United States and Western Europe, (Greenwood Press), 1991, pp. 121-144.
39. ‘Traditions of thought and the rise of UK social science' in James Anderson and M Ricci (editors) Society and Social Science (Open University) 1991 pp.237-295. This is the set-essay for the Open University Foundation Course in Social Science, 1991-99.
40. ‘Britain', in T. Bottomore and R.J. Brym (editors) The Capitalist Class: An International Study (Harvester- Wheatsheaf, 1989) pp.19-45.
41. ‘In pursuit of the Anderson thesis' in C. Baker and D. Nicholls (editors) The Development of British Capitalist Society: A Marxist Debate (Northern Marxist Historians Group, 1988) pp.69-75.
42. ‘The nature of the choice before us' in D. Coates and J. Hillard (editors) The Economic Revival of Modern Britain (Edward Elgar, 1987) pp.327-340.
43. ‘The State and the working class in nineteenth century Europe' (with R.J. Looker), in J. Anderson (editor) The Rise of the Modern State (Wheatsheaf, 1986) pp.91-114.
6 44. ‘Parties in pursuit of socialism' in D. Coates, R. Bush and G. Johnston (editors) A Socialist Anatomy of Britain (Policy Press, 1985) pp.190-215 and 247-274.
45. ‘Corporatism and the State in theory and practice' in M. Harrison (editor) Corporatism and the Welfare State (Gower, 1984). pp.122-135.
46. ‘Basic problems of socialist strategy' (with R.J. Looker), in D. Coates and Gordon Johnston (editors) Socialist Strategies (Martin Robertson, 1983) pp.241-282.
47. ‘The character and origin of Britain's economic decline' in D. Coates and G. Johnston (editors) Socialist Strategies (Martin Robertson, 1983) pp.32-63.
48. ‘The political power of trade unions' in D. Coates and G. Johnston, (editors) Socialist Arguments (Martin Robertson, 1983) pp.55-82.
49. ‘Britain in the 1970s: economic crisis and the resurgence of radicalism' in Andrew Cox (editor), Politics, Policy and the European Recession (Macmillan, 1982) pp.141-166.
50. ‘Politicians and the Sorcerer' in A. King (editor), Why is Britain Becoming Harder to Govern? (BBC publications, 1976) pp.31-57. Sections of this article were reprinted in David Potter (editor), Society and the Social Sciences: an Introduction (Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1981), and were set-reading for the Open University Foundation Course in the Social Sciences 1980-1990.
51. Plus entries in The Oxford Companion to American Politics on ‘capital punishment,’ ‘climate change,’ ‘free trade or fair trade,’ ‘gun control,’ ‘health care reform,’ and ‘the middle class.’
D Articles in refereed journals
1. ‘Defending the relevance of Marxism in the analysis of capitalism and global history,” Deliberation Knowledge Ethics, issue 4, 2015, pp. 547-549.
2. “Studying comparative capitalisms by going left and going deeper,” Capital and Class, 38(1), 2014 pp.18-38 (Also in Leo McCann (editor), Capitalism and Business. London: Sage: 2015)
3. “The UK economy: less a liberal market economy, more a post-imperial one,” Capital and Class, 38(1), 2014, pp.171-82.
4. “Labour after New Labour: Escaping the Debt,” The British Journal of Politics and International Relations, Volume 13, 2013, pp. 38-52.
5. “Dire Consequences: the conservative recapture of America's political narrative.” Cambridge Journal of Economics, 36, 2012, 45-153.
6. “Keeping the Tories at Bay”, Renewal 18(1/2), 2010, 113-121.
7. “The Anglo-Saxon cul-de-sac.” Jobs, Industry and Opportunity: Growth strategies after the crisis, 1(1), 23-25.
8. “Separating Sense from Nonsense in the US debate on the Financial Meltdown,” Political Studies Review vol. 8 (1), January 2010, pp. 15-26
9. “Chickens coming Home to Roost? New Labour at the Eleventh Hour, British Politics 4(4), December 2009, pp. 421-433
7 10. “Darling, it’s entirely my fault: Gordon Brown’s legacy to Alistair and to himself”, British Politics 3 (1), April 2008, pp. 3-21. Awarded the prize as the best article in British Politics for 2008 (volume 3)
11. “Life After Blair”, British Politics 2 (2), November 2007, pp. 428-34
12. ‘Double-Shuffling Our Way to a Better Future”, Renewal, volume 15, number 3, 2007, pp. 110-116
13. “Capitalist flattening or flattening capitalism? Class forces and political choices in the Global Knowledge Economy", in Work Organization, Labour and Globalization volume 1, Number 2, Summer 2007, pp. 15-19
14. ‘Continuity and Discontinuity in the Building of Industrial Relations Systems’, Labor History, vol. 47, no. 2, May 2006, pp. 235-240
15. ‘Labour Parties and the State in Australia and the UK” (with Greg Patmore), Labour History, Number 88, May 2005, pp. 121-142
16. ‘The Development of the Anglo-American Model of Trade Union and Political Party Relations’ (with Matthew Bodah and Steve Ludlam), Labour Studies Journal, vol. 28, no. 2, Summer 2003, pp. 1-22
17. Strategic choices in the study of New Labour’, British Journal of Politics and International Relations, vol. 4, no. 3, October 2002, pp. 479-486 (A reply to articles by Mark Wickham Jones and Colin Hay, in response to the article ‘Capitalist Models and Social Democracy’ – see below for full citation)
18. ‘Trajectories of solidarity: changing union-party linkages in the UK and USA’, (with Steve Ludlam and Matthew Bodah), British Journal of Politics and International Relations, Volume 4(2), June 2002, pp. 222- 244
19. ‘The internal and external face of New Labour’s political economy’, (with Colin Hay), Government and Opposition, vol. 36(4), Autumn 2001, pp. 442-471
20. ‘Capitalist Models and Social Democracy’, British Journal of Politics and International Relations Vol. 3, no. 3, October 2001, pp. 284-307.
