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From the United Kingdom

Thom Brooks (Durham): Alcohol, Risk and Public Policy. Andrew Wilkins (Roehampton): Libertarian Paternalism: Policy and Everyday Translations of the Rational and the Emotional. From Social Policy and Society, a special section on “New” Welfare in Practice: Trends, Challenges and Dilemmas. Mark Pitchford on neo-Nazis, the Catholic Church and council property. Tom Mills interviews Mark Blyth, author of Austerity: The History of a Dangerous Idea (and part 2). Matt Qvortrup on an overview of the legal issues pertaining to the possible secession of Scotland from the United Kingdom. The economics of Scottish independence may be doubtful but the cultural momentum is strong. Chris Pierson reviews Making Capitalism Fit for Society by Colin Crouch (and more). Ray Edwards examines the contemporary career of Baroness Warsi as a gauge of the moral temperature of the British political system. Is the ladette culture resulting in more women with broken noses? Charlotte Porter investigates. You can still be jailed for being a republican, government confirms, and it remains illegal to even “imagine” overthrowing the Queen. An excerpt from Marcus Chown's What A Wonderful World, on capitalism, its history, its myths, and why change is needed to correct our “disembedded” economy. Kenan Malik writes in defence of diversity: Those who warn of the devastating effects of modern immigration need to brush up on their history. Peter Wilby on Paul Dacre of the Daily Mail: The man who hates liberal Britain. You can download Radical Future: Politics for the Next Generation, ed. Ben Little (2010).