David A Coates

The Context of British Politics

A Liberal Tool Kit: Progressive Responses to Conservative Arguments

Industrial Policy in Britain

The Question of Uk Decline: State, Society and Economy

Industrial Policy in Britain

Running the Country

Running the Country

The Labour Party and the Struggle for Socialism

Capitalism: The Basics

The global economy is dominated by a powerful set of established and emerging capitalisms, from the long-standing capitalist economies of the West to the rising economies of the BRIC(Brazil, Russia, India and China)countries. An understanding of capitalism is therefore fundamental to understanding t...

Answering Back: Liberal Responses to Conservative Arguments

An essential toolkit for all progressives- helping them to respond to the current sustained right-wing criticism of US domestic and foreign policy"The game is begun," Rush Limbaugh said, the day after Barack Obama won the presidency; and he was right. The clash of views on US domestic and foreign po...

Blair's War

Tony Blair and George Bush may have won the war in Iraq, but they are losing the peace at home. How did Blair come to support the US-led invasion of Iraq? Why did he risk taking Britain into a conflict which so imperilled his premiership? Was he justified in doing so? These are just some of the ques...

The Oxford Companion to American Politics: 2-Volume Set (Oxford Companions to Political Studies)

The two-volume Oxford Companion to American Politics is the first reference work to provide detailed, in-depth coverage of all aspects of American Politics. Entries written by top scholars of American Politics surpass all previous reference material on the subject and provide scholars and students w...

The End of Parliamentary Socialism: From New Left to New Labour

This trenchant account of the last twenty-five years of the British Labour Party argues that Tony Blair’s modernizing tendency was profoundly mistaken in asserting that the only alternative to traditional social democracy and narrow parliamentarianism was an acceptance of neo-liberalism. In blaming ...

Making the Progressive Case: Towards a Stronger U.S. Economy

At a time of tea parties and rallies to restore sanity, the political debate in America has become nothing more than a shouting match of various soundbites. This book offers a refreshing change by introducing both conservative arguments and liberal responses in a dispassionate and clear manner. Focu...

A Critique of Silviculture: Managing for Complexity

The discipline of silviculture is at a crossroads. Silviculturists are under increasing pressure to develop practices that sustain the full function and dynamics of forested ecosystems and maintain ecosystem diversity and resilience while still providing needed wood products. A Critique of Silvicult...

Models of Capitalism: Growth and Stagnation in the Modern Era

The contemporary debate on economic policy is dominated by the issue of 'which model of capitalism works best'.

David Coates

David Coates (born 11 April 1935) is an English former professional footballer who played for Hull City (195660), Mansfield Town (196064) and Notts County...