British Academy Review, Issue 15, March 2010

The articles in this issue illustrate how humanities and social science scholarship contributes to a wide range of topical issues, either through direct contributions to public debate, or through intriguing parallels.

The whole issue may be downloaded in PDF format (6.3MB). The articles listed below in blue are also available separately in PDF format.

Elections and Constitutions

How to Choose an Electoral System, Professor Simon Hix, Professor Ron Johnston FBA and Professor Iain McLean FBA

A ‘Professor of Electoral Engineering’: An election campaign in West Bengal, Dr Mukulika Banerjee

New Labour and the British Constitution, Dr Andrew Blick

Economics

Financial and Economic Horizon-scanning, Letter by Professor Tim Besley FBA and Professor Peter Hennessy FBA

The Fiscal Challenge, Professor Tim Besley FBA

The Family

Family Policies and Social Science, Dr Simon Griffiths and Lili Hoag

The Evolutionary Anthropology of the Family, Professor Ruth Mace FBA

Risky and Resourceful: Parenting experiences of (ex) offender fathers, Dr Elizabeth Walker

Bride Price, Poverty and Domestic Violence in Uganda, Professor Gill Hague and Dr Ravi K. Thiara

Health

Academics, Academies and Public Policy: The Case of the American Health Care Debate, Professor Ted Marmor FBA

Obesity: The Welfare Regime Hypothesis, Professor Avner Offer FBA, Dr Rachel Pechey and Professor Stanley Ulijaszek

Going to War

‘Good Allies’: How Australia and New Zealand entered the Vietnam War, Dr Caroline Page

Reporting the Olympics

The Olympic Games: Imagining a New Media Legacy, Professor Andy Miah and Dr Beatriz Garcia

Newton International Fellowships

Newton International Fellowships, Professor Graham Furniss FBA

Death Tolls and our Perception of Human Fatalities, Dr Christopher Olivola

‘The natives ... enquired what the Spaniards wanted. [They] answered “Food”.’ Dr Rebecca Earle