The Legacy of the Crash

When the global financial system crashed, governments in America and Britain performed 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 Head and Associate Professor of Political Science, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, USA WYN GRANT Senior Tutor, Department of Politics and International Studies, University of Warwick, UK DAVID COATES Worrell Professor, Department of Political Science, Wake Forest University, USA KARA DICKSTEIN Research Assistant, Department of Political Science, Wake Forest University, USA EDWARD ASHBEE Associate Professor, Department of Business and Politics, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark ALISTAIR HOWARD Assistant Professor of Political Science, Temple University, USA TIM BALE Professor of Politics, University of Sussex, UK ROBIN KOLODNY Associate Professor of Political Science, Temple University, USA GRAHAM WILSON Department Head and Professor, Department of Political Science, Boston University, USA ARTHUR I. CYR A.W. and Mary Margaret Clausen Distinguished Professor of Political Economy and World Business, Director of the A.W. Clausen Center for World Business; Director ofthe International Political Economy Program; Professor of Political Science, Carthage College, USA NICOL C. RAE Professor, Department of Politics and International Relations, Florida International University, USA JUAN S. GIL Florida International University, USA MICHAEL BROGAN Assistant Professor, Political Science Department, Rider University, USA ALEX WADDEN Senior Lecturer in American Politics and American Foreign Policy, Department of Politics and International Relations, Leicester University, USA MARK SHEPHERD Senior Lecturer, University of Strathclyde, UK JOHN E. OWENS Professor of U.S. government and Politics, Centre for the Study of Democracy, University of Westminster, UK RICHARD J. MAIMAN Professor Emeritus of Political Science, University of Southern Maine, USA.