21. ‘In praise of accurate reviewing’, New Political Economy, vol 6(1), March 2001 (part of the ‘Featured Review’ section of the journal, this time focused on my Models of Capitalism: a response to reviews by Colin Crouch and Alice Amsden).
22. ‘De interne en externe dimensie van de economische politiek van ‘New Labour’ (with Colin Hay), Tijdschrift Voor Arbeid en Partcipatie, vol. 21(4), 2000, pp. 264-286
23. ‘Models of capitalism in the new world order: the UK case’ Political Studies, vol. 47(1), September 1999, pp. 77-96. (reprinted in D. Coates, Models of Capitalism: Debating Strengths and Weaknesses, Volume 3: the Ascendancy of Liberal Capitalism (Edward Elgar, 2002) pp. 380-400; in M. Kesselman and J. Krieger (eds), Readings in Comparative Politics: Political Challenges and Changing Agendas, Boston Houghton Mifflin Company, 2006, pp. 112-121; and in Mark Kesselman (editor), Readings in Comparative Politics: Political Challenges and Changing Agendas, Boston Houghton Mifflin Company, 2010, pp. 129-137)
24. ‘Why growth rates differ’, New Political Economy, vol. 4, no. 1, pp. 77-96.
25. ‘Labour power and international competitiveness: a critique of dominant orthodoxies’, in The Socialist Register 1999, pp. 108-141.
26. ‘Labour governments: old constraints and new parameters’, New Left Review 219, September-October 1996, pp. 62-78.
27. ‘Social Democracy and the logic of political traditions' Economy and Society Vol.15 (3) August 1986, pp.
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28. ‘The Labour Party and the Future of the Left', The Socialist Register 1983, pp.90-102.
29. ‘The limits of the Labour Left: space and agency in the transition to socialism', New Left Review 135, September-October 1982, 00.49-64. (The two New Left Review articles, and the debate to which they gave rise, were the subject of the Channel 4 Programme A Week in Politics, in November 1982.)
30. ‘The Labour Left and the Transition to Socialism', New Left Review 129, September-October 1981, pp.15- 30.
31. ‘The teachers' associations and the restructuring of Burnham, British Journal of Education Studies Volume XX (2) June 1972, pp.192-204.
FORTHCOMING
“Politicians and the Sorcerer: Forty Years On,” Political Quarterly, December 2016
Entries on refereed websites and encyclopaedias
1. Building a Growth Strategy on a New Social settlement: the UK Case. Sheffield: SPERI Paper No. 25. October 2015
2. Riding the Tiger: Towards a New Growth Strategy for the Anglo-American Left. Sheffield: SPERI Paper No. 32 Fall 2016
3. ‘Capitalism’ for the Sage Encyclopaedia of Political Behavior, edited by Fathali M. Moghaddam (Sage, 2017)
FORTHCOMING
‘Progressive Responses to Neoliberalism’ for Sage Encyclopaedia on Neoliberalism;
Conference/professional papers/major public lectures (1999-2016)
1. “Explaining Brexit and its Consequences,” TAM lecture, UNC-Chapel-Hill, November 18, 2016.
2. “America in the Shadow of Empires,” University Library Speakers’ Series, September 20 2016.
3. “Riding the Tiger: Towards a New Growth Strategy for the Political Left,” SPERI conference, University of Sheffield, UK, July 5, 2016.
4. “Building a Growth Strategy on a New Social Settlement: the UK case,” to the panel on “Towards a New European Growth Model: Exploring the Alternatives,” the 22nd International Conference of Europeanists, Science Po, Paris, July 9, 2015. Also published as a SPERI working paper, October 2015.
5. A similar talk was presented to the Trans-Atlantic Masters Program at UNC (Chapel Hill) in November, 2015
6. “Giants in Decline: the shared political agenda of the Anglo-American growth model,” to the British politics Group of the APSA one-day conference on Britain & America in Critical Perspective:
9 Austerity, Uncertainty and Decline? Washington DC: August 27, 2014
7. A similar talk was presented to the Trans-Atlantic Masters Program at UNC (Chapel Hill) in October, 2014
8. Annual UNC lecture: 2013 one entitled "UK Lessons for US policy makers," TAM lecture series, Center for European Studies, UNC, Chapel Hill, NC, . Equivalent presentations 2012, 2011 and 2010.
