International Journal of Social Economics: Volume 33 Issue 1

Constrained discretion: New Labour's third way for economic and social policy?

Brian Burkitt

This article attempts to unravel the ways in which New Labour's economic and social policies differ from those of previous Conservative and Labour administrations.

The evolving roles of the clubs in the management of international debt

Richard P.C. Brown, Timothy J. Bulman

The regularity of default by countries on their sovereign debt has led to the establishment of a number of evolving institutions or “Clubs”. These institutions' objective is to…

“The Captain”: the travelogues and twisted science of Thorstein Veblen

Guido Giacomo Preparata

Thorstein Veblen, though recognized as a “classic” author, has been since his death in 1929 virtually ignored by the public (academic and otherwise). In light of the fact that he…

Democratic development: a comprehensive concept of comparative assessment

Jennifer S. Holmes, Sheila Amin Gutiérrez de Piñeres

Existing attempts to assess national development and processes of democratization suffer from conceptual and measurement challenges. This paper proposes a comprehensive concept of…

Which policies effectively enable smoking cessation? Evidence from the European Union

Joan Costa, Elias Mossialos

To examine the determinants of smoking cessation and tobacco consumption in the European Union (EU) countries. Specifically, the paper seeks to examine the role of smoking risk…