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Edward Elgar

Handbook of Political Party Funding edited by Jonathan Mendilow and Eric Phélippeau

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Stephen Mills reviews 'Handbook of Political Party Funding' edited by Jonathan Mendilow and Eric Phélippeau

At its best, political science research is empirical, systematic, comparative, and provides cogent and durable explanations – not just descriptions – of political behaviour wherever it is observed. What a pity then that the Handbook of Political Party Funding, for all its strengths in these areas ...

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A Biographical Dictionary of Australian and New Zealand Economists edited by J. E. King

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April 2008, no. 300
Geoffrey Blainey reviews 'A Biographical Dictionary of Australian and New Zealand Economists' edited by J.E. King

In all intellectual disciplines there is a tendency to run in herds. It is the line of least resistance; it offers personal and professional rewards; and sometimes the herd, if capably led, is impressive in the way it rushes so quickly in the appropriate direction. The herd is often correct; but when it is on a stampede, is does not easily change course. This is a biographical dictionary of those Australian and New Zealand economists who often led – or opposed – the herd.

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