9. “Capitalism on Trial,” debating with Fred Smith, Wake Forest, February 13, 2013 (video at www.davidcoates.net)
10. “New Labour and the retreat of the Radical State”, paper to the 60th PSA Conference, Edinburgh, Scotland, March 2010
11. “Strategic Choices in the reform of health care”, Keynote address to the Buncombe County Medical Society, November 19 2009
12. “New Labour at the Eleventh Hour”, UNC Chapel Hill, September 2009
13. “The causes of the financial meltdown”, Capitalism Centre, Wake Forest University, April 2009
14. “Advice to the New President on Policy Issues”, in the Challenges Facing the New President series, Wake Forest University January 2009
15. “Making the Case for Progressive Politics’ Wellesley College Department of Politics, September 2008 (given also to College Democrats at Boston College, and at Davidson College, September 2008)
16. ‘New Labour’s Perfect Storm”, UNC-Chapel-Hill, September 2008
17. Chair and discussant, “Ideology and U.S. Foreign Policy”, APSA Conference, Boston, August 28 2008
18. ‘The Browning of British Politics’, UNC-Chapel Hill, September 2007
19. European and American Values: Factors Generating Convergence?’, Booz-Allen-Hamilton, Washington DC, September 2007
20. “The Mistake Heard Around the world: A Legacy Spoiled by a Single Mistake?” (with Joel Krieger, British Politics Group conference, Britain After Blair: The Legacy and the Future, Chicago Business School, August 2007
21. “Darling: it’s entirely my fault: Gordon Brown’s Legacy to Alistair and the Himself”, APSA, Chicago, August 2007
22. “Britain’s future political leaders”, conference on Europe’s Next Generation of Leaders, Centra Technology Information Inc, Washington DC, March 2007
23. “Social Justice in a Shrinking World; Beyond Protectionism and Neo-Liberalism”, paper prepared for the International Policy Commission on Social Justice, Policy Network (Washington) February 2007
24. “Waiting for the waters to break: the political impasse of New Labour’s third trimester”, UNC Chapel-Hill, November 2006
25. ‘Globalization and National Institutions: A Shifting Relationship’, WORKS Conference, Chania,
10 Crete, September 2006
26. ‘Campaigning in Poetry, Governing in Prose’, Center for European Studies, Harvard University, 2005 (later published as their Working Paper No 123)
27. ‘Blair’s War in Iraq’, to the Centre for European Studies, UNC (Chapel Hill), September 2004
28. ‘The category of labour: its continued relevance in social theory’; keynote address to the conference on ‘The Condition of Labour in the Twenty-first Century’, Political Economy Research Centre, University of Sheffield, UK, July 2004
29. ‘Explaining by exploring: the US in a Changing World”, Governors’ School, Winston-Salem, June 2004
30. ‘Was it a Just War or just a war: ethical issues raised by the invasion of Iraq’, to a panel on ‘New Labour and Iraq’ in the Ethics section of the International Studies Association Convention, Montreal, Canada, March 2004
31. ‘The state of New Labour’, to the UK-Australian Labour History Conference, Manchester Metropolitan University, July 2003
32. ‘The strengths and weaknesses of New Labour as a Centre-Left model’, Centre for European Studies, UNC (Chapel Hill), November 2002
33. ‘The virtues of Turning Left: Paradigms of Explanation and Varieties of Capitalism’, to the Wake Forest Conference on the Convergence of Capitalist Economies, Graylyn Business Centre of Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, September 2002.
34. ‘New Labour’s Model for UK Economic Competitiveness: Adrift in the Global Economy (with Joel Krieger), to the Wake Forest Conference on the Convergence of Capitalist Economies, Graylyn Business Centre of Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, September 2002. .
35. ‘New Labour’s Model for UK Economic Competitiveness: Adrift in the Global Economy (with Joel Krieger), APSA Annual Conference, Boston, August 2002.
36. ‘New Labour and the Pursuit of International Competitiveness”, International Studies Association Convention, New Orleans, March 2002.
37. ‘Varieties of Capitalism: Paradigms of Explanation’, to a panel at the 13th International Conference of Europeanists, Chicago, March 2002.
