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British Politics Review Vol. 4, No. 1, Winter 2009

Thatcher unveiled
30 years since the start of a premiership

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| Editorial Reassessing the longest premiership of the twentieth century | Kristin Clemet Reform to preserve: Conservative advances in Britain and Norway | Ulf Andenæs A radical in a conservative nation? | Atle L. Wold The controversial politician Margaret Thatcher | John Curtice Were British voters transformed by Thatcherism? | Richard Heffernan The continuing shadow of the Thatcher governments | Ragnhild Vestli Thatcher's influence after her premiership | Øivind Bratberg The territorial problems of the Conservative Party | Dag Einar Thorsen Cherish freedom! |

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British Politics Review Vol. 3, No. 4, Autumn 2008

An enduring alliance:
Revisiting 60 years of Anglo-American relations

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| Editorial Britain's most important bilateral partner | Inge Lønning Anglo-Norwegian and American models of democracy | David Lidington The foreign policy challenges for Barack Obama | Andrew Gamble The Anglo-American special relationship | Harry Dickinson Britain and the American Revolution 1763-1787 | Ragnhild Vestli | Thatcher, Reagan and the special relationship in the 1980s | Kristin M. Haugevik Institutionalising specialness: NATO and Anglo-American security relations | Øivind Bratberg Gordon Brown, the Atlantic socialist Johan Elsness | Language and culture: what electronic corpora can tell us about Britain and the United States | Alf Tomas Tønnesen The ”special relationship” seen from the United States |

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British Politics Review Vol. 3, No. 3, Summer 2008

A greener Britain:
Visions and prospects for British environmentalism

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| Editorial The case for the environment | Thorbjørn Berntsen Environmental Policy: Past, present, future | Martin Horwood A Liberal vision for a greener Britain | Martin White Environmentalism in Britain is the politics of delay | David J. Hutchinson Fit for purpose? Government agencies for refuse collection, disposal and recycling in the UK | Hans Andreas Starheim The offshore adventure has only just begun | John Ivar S. Olsen Anyone for the moon? Carbon storage and entrepreneurship in the North Sea | Ellen Svendsen A joint battle for the world's forests: The Norwegian-British cooperation on the Congo Basin Forest Fund | Øivind Bratberg The environmental dimension: A new political cleavage? | Tiina Ruhonen Climate, environment and the British agenda: The voice of the British Council | Christian Bjørnæs Environmentalism and the press: How global warming is seen to impact the economy and the environment | Mark Brown Green business in Britain means a managed nature | Lars Mediaas Friends, rivals and the run for the environmental esteem |

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British Politics Review Vol. 3, No. 2, Spring 2008

The British Empire:
Causes, Conduct and Consequences

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| Editorial Empire remembered | Peter Cain Britain and the Empire: A brief history | John Erik Fossum Reflections on Britain's North American legacy | Atle L. Wold Scotland and the Empire: loyalty and enlightened self-interest | Kristin M. Haugevik From British Empire to Anglo-American hegemony: British imperial history and the struggle for power | Jeremy A. Crang "We have ceased to be a nation in retreat": The Falklands War 1982 | Øivind Bratberg Labour, imperialism and India: A long journey | Jacob Lothe Postcolonial literature and the Empire: The examples of J.M. Coetzee and Doris Lessing | British Politics Society, Norway Report from seminar on Britain in Europe |

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British Politics Review Vol. 3, No. 1, Winter 2008

Still the awkward partner?
35 years of British EU membership

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| Editorial A different partnership? | Jan Petersen The case for Europe: lessons to learn | Dag Seierstad The rationale for opposing Norwegian membership in the EU | Victor Rothwell The long delay: Britain and Europe 1973-2008 | Ian Bache The quiet Europeanisation of British politics I Kristin M. Haugevik The Europeanisation of British security and defence policy | Bjørn Høyland The Conservative Party in Europe: an open marriage | Øivind Bratberg Could Labour contribute to a progressive agenda in Europe? | Atle L. Wold The Metric Martyr and the awkward dimension of Britain’s membership | British Politics Society, Norway 2007 in retrospect | Seminar invitation Britain in Europe 1973-2008 with Kenneth Clarke and Ian Bache |

