When the global financial system crashed, governments in America and Britain performed the greatest bailout in history. The legacy is record government debt, low growth and a new era of austerity. A stellar cast of contributors, including Tim Bale, Wyn Grant and Graham Wilson provide a sophisticated account of how the administrations are faring.

The legacy of the global financial crash is a new era of austerity in America and Britain; astellar cast of contributors provide a sophisticated account of how the administrations are faring

The Political Challenges of Hard Times; T.Casey PART I: COMPARATIVE RESPONSES TO THE FINANCIAL CRISIS Was there Ever an Anglo-Saxon Model of Capitalism?; W.Grant Capitalism, Crisis, and a Zombie Named TINA; T.Casey A Tale of Two Cities: Financial Meltdown and the Atlantic Divide; D.Coates & K.Dickstein Confronting the Economic Crisis: Fiscal Policy Responses in the United Kingdom and the United States; E.Ashbee Framing Economic and Fiscal Crisis: National Comparisons, International Markets, and Unpopular Policies in Britain and the US; A.Howard PART II: PARTIES, POLITICS, AND POLICIES IN AN AGE OF AUSTERITY Divided in Victory: Conservatives and Republicans in the Cameron Era; T.Bale & R.Kolodny The Strange Death of New Democracy; G.Wilson The Liberal Democrats and the Tea Party Movement in the 2010 Elections; A.I.Cyr Party Polarization and Ideology in Britain and the United States: Convergence or Divergence?; N.C.Rae & J.S.Gil Economics, Partisanship, and Elections: A Comparative Review of Economic-Voting in the 2010 U.K. Parliamentary Elections and U.S. Congressional Elections; M.Brogan The Politics and Political Economy of Health Care in the United States and the United Kingdom; A.Wadden The Impact of the 'War on Terror' on Executive-Legislative Relations in the UK and US: A Comparative Analysis; M.Shephard & J.E.Owens The 'War on Terror' in Court: A Comparative Analysis of Judicial Empowerment; R.J.Maiman Anglo-American Politics in the Age of Austerity; T.Casey