38. ‘The state as lubricator: the impact of New Labour’s economic policy in its first term’, to the Centre for European Studies, UNC (Chapel Hill), December 2001
39. ‘Debating the “War on Terrorism”: Finding a middle ground between Left and Right’, to the teach- in on ‘Why do they hate us?’, Wake Forest, November 2001 (also tabled as a paper to President Hearn’s University Faculty Symposium, November 2001)
40. ‘The Miliband School of Labour Scholarship: an internal retrospective’, (with Leo Panitch), to the PSA conference on Labour Party historiography, University of Salford, UK, July 2001
41. ‘The design of distance learning systems: preliminary parameters’: to the Advisory Committee on Wellesley in the Digital Age, Wellesley College, Boston, May 2001
42. ‘Separating the Wood from the Trees in the Study of New Labour’, to the British Study Group at the Centre for European Studies, Harvard University, February 2001
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43. ‘Capitalist Models and Social Democracy: the case of New Labour’, to the Colloquium on Historical and Contemporary Political Economy, Centre for Advanced Social Science Research, New York University, November 2000
44. ‘Home and Away? The Political Economy of New Labour’ (with Colin Hay), PSA 50th Anniversary conference, London School of Economics, April 2000
45. ‘Trade unions and the Third Way in Britain and the United States’ (with Matthew Bodah and Steve Ludlam), PSA 50th Anniversary conference, London School of Economics, April 2000
46. ‘New Class forces: old class realities’, to the Socialist Register conference on the global proletariat, York University, Toronto, Ontario, January 2000; also to the Social Science Research Seminar, Wake Forest University, March 2000
47. ‘The novelty of New Labour: a view at half time’, to the APSA annual meeting, Atlanta, September 1999
F. Major book reviews, (1999- 2006)
1. Review for AHA on CP Snow
2. Ian Bruff, Capitalism and Consensus in European Varieties of Capitalism: A “Common sense” Analysis, in Capitalism and Class, fall 2009, pp. 151-53
3. Jytte Klausen, War and Welfare: Europe and the United States, 1945 to the Present, Economic History Net Book Reviews: September 2001, URL: http://www.eh.net/bookreviews/library/0398.shtml
4. Peter Hall and David Soskice (eds), Varieties of Capitalism: The Institutional Foundation of Comparative Advantage, in The American Political Science Review, Volume 96, no. 3, September 2002, pp. 661-662
G Teaching Material (tapes, units, TV programmes)
1. ‘The 1997 Election: Traditions, Failures and Futures’ (half hour programme BBC/OU, January 1998)
2. `Continuity and change: lifestyles, work and the family. (TV Programme 2, course D103) (50 minute programme), BBC/Open University, 1991.
3. `Marxist and Social Reformist approaches' (Unit 28 of D103: The Open University Foundation Course in the Social Sciences) Open University 1991.
4. `Liberal and Conservative approaches' (Unit 27 of D103: The Open University Foundation Course in the Social Sciences) Open University 1991.
5. `Theories of the State' (Unit 18 of D103: The Open University Foundation Course in the Social Sciences) Open University 1991.
6. `Power and State in Post-war UK' (Unit 15 of D103: The Open University Foundation Course in the Social
12 Sciences) Open University 1991.
7. `The Management of the UK Economy' (Unit 12 of D103: The Open University Foundation Course in the Social Sciences) Open University 1991
8. `Hunger at home' (Unit 3a of D103: The Open University Foundation Course in the Social Sciences) Open University 1991.
9. `The Production of Hunger' (Unit 2 of D103: The Open University Foundation Course in the Social Sciences) Open University 1991.
10. `State and Society: block 2 teaching tape' Open University 1986.
11. `Monetarism and coal' (TV Programme 8 for D102: The Open University Foundation Course in the Social Sciences) BBC/OU 1986
12. .’Making Sense of the Economy' (Part 1 of Unit 9 of D102: The Open University Foundation Course in the Social Sciences) Open University 1986, pp.46-60.
13. ‘Modern Britain: economic crises' (Unit 8 of D102: The Open University Foundation Course in the Social Sciences), Open University 1986, pp.16-43.
14. Pressure Groups and Political Behaviour (with G.C. Moodie) (Audio-Learning Tapes, 1975).
H Minor Publications/talks: Post 1999
OPINION PIECES 2016
Internet - Text, Huffington Post, "Reflections on the Obama Presidency, (4) Leaving Bipartisanship Behind" Opinion/editorial. (December 14, 2016). Internet - Text, Huffington Post, " Reflections on the Obama Presidency (3) The Price of Moderation," Opinion/editorial. (December 12, 2016). Internet - Text, Huffington Post, " Reflections on the Obama Presidency (2) The politics of gridlock," Opinion/editorial. (December 9, 2016). Internet - Text, Huffington Post, " Reflections on the Obama Presidency (1) The gap between promise and performance," Opinion/editorial. (December 7, 2016). Internet - Text, Huffington Post, "Second Thoughts on the Victory of Donald Trump," Opinion/editorial. (November 15, 2016). Internet - Text, Huffington Post, "First thoughts on the Trump Victory," Opinion/editorial. (October 27, 2016). Internet - Text, Huffington Post, "Minimizing the Legacy of Donald J Trump," Opinion/editorial. (October 27, 2016). Internet - Text, Huffington Post, " Treating Donald Trump as Just Another Republican Presidential Nominee," Opinion/editorial. (September 30, 2016). Internet - Text, Huffington Post, "Donald Trump: The politics of Fear and Violence," Opinion/editorial. (August 25, 2016). Internet - Text, Huffington Post, "Extracting the United States from a Condition of Permanent War," Opinion/editorial. (August 1, 2016). Internet - Text, Huffington Post, "Tony Blair’s Day of Reckoning," Opinion/editorial. (July 9, 2016). Internet - Text, Huffington Post, "History Once as Tragedy, Twice as Farce? American Lessons from a British Referendum," Opinion/editorial. (June 9, 2016). Internet - Text, Huffington Post, "Democratic Primaries in the Shadow of Neoliberalism," Opinion/editorial. (May 18, 2016). Internet - Text, Huffington Post, "Horses for Courses? The Candidates and the Economy," Opinion/editorial. (April 13, 2016).
