Cyber Security Responsibilization: An Evaluation of the Intervention Approaches Adopted by the Five Eyes Countries and China

Governments can intervene to a greater or lesser extent in managing the risks that citizens face. They can adopt a maximal intervention approach (e.g., COVID-19) or a hands-off approach (e.g., unemployment), effectively “responsibilizing” their citizens. To manage the cyber risk, governments publish cyber-related policies. This article examines the intervention stances the governments adopt in supporting individual citizens managing their personal cyber risk. The authors pinpoint the cyber-related responsibilities that several governments espouse, applying a “responsibilization” analysis. Those applying to citizens are identified, thereby revealing the governments' cyber-related intervention stances. The analysis reveals that most governments adopt a minimal cyber-related intervention stance in supporting their citizens. Given the increasing number of successful cyber attacks on individuals, it seems time for the consequences of this stance to be acknowledged and reconsidered. The authors argue that governments should support individual citizens more effectively in dealing with cyber threats.     

Book Reviews

Dionne, E.J. Jr. They Only Look Dead: Why Progressives Will Dominate the Next Political Era Gitlin, Todd The Twilight of Common Dreams: Why America is Wracked by Culture Wars Hochschild, Jennifer L. Facing Up to the American Dream: Race, Class and the Soul of the Nation Kozol, Jonathan Amazing Grace: The Lives of Children and the Conscience of a Nation Foster, Christopher D. and Plowden, Francis J. The State Under Stress Barberis, Peter The Elite of the Elite: Permanent Secretaries in the British Higher Civil Service Porter, Norman Rethinking Unionism: An Alternative Vision for Northern Ireland English, Richard and Walker, Graham (eds) Unionism in Modern Ireland: New Perspectives on Politics and Culture Clarke, Peter Hope and Glory: Britain 1900–1990 Harrison, Brian The Transformation of British Politics 1860–1995 Radice, Giles (ed) What Needs to Change? New Visions for Britain King, Preston (ed) Socialism and the Common Good: New Fabian Essays Perryman, Mark (ed) The Blair Agenda Stone, Diane Capturing the Political Imagination: Think Tanks and the Policy Process Denham, Andrew Think Tanks of the New Right Klein, Rudolf, Day, Patricia and Redmayne, Sharon Managing Scarcity: Priority Setting and Rationing in the National Health Service Lawson, Richard Bills of Health Disney, Richard Can We Afford to Grow Older? Brown, Alice, McCrone, David and Paterson, Lindsay Politics and Society in Scotland The Constitution Unit Scotland’s Parliament: Fundamentals for a New Scotland Act The Constitution Unit Regional Government in England     

Different Processes,Different Outcomes? Assessing the Individual‐Level Impacts of Public Participation

This article empirically investigates the relative efficacy of different direct participation processes. Specifically, it compares the effects of three types of participatory processes (public meetings, focus groups, and citizen juries) on participants' issue awareness, competence, empowerment, and trust in service professionals. The authors hypothesize that all three participatory processes will positively affect these individual outcomes but that the magnitudes of effects will differ across the three processes. Using data from field experiments, the authors test and find general support for the hypotheses. This study contributes to understanding of public participation, particularly in terms of the relationship between participatory design and outcomes.     

Book Reviews

Books reviewed: Chris Rumford, European Cohesion: Contradictions in EU Integration Michael Burgess, Federalism and the European Union: The Building of Europe, 1950–2000 David McKay, Federalism and European Union: A Political Economy Perspective Dimitris N. Chryssochoou. I. B. Tauris, Democracy in the European Union Robert R. Geyer, Exploring European Social Policy Ben Rosamond, Theories of European Integration Colin Crouch, (ed.) After the Euro: Shaping Institutions for Governance in the Wake of European Monetary Union Richard Layard, The Case for the Euro Pat Thane, Old Age in English History: Past Experiences, Present Issues Stan Luger, Corporate Power, American Democracy, and the Automobile Industry Paulina Borsook, Cyberselfish: A Critical Romp through the Terribly Libertarian World of High‐Tech Charles Williams, Adenauer: The Father of the New Germany J. M. Ross, Forward to Basics—Back from the Brink: Can Humanity Rescue Itself? Larry Siedentop, Democracy in Europe Cécile Fabre, Social Rights under the Constitution: Government and the Decent Life Sebastian Reinfeldt, Nicht‐wir und Die‐da: Studien zum rechten Populismus Christa Zöchling, Haider: Licht und Schatten einer Karriere Klaus Larres with Elizabeth Meehan, Uneasy Allies: British–German Relations and European Integration since 1945     

