Forthcoming British Studies Paperbacks

Forthcoming Books

1. Global Citizenship and the Legacy of Empire

   Marketing Development

   By April Biccum

   Series: Routledge/RIPE Studies in Global Political Economy

   This book investigates the parallels between mainstream development discourse and colonial discourse as theorized in the work of Homi Bhabha, Gayatri Spivak and Edward Said. Aiming to repoliticize post-colonial theory by applying its understandings to contemporary political discourses, author April...

   To Be Published May 31st 2013 by Routledge
2. The Impacts of Automotive Plant Closure

   A Tale of Two Cities

   Edited by Andrew Beer, Holli Evans

   Series: Regions and Cities

   Economic restructuring has been a notable feature of so-called mature industrial economies such as the UK and Australia in the last two decades, with deregulation, privatisation, technological change and globalisation combining to reshape such economies. Some industries have grown, while others...

   To Be Published May 31st 2013 by Routledge
3. The Future of Local Economic Development

   Edited by Ines Newman

   This book looks at the future role of local economic development. Once New Labour came to power in 1997, they sought a third way between the new right agenda of Thatcherism with its attempts to reduce the role of the local state and foster a free market and the left’s attempts to take more...

   To Be Published May 31st 2013 by Routledge
4. The Iconography of Independence

   'Freedoms at Midnight'

   Edited by Robert Holland, Susan Williams, Terry Barringer

   This book explores the phenomenon of Independence Days. These rituals had complex meanings both in the territories concerned and in Britain as the imperial metropole, where they were extensively reported in the press. The text is concerned with the political management, associated rhetoric and...

   To Be Published May 31st 2013 by Routledge