13 Internet - Text, Huffington Post, "The Democrats and the Donald," Opinion/editorial. (March 19, 2016). Internet - Text, Huffington Post, "The Housing Crisis of the Young," Opinion/editorial. (February 25, 2016). Internet - Text, Huffington Post, "Common Weaknesses in the Republicans’ Tax Proposals," Opinion/editorial. (January 25, 2016). Internet - Text, Huffington Post, "Working Class Anger and the Problem of Progressive Politics," Opinion/editorial. (January 1, 2016). Internet - Text, Huffington Post, "How Best to Separate Donald Trump from his Base," Opinion/editorial. (January 1, 2016).
2015
Internet - Text, Huffington Post, "Challenging Republican Premises: On the Cutting of Taxes," Opinion/editorial. (October 4, 2015). Internet - Text, SPERI Comment, "Getting ready for Donald Trump," Opinion/editorial. (September 9, 2015). Internet - Text, Huffington Post, "Taking Donald Trump Seriously," Opinion/editorial. (September 4, 2015). Internet - Text, Huffington Post, "Jeremy who? The Bernie Sanders Phenomenon at Home & Abroad," Opinion/editorial. (August 25, 2015). Internet - Text, Huffington Post, "The Republican Juggernaut Marching us to War," Opinion/editorial. (August 7, 2015). Internet - Text, Huffington Post, "Trade Agreements and the Importance of Political Gridlock," Opinion/editorial. (June 22, 2015). Internet - Text, British Politics Group (of the APSA), "UK Foreign Policy," Opinion/editorial. (May 15, 2015). Internet - Text, Huffinton Post, "UK Elections: US Lessons," Opinion/editorial. (May 10, 2015). Internet - Text, SPERI Comment (UK), "Different elections, similar issues: the UK and the US at the polls," Opinion/editorial. (May 5, 2015). Internet - Text, The Huffington Post, "Judging Presidential candidates against our criteria rather than theirs: (1) on the issue of poverty," Opinion/editorial. (May 1, 2015). Internet - Text, Huffington Post, "The Invisibility of class, and the hegemony of conservative ideas, in contemporary America," Opinion/editorial. (April 10, 2015). Internet - Text, Huffington Post, "The Poverty of Plicy on Poverty," Opinion/editorial. (March 13, 2015). Internet - Text, The Huffington Post, "Hammocks & Ladders: The poverty of Republican Thinking on the Poor," Opinion/editorial. (February 27, 2015). Internet - Text, Huffington Post, "The Case for Slowly Getting Out of the Empire business," Opinion/editorial. (February 7, 2015). Internet - Text, SPERI> COMMENT, "The President's "Queen's Speech"," Opinion/editorial. (January 22, 2015). Internet - Text, The Huffington Post, "New Year Reflections on the US Global Role & its Limits," Opinion/editorial. (January 1, 2015).
2014
Internet - Text, The Huffington Post, "The American Global Stance as Chuck Hagel departs," Opinion/editorial. (December 1, 2014). Internet - Text, The Huffington Post, "The Mid-term Elections. Taking the Longer View," Opinion/editorial. (November 19, 2014). SPERI COMMENT, "The American Economy at Mid-Term," Opinion/editorial. (October 30, 2014). Internet - Text, Huffington Post, "Hype & Reality: American Economic Numbers," Opinion/editorial. (October 10, 2014). Internet - Text, Huffington Post, "Playing Defense and Still Losing," Opinion/editorial. (September 11, 2014).
14 Internet - Text, British Politics Group Blog, "Tea Party time on both sides of the Atlantic," Opinion/editorial. (September 1, 2014). Internet - Text, Huffington Post, "Responding to David Brooks: The question of poverty & character," Opinion/editorial. (August 5, 2014). Internet - Text, Huffington Post, "Defending Trade Unions while the Justices are Away," Opinion/editorial. (July 20, 2014). Internet - Text, SPERI Comment, "Economics and the Gathering Storm," Opinion/editorial. (July 15, 2014). Internet – Text Reflections on Economic Underperformance on Both Sides of the Atlantic, "British Politics Group (APSA) Blog," Opinion/editorial. (July 7, 2014). Internet - Text, The Huffington Post, "Winning in November by Defending the ACA Now," Opinion/editorial. (June 12, 2014). Internet - Text, Huffington Post, "Progressive Politics after Picketty," Opinion/editorial. (May 14, 2014). Internet - Text, SPERI Comment, "Paul Ryan as the Prince of Papers," Opinion/editorial. (April 15, 2014). Internet - Text, Huffington Post, "Dozing through "The Great Moving Right Show"," Opinion/editorial. (April 14, 2014). Internet - Text, Huffington Post, "The Poverty of Policy on Poverty," Opinion/editorial. (March 13, 2014). Internet - Text, The Huffington Post, "The Long-term state of the Union: Counting the Cost of Empire?" Opinion/editorial. (February 16, 2014). Internet - Text, The Huffington Post, "The State of the Union - Taking the Longer View," Opinion/editorial. (January 31, 2014). Internet - Text, SPERI Comment Page, "America's War on Poverty, America's War on the Poor," Opinion/editorial. (January 14, 2014).