Book Reviews

Jennie Lee: A Life (Patricia Hollis); Gordon Brown (Paul Routledge); Callaghan: A Life (Kenneth A. Morgan), Eric Shaw Whatever Happened to the Tories? The Conservative Party since 1945 (Ian Gilmour and Mark Garnett); Major: A Political Life (Anthony Seldon), Patrick Seyd Memoir of a Fascist Childhood (Trevor Grundy), Anne Poole The Revival of Right-wing Extremism in the Nineties (edited by Peter H. Merkl and Leonard Weinberg), Herman Lebovics Liberty before Liberalism (Quentin Skinner), Bernard Crick Parliament under Pressure (Peter Riddell); Parliament and the People (Philip Laundy), John Griffith Creating Citizens: Political Education and Liberal Democracy (Eamonn Callan); Citizenship in Modern Britain (Keith Faulks); Citizenship: Feminist Perspectives (Ruth Lister), Derek Heater The Audit Society: Rituals of Verification (Michael Powell), Rudolf Klein Cities for a Small Planet (Richard Rogers); Planning for Urban Quality (Richard Parfect and Gordon Power), Anja Amsel Holistic Government (Perri 6), Roger Levett     

Book Reviews

Armstrong, David, Lloyd, Lorna and Redmond, John From Versailles to Maastricht: International Organisation in the Twentieth Century Brubaker, Rogers Nationalism Reframed: Nationhood and the National Question in the New Europe Gillespie, Paul (ed) Britain’s European Question: The Issues for Ireland Hesse, Joachim Jens and Wright, Vincent (eds) Federalizing Europe? The Costs, Benefits, and Preconditions of Political Systems Hooghe, Liesbet (ed) Cohesion Policy and European Integration: Building Multi-level Governance Laffan, Brigid (ed) Constitution-building in the European Union Lane, Jan-Erik, McKay, David and Newtown, Kenneth (ed) Political Data Handbook: OECD Countries, 2nd edn Page, Edward C. People Who Run Europe Smith, Michael New Cloak, Old Dagger: How Briain’s Spies Came In From the Cold Urban, Mark UK Eyes Alpha: The Inside Story of British Intelligence Herman, Michael Intelligence Power in Peace and War West, Nigel The Secret War for the Falklands: The SAS, M16 and the War Whitehall Nearly Lost Jones, Tudor Remaking the Labour Party: From Gaitskell to Blair Thompson, Noel Political Economy and the Labour Party Shepherd, Robert Enoch Powell Webster, Charles The Health Service since the War, vol. II: Government and Health Care—The British National Health Service, 1958–1979 Adams, Adrian and So, Jaabe A Claim to Land by the River: A Household in Senegal Strange, Susan The Retreat of the State: The Diffusion of Power in the World Economy Vatikiotis, Michael J. Political Change in Southeast Asia: Trimming the Banyan Tree Jacobs, Michael/Real World Coalition The Politics of the Real World Landauer, Thomas K. The Trouble with Computers: Usefulness, Usability and Productivity MacKenzie, Donald Knowing Machines: Essays on Technical Change     

