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The legacy impact of the 2012 Games for London – and, by extension, South East England and the country as a whole – has been debated and discussed at length. But the victory of London should be a victory for the UK. Have Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales benefited from our victory to secure the Games? This case study takes a special focus on Wales.

The legacy impact of the 2012 Games for London – and, by extension, South East England and the country as a whole – has been debated and discussed at length. But the victory of London should be a victory for the UK. Have Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales benefited from our victory to secure the Games? This case study takes a special focus on Wales.

At the time of Margaret Thatcher's fall, conventional wisdom held that Thatcherism was a leadership style that had departed with its author. In significant respects, Thatcher's economic reforms were incomplete, and she and her ideas had never enjoyed a popular majority. But subsequent events have made clear that 1979 was a new point of departure. Thatcher's legacy can be described as two revolutions. The first revolution was an assault on the size of the state sector, including the introduction of privatisation and lower taxes. The second was the centralisation of power in Whitehall; necessary for the achievement of the first, but ultimately in conflict with it. John Major and Tony Blair were strong proponents of both revolutions. Britain now requires a third revolution to decentralise, localise, and pluralise the state.

Foucault's Legacy brings together the work of eight Foucault specialists in an important collection of essays marking the 25th anniversary of Foucault's death. Focusing on the importance of Foucault's most central ideas for present-day philosophy, the book shows how his influence goes beyond his own canonical tradition and linguistic milieu. The essays in this book explore key areas of Foucault's thought by comparing aspects of his work with the thought of a number of major philosophers, including Nietzsche, Heidegger, Rorty, Hegel, Searle, Vattimo and Williams. Crucially the book also conside