2013
Internet - Text, Greensboro News and record, "Freedom, to live, must be understood," Opinion/editorial. (December 8, 2013). Internet - Text, SPERI Comment Page, "Social Security in the Cross-Hairs," Opinion/editorial. (November 27, 2013). Internet - Text, The Huffington Post, "Negative or Positive Freedom - Time to Choose?" Opinion/editorial. (November 14, 2013). Winston Salem Journal, "David Coates says progressives must reclaim heritage that built America," Opinion/editorial. (November 3, 2013). Greensboro News and Record, "Progressives must reclaim heritage that built America," Opinion/editorial. (October 27, 2013). Internet - Text, Huffington Post, "Placing the ACA in the Wider Debate on Healthcare Systems," Opinion/editorial. (October 9, 2013). Internet - Text, Social Europe-Journal, "Like father, like son? Ralph Miliband's Political Legacy," Opinion/editorial. (October 2, 2013). Internet - Text, Huffington Post, "Exactly how is the ACA an affront to freedom?" Opinion/editorial. (October 1, 2013). Internet - Text, SPERI Comment, "The American Student Debt Crisis: The Next Financial Time- bomb?" Opinion/editorial. (September 30, 2013). Internet - Text, Huffington Post, "The half-forgotten student debt crisis," Opinion/editorial. (September 17, 2013). Internet - Text, Huffington Post, "Revisting "Resisting Republican Excess," Opinion/editorial. (August 20, 2013). Internet - Text, Huffington Post, "Resisting Republican Excess," Opinion/editorial. (August 5, 2013). Internet - Text, Huffington Post, "Half -Forgotten or totally forgotten - Poverty in America?" Opinion/editorial. (June 30, 2013).
15 Internet - Text, Huffington Post, "European lessons for an America in Debt," Opinion/editorial. (June 13, 2013). Internet - Text, UK PSA Political Insight/Blog Webpage, "Waking Forward, Looking Back," Opinion/editorial. (June 13, 2013). Internet - Text, Huffington Post, "The half-forgotten debt crisis," Opinion/editorial. (May 25, 2013). Internet - Text, Huffington Post, "America's Half-forgotten housing crisis," Opinion/editorial. (May 6, 2013). Internet - Text, SPERI Comment, "Gridlock in Washington: Conservative Heaven!" Opinion/editorial. (May 2, 2013). Also carried on Social Europe-Journal, May 7 2013 Internet - Text, Huffington Post, "The Forgotten Jobs Crisis," Opinion/editorial. (April 19, 2013). Internet - Text, Huffington Post, "Tomorrow's Presidential Budget: Questions of Judgment?" Opinion/editorial. (April 10, 2013). Internet - Text, Huffington Post, "Budgets to the Right of Us, Budgets to the Left of Us: Budgets, Budgets Everywhere," Opinion/editorial. (March 27, 2013). Internet - Text, Huffington Post, "The Problem with Charm Offensives: If they are needed, they have already failed," Opinion/editorial. (March 14, 2013). Internet - Text, SPERI Comment, "America in Trouble," Opinion/editorial. (March 12, 2013). Internet - Text, Huffington Post, "Going beyond the President's Manufacturing Strategy," Opinion/editorial. (February 25, 2013). Internet - Text, Huffington Post, "Cataloguing Weaknesses in the State of the Union Address," Opinion/editorial. (February 13, 2013). Internet - Text, Huffington Post, "Waiting for the State of the Union Address," Opinion/editorial. (February 6, 2013). Internet - Text, Huffington Post, "Second Inauguration, Third Growth Model?" Opinion/editorial. (January 21, 2013). Internet - Text, Other, SPERI Comment, "Progressive Prospects after The Fiscal Cliff," Opinion/editorial. (January 11, 2013). Internet - Text, Huffington Post, "A Progressive Second Term? (1) Prerequisites," Opinion/editorial. (January 2, 2013). Lead to a Huff-Post Live half hour program on January 4
OPINION PIECES 2010-12 are archived on www.davidcoates.net and at http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-coates/
OTHER MINOR PIECES
1. “Time for a Fundamental Change of Direction?”, Policy Network/Progressive Governance Initiative, February 2010
2. “The invisible immigration rally, published in Que Pasa as “Obama: qué sigue’, April 15-21, 2010 3. 4. ¿Murió la reforma migratoria en Massachussetts? Que Pasa, January 28 2010
5. ‘Immigration Reform in a Time of recession”, published in Que Pasa as ¿Habrá reforma en 2010? (January 15 2010)
6. “Achieving Healthy Immigration Reform”, originally published in Que Pasa, August 2009; then on the website of New America Media as their lead commentary piece, August 26 209; and reproduced on the website of Alternet as “Winning on Immigration Means Winning on Health Care First”, August 27 2009
16 7. “Spotting the Real Racists in the Debate on Sotomayor” published as “Burr, Hagan confirmen a Sonia” in Que Pasa, June 11-17, 2009
8. “Immigration and Drug Violence” (with Peter Siavelis), published as “Immigración y ¿drogas?”, Que Pasa, May 13-20, 2009