BOOK NOTES

Book reviewed in this article: official Year Book of the Commonwealth of Australia, No. Business and Procedures of the House of Representatives. H. J. Hofstra . New Techniques of Budget Preparation and Management. C. E. Hawley and R. G. Weintraub (eds). Administrative Questions and Political Answers. R. A. Irish . A Businessman's Views of the Administration H. G. Gelber . Australia, Britain and the E.E.C., 1961 to 1963. M. W. Raffel . Planning by the North Canterbury Hospital Board. J. William Fulbright . Prospects for the West. E. M. Kassalow . National Labor Movements in the Postwar World. Bruce H. Millen . The Political Role of Labor in Developing Countries. J. Edward Gerald . The Social Responsibility of the Press. Sanford A. Lakoff . Equality in Political Philosophy. hilip Mullenbach . Civilian Nuclear Power. H. V. Livermore . A New History of Portugal. Nikola Balog . Administrative Management of Public Enterprises. Mumtaz Soysal . Public Relations in Administration: II. The Influence of the Public on the Operation of Public Administration, Excluding Electoral Rights.     

Book Reviews

Who Cares? True Stories of the NHS Reforms Peter Bruggen A Damn Bad Business: The NHS Deformed Jeremy Lee-Potter The Politics of Change in the Health Service Brian Salter The National Health Service: A Political History Charles Webster Cyberdemocracy: Technology, Cities and Civic Networks edited by Roza Tsagarousianou, Damian Tambini and Cathy Bryan Governing in the Digital Age Christine Bellamy and John A. Taylor Coordinating the Internet edited by Brian Kahin and James H. Keller Raymond Williams Fred Inglis The Corrosion of Character: The Personal Consequences of Work in the New Capitalism Richard Sennett Political Theory of European Constitutional Choice edited by Michael Nentwich and Albert Weale Citizenship and Citizenship Education in a Changing World edited by Orit Ichilov Work, Consumerism and the New Poor Zygmunt Bauman Feminism and Citizenship Rian Voet Conscience and Parliament edited by Philip Cowley     

Politische Theorie und Ideengeschichte, Politisches System der Bundesrepublik, Politische Soziologie, Vergleichende Politikforschung, Europäische Union, Internationale Politik, Historische Politikforschung

