Introduction : historical contexts -- Notes on the essays -- After Brexit (2019) -- Explanations of British decline (1999) -- The European disunion (2006) -- The Anglo-American worldview (2019) -- The free economy and the strong state (1979) -- Thatcherism and conservative politics (1983) -- Economic growth and political dilemmas (1983) -- The crisis of conservatism (1995) -- The Thatcher myth (2015) -- Theories of British politics (1990) -- The constitutional revolution in the United Kingdom (2006) -- What's British about British politics? (2016) -- Epilogue : last thoughts.

Brings together Gamble's most influential writings on British politics and political economy from the last 40 years, reflecting on issues that animate British politics, from the decline of the economy and reshaping the welfare state to the transformation of political parties and devolution to Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.