Has Devolution Changed the ‘British Policy Style’?

Circulation Journal Has Changed Its Style.

1. Official Impact Factor of the Circulation Journal Has Reached 4.124 The Circulation Journal has earned its official 2015 impact factor (IF) from Journal Citation Reports®, placing the Journal 31st among the 124 journals in the Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems category in the 2015 JCR Science Edition. This digit was attained by the significant collaboration of the many contributors to the Jou...

How the Rational Expectations Revolution Has Changed Macroeconomic Policy Research

I am grateful to Jacques Dreze for helpful comments on an earlier draft.

The ‘British Policy Style’ and Mental Health: Beyond the Headlines

Recent Mental Health Acts provide evidence of diverging UK1 and Scottish government policy styles. The UK legislative process lasted almost ten years following attempts by ministers to impose decisions and an unprecedented level of sustained opposition from interest groups. In contrast, the consultation process in Scotland was consensual, producing high levels of stakeholder ‘ownership’. This a...

Has Feminism Changed Physics?

Stuxnet: What Has Changed?

This paper considers the impact of Stuxnet on cyber-attacks and cyber-defense. It first reviews trends in cyber-weapons and how Stuxnet fits into these trends. Because Stuxnet targeted an industrial control system in order to wreak physical damage, the focus is on weapons that target systems of that type and produce physical effects. The paper then examines the impact of Stuxnet on various doma...