Inhaltsübersicht   (RezensentInnen in Klammern) Literaturbericht    J?rg Faust / Stefan Leiderer: Zur Effektivit?t und politischen ?konomie der Entwicklungszusammenarbeit Politische Theorie und Ideengeschichte    Bluhm, Harald, und Jürgen Gebhardt: Politische Ideengeschichte im 20. Jahrhundert. Konzepte und Kritik (Philipp H?lzing) • Dryzek, John S., Bonnie Honig und Anne Phillips (eds.): The Oxford Handbook of Political Theory (Johannes Schmidt) • Ke?ler, Mario: Ossip K. Flechtheim. Politischer Wissenschaftler und Zukunftsdenker (1909–1998) (Wilhelm Bleek) • Priester, Karin: Populismus. Historische und aktuelle Erscheinungsformen (Florian Hartleb) • S?llner, Alfons: Fluchtpunkte. Studien zur politischen Ideengeschichte des 20. Jahrhunderts (Michael Becker) • Williams, Bernard: In the Beginning Was the Deed. Realism and Moralism in Political Argument (Carsten Quesel) • Doppelrezension: Henning, Christoph: Philosophie nach Marx. 100 Jahre Marxrezeption und die normative Sozialphilosophie der Gegenwart in der Kritik; Henning, Christoph (Hg.): Marxglossar (Felix Heidenreich) • Doppelrezension: Mouffe, Chantal: über das Politische. Wider die kosmopolitische Illusion; Nonhoff, Martin: Politischer Diskurs und Hegemonie. Das Projekt "Soziale Marktwirtschaft" (André Brodocz) Politisches System der Bundesrepublik    Van Ooyen, Robert Chr., und Martin H. M?llers (Hg.): Das Bundesverfassungsgericht im politischen System (Hubert Woltering) Politische Soziologie    Dolata, Ulrich, und Raymund Werle (Hg.): Gesellschaft und die Macht der Technik. Sozio?konomischer und institutioneller Wandel durch Technisierung (Georg Simonis) Vergleichende Politikforschung    Castles, Francis G. (ed.): The Disappearing State? Retrenchment realities in an age of globalization (Marius R. Busemeyer) • Clasen, Jochen, und Nico A. Siegel (eds.): Investigating Welfare State Change: The 'Dependent Variable Problem' in Comparative Analysis (Marius R. Busemeyer) Europ?ische Union    Huget, Holger: Demokratisierung der EU. Normative Demokratietheorie und Governance-Praxis im europ?ischen Mehrebenensystem (Andreas Wimmel) Internationale Politik    Eder, Franz, Gerhard Mangott und Martin Senn (eds.): Transatlantic Discord. Combating Terrorism and Proliferation, Preventing Crises (Alexander Siedschlag) • Marx, Johannes: Vielfalt oder Einheit der Theorien in den Internationalen Beziehungen. Eine systematische Rekonstruktion, Integration und Bewertung (Ralf J. Leiteritz) • Schmidt, Siegmar, Gunter Hellmann und Reinhard Wolf (Hg.): Handbuch zur Deutschen Au?enpolitik (Helga Haftendorn) • Wolter, Detlev: A United Nations for the 21st Century: From Reaction to Prevention. Towards an Effective and Efficient International Regime for Conflict Prevention and Peacebuilding (Andreas Heinemann-Grüder) • Young, Brigitte (Hg.): Die Politische ?konomie des Dienstleistungsabkommens (GATS). Gender in EU und China (Eva Hartmann) Historische Politikforschung    Kaelble, Hartmut: Sozialgeschichte Europas 1945 bis zur Gegenwart (Siegfried Weichlein) • Doppelrezension: Andres, Jan: "Auf Poesie ist die Sicherheit der Throne gegründet". Huldigungsrituale und Gelegenheitslyrik im 19. Jahrhundert; Schwengelbeck, Matthias: Die Politik des Zeremoniells. Huldigungsfeiern im langen 19. Jahrhundert (Rainer Schmidt)     

Book Reviews: Big Fears and Some Ideas

Books reviewed: Forrester, Viviane. The Economic Horror. Hirschman, Albert O. Crossing Boundaries: Selected Writings. Young, Jock. The Exclusive Society: Social Exclusion, Crime and Difference in Late Modernity. Worcester, Robert and Mortimer, Roger. Explaining Labour's Landslide. Parker, Noel. Revolutions and History: An Essay in Interpretation. Schneer, Jonathan. London 1900: The Imperial Metropolis. Taylor, Brandon. Art for the Nation: Exhibitions and the London Public 1747–2001. Major, John. The Autobiography. Lamont, Norman. In Office. Crick, Bernard. Tailpeace: Clearing Up After Myself. Montefiore, Alan and Vines, David (eds) Integrity in the Public and Private Domains. Goldsworth, Jeffrey. The Sovereignty of Parliament: History and Philosophy. Lynch, Philip. The Politics of Nationhood: Sovereignty, Britishness and Conservative Politics. Newsinger, John. Orwell's Politics. Jowell, Roger; Curtice, John; Park, Alison and Thomson, Katarina. British Social Attitudes, 16th Report: Who Shares New Labour Values?.     

Unprecedented Challenges,Familiar Paradoxes: COVID-19 and Governance in a New Normal State of Risks

This Viewpoint essay understands China's COVID-19 responses through the lens of six paradoxes, focusing on normal and non-normal governance, competing values, expertise and politics, centralization and decentralization, public and private, and technology and institutions. Preliminary lessons are drawn regarding pandemic governance: embedding resilience into all aspects of governance; developing a public value framework for pandemic governance and improving individuals' ethical capacity; institutionalizing policy capacity on pandemic governance and requiring expertise in relevant positions; balancing centralized coordination and decentralized responses with a stable and ready-to-work commanding center; enabling businesses and nonprofits for pandemic governance but regulating them appropriately; and enacting technologies to revolutionize pandemic governance with proper institutional safeguards.     