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British Politics Review Vol. 2, No. 4, Autumn 2007

Monarchy and Democracy:
Essays on the Queen, Parliament, and the people

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| Editorial Requiem for a dignified institution? | Jeremy Corbyn Are we a democracy? | Carl-Erik Grimstad Bagehot revisited: The advent of British unconstitutional democracy | Kari-Grete Alstad The Queen of hearts and minds? | Kristin M. Haugevik Queen Victoria and British politics in the Victorian Era | Trond Norén Isaksen A British Queen of Norway | Øivind Bratberg Who will now rise to defend the House of Lords? | Dag Einar Thorsen Why we cannot, and will not, just get rid of it |

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British Politics Review Vol. 2, No. 3, Summer 2007

The dawn of Brown's Britain:
Prospects and challenges for the new PM

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| Editorial Gordon Brown's chance to govern | Per-Kristian Foss The Chancellor's legacy - and prospects for 10 Downing Street | Sissel Rosland A new approach to counter-terrorism? | Richard Gowan Gordon Brown: At the mercy of American politics? | Kristin M. Haugevik David Miliband and British foreign policy revised | Atle L. Wold The Scotsman Gordon Brown | David J. Hutchinson Gordon Brown's agenda for constitutional reform | Øivind Bratberg The first task for Brown is to look for Labour's roots | Jan Erik Mustad Gordon Brown, Prime Minister: A new dawn or the beginning of the end? | Andreas Selliaas Brown, Britishness - and a British sports identity?|

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British Politics Review Vol. 2, No. 2, Spring 2007

Which way liberal Britain?
The rise, fall and insurgence of liberal Britain

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| Editorial Liberalism under review | Odd Einar Dørum A common vision of social liberalism | Lord Ashdown The historical case for British liberalism | Charles Kennedy In view of a liberal Britain | Øivind Bratberg Labour and Liberals: the progressive dilemma unresolved | Kristin M. Haugevik Lib Dems and the electoral threshold | Philip Grey Welsh Liberalism: Past and present | Dag Einar Thorsen Mother of the Free | John-Ivar S. Olsen The comparative advantage of Liberal London |

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British Politics Review Vol. 2, No. 1, Winter 2007

A relationship under construction:
300 years of Anglo-Scottish Union

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| Editorial British unity under challenge | Torbjørn Jagland Parliament, Union and a special relationship | Sir Malcolm Rifkind Anglo-Scottish relations - past, present and future | Atle L. Wold The Union of 1707 and the government of Scotland | Helle Linné Eriksen Scottish devolution and the Labour party: how a snowball started rolling | Richard Wyn Jones British devolution and Blair's political post scriptum | Øivind Bratberg What Britain could learn from multilevel Europe - and vice versa | Annette Groth Northern Ireland: Outside devolution | Atle L. Wold British identity - then and now | British Politics Society, Norway The inaugural year in retrospect |

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British Politics Review Vol. 1, No. 2, Autumn 2006

Diplomacy and intervention: British foreign policy assessed

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| Editorial Diplomacy and intervention: British foreign policy assessed | Bjarne Lindstrøm Anglo-Norwegian relations seen from London | John-Ivar S. Olsen Hong Kong ten years on | Atle L. Wold Sierra Leone: The ideal type of efficient intervention | Kristin M. Haugevik Linking idealism and realpolitik | Øivind Bratberg British diplomacy: a virtuous alternative to intervention | Jan Erik Mustad Remembering Suez |

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British Politics Review Vol. 1, No. 1, Summer 2006

Blair:
End of an era?

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| Editorial Blair - End of an era? | David Powell Greetings from the British Ambassador to Norway | Annette Groth Time to go? | Kristin M. Haugevik Blair's foreign secretaries | Øivind Bratberg The British local elections: From micro to macro politics | Atle L. Wold Devolution: New Labour's calculated gamble? | Øivind Bratberg Blair's contenders |

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