9. Stop the Raids” (with Peter Siavelis), published as “Obama debe parar las redadas”, Que Pasa, April 9-14, 2009
10. “The Times that Try Men’s Souls”, Greensboro Business Journal, January 23-9, 2009, p.27
11. “To the new President: rethink London”, Greensboro Business Journal, December 12-18, 2008, p. 34. (Also reproduced in the San Antonio, Texas Business Journal, December 12-18, 2008)
12. “Immigration reform and the new Administration” (with Peter Siavelis), published as ‘El camino de la reforma”, Que Pasa, December 4-10, 2008
13. Editorial, Que Pasa, October 2008: awarded New American Media prize, June 5 2009
14. “Getting to the root of the financial crisis: the new blame game” , Huffington Post October 14 2008
15. “Good jobs, wages are deeper issue”, Winston-Salem Journal, October 13 2008, available at http://www2.journalnow.com/content/2008/oct/13/good-jobs-wages-are-deeper- issue/opinion-columnists-guest/
16. “The Case for a Mild Dose of Progressive Taxation” Huffington Post, October 2008
17. “Immigration Debate Still Simmers Beneath the Surface”, Huffington Post, September 29 2008-09-29
18. The Buckley Report, “Left Turn”, (interview with Bob Buckley, Fox 8 News, September 10, 2008
19. “The Palin Bounce”, published in Que Pasa September 2008, and in the Greensboro News and Record, September 21 2008
20. ‘The Poverty of Republican Policies”, published as ‘La pobraza de las políticas republicanas’, Que Pasa, Junio 19-25, 2008, p. A13
21. ‘Reclaiming Moderate America”, Policy Network (London), August 5 2008
22. ‘Playing Immigration Reform by the Numbers’, published as ‘¿Qué número apoya?’ Que Pasa, Mayo 14- 20, 2008, p. A7
23. ‘The rise of nation states’, Mount Tabor High School, February 4 2008
24. ‘Tony Blair”, in William A Darity (editor), International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences, volume 1, 2nd edition, Macmillan, 2008, pp. 330-31
25. David Coates ‘Poor Law for Poor Children”, published in translation in Que Pasa, November 2007
26. “America Best”, (with Peter Siavelis), Winston-Salem Journal, September 29 2007
27. David Coates and Peter Siavelis, ‘Inmigracion: volviendo a elaborar el debate’, Que Pasa, October 4-10 2007
28. “Chalmers Johnson and the American Empire”, Winston-Salem Tankers, September 9 2007
29. ‘Life after Blair: the browning of UK politics”, Wake Forest University website, July 3, 2007
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30. ‘The Rise and Fall of Tony Blair”, Wake Forest University website, May 10 2008
31. ‘Blair gives us ruminations, but we want resignations’, Yorkshire Post, March 10, 2004
32. ‘The bushwhacking of new Labour: why Tony Blair went to war’, Yorkshire Post,
33. ‘The still unanswered question: why did we rush to war?’ Greensboro News and Record, February 22 2004, p. H3
34. ‘Blair’s Vindication good news for Bush’, Winston-Salem Journal February 2 2004, p. A9
35. ‘The week’s other primary’ (with Joel Krieger), Ascribe: The Public Service Newswire, January 26 2004
36. ‘Will Blair Walk the Walk’ (with Joel Krieger), Opinion Forum, Global Policy Review Website, January 27 2004
37. ‘Blair trapped himself into walking talk’, Winston-Salem Journal November 1, 2003, p. A13
38. ‘The strain of being right all the time in Britain’, Old Gold and Black, October 23, 2003, p. A8
39. ‘Making war to make peace a flawed philosophy’, Old Gold and Black, April 10, 2003, p. A8
I Minor Publications: Pre 1999
1. `Ralph Miliband', Labour History Review, vol 59(3), Winter 1994, pp 2-3
2. `Introduction', Bulletin, (6), 1994, CIPP, pp 1-2
3. `One problem - three solutions', Bulletin, (5), 1994, CIPP, pp 3-5
4. `Three reports - one problem', Bulletin, (5), 1994, CIPP, pp 1-2
5. `In defence of the Social Chapter', Bulletin, (4), 1994, CIPP, pp 9-11
6. `Causes of UK economic under-performance', Bulletin, (3), 1993, CIPP, pp 10-11
7. `The case for an active industrial policy', Bulletin, (2), 1993, CIPP, pp 1-2
8. `The issues Labour cannot dodge', Parliamentary Briefing, 2(1), July 1993, pp 48-50
9. `Norman's Lament', Bulletin, (1), 1993, CIPP, pp 8-10
10. `Starting all over again' Journal of Contemporary European Affairs, vol.4(4), 1992
11. `The Rise of professional society' (review article), Social History, vol. 17(1), January 1992, pp. 147-150
12. `La grand chute' de Margaret Thatcher' L'Evènement Européen, December 1991, pp. 167-174
13. `Rethinking socialism', Journal of Communist Studies, vol 7(1), March 1991, pp.118-122
14. `Competing perspectives and the crisis of Marxism', Grassroots March
18 1990, Vol 9(1) p 1-4
15. `Preparing for Power' (with Ben Pimlott) Chartist, December 1989, pp 24 -26 16. `Gaitskell takes on Thatcher' Interlink No 10 December 1988, pp16-17
17. `Bryan Gould and Labour's economic strategy' ILP Magazine, Vol.79, new series No. 7, Autumn 1988 pp.14-15.