Book Reviews

Book reviewed in this article: M. A. Jones , Local Government and the People: Challenges for the Eighties Robert H. Simmons , Achieving Humane Organization, Malibu, California, Daniel Spencer. Leon Glezer , Tariff Politics: Australian Policy-Making 1960–1980, Melbourne Geoffrey Hawker , Who's Master, Who's Servant? Reforming Bureaucracy, Sydney T. J. Barrington , The Irish Administrative System, Dublin Gerald Rhodes , Inspectorates in British Government, London Hugh Saddler , Energy in Australia: Politics and Economics, Sydney Brendan Hensey , The Health Services of Ireland, third edition, Dublin J. P. Casey , The Office of the Attorney General in Ireland, Dublin     

BOOK REVIEWS

Book reviewed in this article: Ferrel Heady . Public Administration: A Comparative Perspective. John J, Corson and R. Shale Paul . Men Near the Top. P. Loveday and A. W. Martin , Parliament, Factions and Parties: The First Thirty Years of Responsible Government in New South Wales J. A. La Nauze . Alfred Deakin. Ian G. Sharp and Colin M. Tatz (eds). Aborigines in the Economy. J. P. Sinclair . Behind the Ranges. R. L. Cope (ed.). Library Services to the Legislature: A Symposium. Deborah Paige and Kit Jones . Health and Welfare Services in Britain in 1975. Keith Mc Ewan . Once a Jolly Comrade.     

Book Reviews: The Balance between Forgetting and Remembering

Books reviewed Gary Jonathan Bass, Stay the Hand of Vengeance: The Politics of War Crimes Trials Richard Goldstone, For Humanity: Reflections of a War Crimes Investigator Joanna Van Selm, (ed) Kosovo's Refugees in the European Union Peter Shore, Separate Ways: The Heart of Europe Tommaso Padoa‐Schioppa, The Road to Monetary Union in Europe: The Emperor, the Kings and the Genies Kenneth Dyson, The Politics of the Euro‐Zone: Stability or Breakdown? Stefano Bartolini, The Political Mobilization of the European Left, 1860–1980: The Class Cleavage Alexander Keyssar, The Right to Vote: The Contested History of Democracy in the United States Richard Little and Mark Wickham‐Jones, (eds) New Labour's Foreign Policy: A New Moral Crusade? Thomas Frank, One Market Under God: Extreme Capitalism, Market Populism, and the End of Economic Democracy Fritz W. Scharpf and Vivien A. Schmidt, (eds) Welfare and Work in the Open Economy Fritz W. Scharpf and Vivien A. Schmidt, (eds) From Vulnerability to Competitiveness Fritz W. Scharpf and Vivien A. Schmidt, (eds)Diverse Responses to Common Challenges Andrew Samuels, Politics on the Couch: Citizenship and the Internal Life John B. Thompson, Political Scandal: Power and Visibility in the Media Age Andrew Thorpe, The British Communist Party and Moscow 1920–43     

BOOK REVIEWS

Books reviewed in this issue. Democratic Flaws
RICHARD BOURKE The Life and Death of Democracy, by John Keane. Flawed democracy
Gianfranco Pasquino Democracy Inc. Managed Democracy and the Specter of Inverted Totalitarianism, by Sheldon Wolin. Democracy in the Land of Good Things (Britain)
Richard Mullender Democracy: 1,000 Years in Pursuit of British Liberty, by Peter Kellner. The soldier's right to kill
Christopher Finlay Killing in War, by Jeff McMahan. Facts from Eastern Europe and elsewhere
Richard Briand Facts are Subversive: Political Writing from a Decade without a Name, by Timothy Garton Ash. The soul of Tony Blair
Ilaria Favretto Losing Labour's Soul? New Labour and the Blair Government, 1997–2007, by Eric Shaw. Greeks and Turks in Europe and Cyprus
Mehmet Ugur Turkey's Accession to the European Union: An Unusual Candidacy, by Constantine Arvanitopoulos. Cyprus: The Post‐Imperial Constitution, by Vassilis K. Fouskas and Alex O. Tackie. Obama's last chance
Tony Klug The Last Chance: The Middle East in the Balance, by David Gardner. Thatcher's grandchildren
Mark Garnett Thatcher's Britain: The Politics and Social Upheaval of the 1980s, by Richard Vinen.     

