Great Britain: Decline or Renewal?

Policy Studies Journal | June 22, 1997| | Copyright

David M. Wood

The three books reviewed here all focus on policy choices and how they are made. In the order they are listed above, the first is a collection of essays loosely organized around a common theme; the second is a detailed study of industrial policymaking in France over more than a decade; and the third is a textbook about politics in Britain, with an unusually comprehensive treatment of policy choices, especially those made in the period of Conservative rule after 1979. All three books consider the determinants and consequences of policy choices, but none of ...

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