Britain in 2012 is the most recent edition of ESRC's annual newsstand magazine, showcasing the diversity of ESRC-funded research around the state of the nation. The magazine is a mixture of academic opinion pieces alongside informed journalistic writing, offering a concise analysis of research and topical issues concerning Britain today.

To contact the Editor, please email nick.stevens@esrc.ac.uk

Features in the 2012 edition include:

• Economics of low carbon cities: Professor Andy Gouldson looks at the incentives, motivations and investment required to decarbonise a city
• Healthy competition: Professor Carol Propper assesses the impact of competition between suppliers on the healthcare system
• Mid-stream: Why are primary schools returning to streaming pupils by ability?
• The dwindling power of parliament: Professor Anthony King examines whether governments attempt too much and what might make them more effective
• In defence of politics: Professor Matthew Flinders speaks up for politicians in a time of public distrust
• Tesco goes west: The supermarket giant’s innovative expansion into the competitive US market
• Industrial policy for growth: Professor John Van Reenen on why higher education should be treated as a 'strategic sector'
• Beyond Corporatism: Nobel laureate Edmund Phelps warns the Arab Spring countries not to follow the West's lead into corporatism rather than true capitalism
• The future of work in Europe: Professor Christopher Pissarides explains why European job creation is inadequate in three key sectors
• Household incomes: Paul Johnson says there's delayed pain to come from the Great Recession
• Brave new world: Martin Ince talks to Professor Bill Dutton about the legacy of Alan Turing and the internet’s ability to empower
• Measuring mobility: Paul Gregg and Lindsey Macmillan assess the government’s indicators of social mobility
• Predicting a riot: Dr Clifford Stott looks at the causes of the summer 2011 riots in England and what could have been done to prevent them
• Preparing for the worst: What are the risks involved with staging the 2012 Olympic games?

How to obtain a copy of Britain In 2012

Britain in 2012 is available both in retail stores and online:

• In WH Smith Travel and High Street shops, Waitrose, Waterstones and Marks & Spencer, priced at £5.50
• You can order a copy by emailing Azone at sales@azonelogistics.co.uk or phone 01793 798177.

Previous issues

Back copies of Britain in magazine are available as PDF downloads.