Book Reviews

Books reviewed: Vincent Bugliosi, The Betrayal of America: How the Supreme Court Undermined the Constitution and Chose Our President Jack N. Rakove (ed.), The Unfinished Election of 2000: Leading Scholars Examine America’s Strangest Election Daniel Lazare, The Velvet Coup: The Constitution, the Supreme Court and the Decline of American Democracy Andrew Denham and Mark Garnett, Keith Joseph Chantal Mouffe, The Democratic Paradox Gerd‐Rainer Horn and Emmanuel Gerard (eds.), Left Catholicism 1943–1955: Catholics and Society in Western Europe at the Point of Liberation Lorna Arnold, Britain and the H‐Bomb Joseph V. Femia, Against the Masses: Varieties of Anti‐Democratic Thought since the French Revolution Gino Bedani and Bruce Haddock (eds.), The Politics of Italian National Identity: A Multidisciplinary Perspective Paul M. Sniderman, Pierangelo Peri, Rui J. P. de Figueiredo, Jr and Thomas Piazza, The Outsider: Prejudice and Politics in Italy Norman Birnbaum, After Progress: American Social Reform and European Socialism in the Twentieth Century Gøsta Esping‐Andersen and Marino Regini (eds.), Why Deregulate Labour Markets? Andrew Murray, Off the Rails: Britain’s Great Rail Crisis—Cause, Consequences and Cure Christian Wolmar, Broken Rails     

Reviews

THE ROOTS OF U.S. POLICY TOWARD LA TIN AMERICA

G. Pope Atkins, Latin America in the International Political System, second edition. (Boulder: Westview Press, 1989. Pp. 421.)

Lars Schoultz: National Security and United States Policy toward Latin America. (New Jersey: Princeton University Press, 1987. Pp. 377.)

Kevin J. Middlebrook and Carlos Rico, eds.: The United States and Latin America in the 1980s (Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1986. Pp. 648. Second printing 1988.)

GENEROSITY AND SELF‐INTEREST

Teresa Odendahl: Charity Begins at Home: Generosity and Self‐interest among the Philanthropic Elite. (New York: Basic Books, 1990. Pp. 298.)

HOBBES AMONG THE PATRIARCHS

Arnold A. Rogow: Thomas Hobbes: Radical in the Service of Reaction. (New York: W. W. Norton Company, 1986. Pp. 287.)

STRACHEY AND MACLEAN: BRITISH ALTERNA TIVES

Michael Newman: John Strachey. (Manchester: Manchester Press, 1989. Pp. 201.)

B. J. Ripley and J. McHugh: John Maclean. (Manchester: Manchester University Press, 1989. Pp. 201.)     

Book Reviews

Books reviewed: Andrei Shleifer and Daniel Treisman, Without a Map: Political Tactics and Economic Reform in Russia Graeme Gill and Roger D. Marwick, Russia's Stillborn Democracy: From Gorbachev to Yeltsin Vladimir Mau, Russian Economic Reforms as Seen by an Insider Kate Hudson, European Communism since 1989: Towards a New European Left? Andrew Chadwick, Augmenting Democracy: Political Movements and Constitutional Reform during the Rise of Labour, 1900–1924 Norman Fairclough, New Labour, New Language? David Coates, Models of Capitalism Alexander de Conde, Presidential Machismo: Executive Authority, Military Intervention, and Foreign Relations Bernard Crick, Essays on Citizenship Nick Pearce and Joe Hallgarten, (eds) Tomorrow's Citizens: Critical Debates in Citizenship and Education Christian Joppke, Immigration and the Nation State: The United States, Germany and Great Britain Robert Geyer, Christine Ingebritsen and Jonathon W. Moses, (eds) Globalization, Europeanization and the End of Scandinavian Social Democracy? John Campbell, Margaret Thatcher, vol. 1: The Grocer's Daughter     