18. `Which way to Labour's Future?' Interlink, No 2, April/May 19887, p.29
19. `A choice that could add up' Guardian, 8 May 1987, p.22.
20. `Making Our Way to Labour's Future', Interlinks Vol.1 (No.1) 1987.
21. `United Kingdom: Electoral politics in recession and war' in World View 1984 (Pluto Press, 1984) pp.262- 267.
22. `The United Kingdom and Northern Ireland: the politics of recession' in World View 1983 (Pluto Press, 1983) pp.267-271.
23. `Reformism' and 'Revisionism' in T. Bottomore et. al. (editors), The Dictionary of Marxist Thought (Basil Blackwell, 1983) pp.409-411 and 423-425.
24. `Radical Hopes Revived by a Middle Class Left', Guardian, 30 November 1984, p.18.
25. `The Price of Reintegration: the French Communist Party and Reformism', International Socialism 32 Spring 1968, pp.19-23.
19 . M A I N C O U R S E S T A U G H T
Currently at Wake Forest
1. Senior Seminar: The Rise and Fall of Empires Studying the fate of major empires (from Rome and Spain to Britain and Soviet Russia), and drawing lessons for the nature of America’s contemporary condition and likely future trajectory.
2. UK Politics in a Global Age An introduction to UK politics and society, concentrating on dominant political projects in the post-war period (the post-war consensus, Thatcherism and New Labor), on the political impact of class, gender and ethnicity, on the politics of Northern Ireland, and on the UK’s changing relationship to the European Union
3. State, Economy and International Competitiveness An examination of the determinants of international competitiveness amongst industrial economies in the post- war period, and of the role of public policy in shaping that competitiveness. Economies studied include those in the USA, the UK, Germany, Sweden and Japan
4. The Comparative Politics of Welfare States A comparison of the way major welfare programs are designed and implemented in the United States and other leading industrial societies: covering such topics as health care, pension provision, anti-poverty programs, immigration and education.
5. Senior Seminar: the origin and character of contemporary labour movements An introduction to research methods and dissertation writing in the area of comparative labor studies, built around a systematic examination of how and why the politics of particular labor movements diverged and changed over time. Among the labor movements studied are those of the US, UK, Germany and Russia
6. Comparative Government and Politics An introduction to the political systems of key states in Europe, Asia, the Middle East, Africa and South America; and to the determinants of democratic stability.
7. Debating Capitalism A first year seminar on debates on the nature, origins, strengths and weaknesses, and likely future of capitalism as an economic system
8. Seeing Us As Others See Us. A MALS course comparing the character and politics of the modern UK and USA
At Manchester, 1995-9 l. The Context of British Politics economic, social and cultural institutions and processes surrounding the contemporary British State, and the mutual inter-action of the State and these private forces. 2. Labour Power and International Competitiveness a comparative study of the causes of economic success and decline in the UK, USA, Japan, Sweden and Germany. 3. The Politics of UK Economic Under-performance An examination of the debate surrounding, and the institutions shaping, the performance of the post-war UK economy, with particular attention paid to the role of the UK state 4. The Political Sociology of Labour Theoretical treatments of labour and class, debates around the methodology of class analysis, non—class
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( 1 and 3 were undergraduate courses, 2 and 4 post-graduate courses)
Previously taught
1. M.A. in Political Sociology Modern social and political thought, political economy, contemporary developments in State-economy-civil society relationships in contemporary capitalism. 2. Working Class Politics in Western Europe and North America Since 1870 comparative studies of the take-off and development of labour movements. 3. Industrial Relations and Trade Union Politics studies of trade unions, industrial relations and the State in contemporary Britain. 4. Politics and Society modern social and political thought, concentrating on liberal, Marxist, Weberian and pluralist interpretations of the contemporary world order. 5. Institutional Government studies of the political process within trade unions, universities and modern corporations. 6. Introduction to Social Science introductory material, drawn from the disciplines of economics, geography, psychology, sociology and political science), focused on the contemporary United Kingdom. 7. State and Society concerned with the rise of modern states in Western Europe and the Communist bloc, and with the role of such states in the organizing of economic life, civil society, patterns of legitimation, and the international order.
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