BOOK REVIEWS

Book reviewed in this article: Incomes and the Welfare State: Essays on Britain and Europe, by A. B. Atkinson. Dismantling the Welfare State? Reagan, Thatcher, and the Politics of Retrenchment, by Paul Pierson. Managing Policy Change in Britain: The Politics of Water, by William A. Maloney and Jeremy Richardson. Professional Correctness: Literary Studies and Political Change, by Stanley Fish. Multicultural Citizenship: A Liberal Theory of Minority Rights, by Will Kymlicka. The Rights of Minority Cultures, edited by Will Kymlicka. Globalisation in Question: The International Economy and the Possibilities of Governance, by Paul Hirst and Grahame Thompson. Economic Growth and Political Change in Asia, by Graham Field. American Exceptionalism: A Double-edged Sword, by Seymour Martin Lipset. Neither Right nor Left: Fascist Ideology in France, by Zeev Sternhell, trans. David Maisel. Strategies for Self-Govemment: The Campaigns for a Scottish Parliament, by James Mitchell. The Germans: Power Struggles and the Development of Habitus in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, by Norbert Elias, edited by Michael Schröter, translated from the German and with a preface by Eric Chinning and Stephen Mennell.     

Book Reviews

Books reviewed in this issue. Refugees and migrants: the globalisation of indifference
 VICTORIA BRITTAIN Us and Them? The Dangerous Politics of Immigration Control, by Bridget Anderson. Borderline Justice. The Fight for Refugee and Migrant Rights, by Frances Webber. Bad News for Refugees, by Greg Philo, Emma Briant and Pauline Donald. The Walking, by Laleh Khadivi. North Korea: as mysterious as ever
 Seung‐Young Kim Only Beautiful, Please. A British Diplomat in North Korea, by John Everard. World government and realistic utopianism
 Richard Mullender Governing the World: The History of an Idea, by Mark Mazower. Good ol’1970s
 Patrick Diamond Reassessing 1970s Britain, edited by Lawrence Black, Hugh Pemberton and Pat Thane. Progressive Capitalism: How to Achieve Economic Growth, Liberty and Social Justice, by David Sainsbury. Oh why, oh why, oh why?
 Dick Leonard The Blunders of our Governments, by Anthony King and Ivor Crewe. The social basis of electoral reform
 Geoff Kennedy Wrestling with Democracy: Voting Systems as Politics in the Twentieth‐Century West, by Dennis Pilon. Context rules over electoral rules
 Gianfranco Pasquino Electoral Systems and Political Context, by Robert G. Moser and Ethan Scheiner. Lacan et al. in post‐apartheid South Africa
 Saul Dubow (Post)Apartheid Conditions. Psychoanalysis and Social Formation, by Derek Hook. The expansion of same‐sex marriage
 Donna Smith The Same Sex Unions Revolution in Western Democracies. International Norms and Domestic Policy Change, by Kelly Kollman. Hollywood and the politics of stars
 Mark Glancy Hollywood Left and Right: How Movie Stars Shaped American Politics, by Steven J. Ross. Gladstone in the left corner, Disraeli in the right
 Richard Briand The Great Rivalry: Gladstone and Disraeli, by Dick Leonard. Loving the Lords?
 Lord Lipsey (David Lipsey) The Contemporary House of Lords. Westminster Bicameralism Revived, by Meg Russell.