Balz, D. and Barnes, R. 2008, ‘Economy becomes new proving ground for McCain, Obama’, The Washington Post, 16 September.
Barnes, R. 2008, ‘First debate’s fate unclear as Obama resists McCain’s call to postpone’, The Washington Post, 25 September.
Beech, M. 2008, ‘Introductory preface’, in M. Beech and S. Lee (eds), Ten Years of New Labour, Palgrave Macmillan, Basingstoke, pp. xix–xxiv.
Bovensiepen, N., Hawranek, D. and Reiermann, C. 2008, ‘German government “has to step into the breach”’, Der Spiegel, 24 November.
Brooks, D. 2008, ‘Thinking about McCain’, The New York Times, 26 September.
Bumiller, E. and Healy, P. 2008, ‘McCain joins attacks on Obama over radical’, The New York Times, 10 October.
Calmes, J. 2008a, ‘In candidates, 2 approaches to Wall Street’, The New York Times, 16 September.
Calmes, J. 2008b, ‘From 2 rivals, 2 prescriptions’, The New York Times, 15 October.
Calmes, J. and Zeleny, J. 2008, ‘For rivals, finance crisis is posing on-the-fly tests’, The New York Times, 19 September.
Crossland, D. 2009, ‘Merkel “has egg on face” over cabinet chaos’, Der Spiegel, 9 February.
Dahl, Robert A. 1966, Political Oppositions in Western Democracies, Yale University Press, New Haven.
Der Spiegel 2008a, ‘Social Democrats’ support sinks to record low’, Der Spiegel, 12 March.
Der Spiegel 2008b, ‘Merkel says Washington helped drag Europe into the credit crisis’, Der Spiegel, 22 September.
Der Spiegel 2008c, ‘Our economy will also suffer’, Der Spiegel, 25 September.
Der Spiegel 2008d, ‘The danger had not yet been averted’, Der Spiegel, 15 October.
Der Spiegel 2008e, ‘Merkel urged to act before it’s too late’, Der Spiegel, 9 December.
Der Spiegel 2008f, ‘Top CEOs urge Merkel to take action on economy’, Der Spiegel, 9 December.
Der Spiegel 2009, ‘Spiegel online poll barometer’, Der Spiegel, viewed 24 June 2009, < http://www.spiegel.de/flash/0,5532,13290,00.html >
Deutsche Welle 2008a, ‘Social democrat abandons bid to become Premier of Hesse’, Deutsche Welle, 7 March.
Deutsche Welle 2008b, ‘Germany calls for cooperation to tackle financial crisis’, Deutsche Welle, 18 March.
Deutsche Welle 2008c, ‘Germany’s election year budget draft light on spending cuts’, Deutsche Welle, 2 July.
Deutsche Welle 2008d, ‘Germany says it sees no need for own US-style bailout’, Deutsche Welle, 23 September.
Deutsche Welle 2008e, ‘Germany absent from London mini-summit on financial crisis’, Deutsche Welle, 8 December.
Deutsche Welle 2009, ‘Steinmeier determined to topple Merkel in German elections’, Deutsche Welle, 19 April.
Dougherty, C. 2008, ‘Led by Germany, Europe closes a strong quarter’, The New York Times, 16 May.
Duncan, G. 2008, ‘Darling is accused of complacency over full scale of threat to economy’, The Times, 7 April.
Economist 2009, ‘The export model splutters’, The Economist, 7 May.
Elliot, L. 2008, ‘If a week is a long time in politics, it’s an entire career in economics: the prime minister’s luck may have turned as the financial crisis worsens’, The Guardian, 22 September.
Elliot, L. and Seager, A. 2007, ‘Spread of banking panic forces ministers to guarantee savings’, The Guardian, 18 September.
Elliot, L. and Wintour, P. 2008, ‘Government moves to calm consumers by protecting savings up to £50,000: government to protect savings up to £50,000’, The Guardian, 1 October.
Elliot, L., Treanor, J. and Wintour, P. 2008, ‘Another day, another bail-out’, The Guardian, 29 September.
Guardian 2007, ‘Speculative horse that bolted the stable: Credit spree encouraged by the Tories has reached its apogee under Labour’, The Guardian, 17 September.
Guardian 2008a, ‘Conservatives: Unnerving numbers’, The Guardian, 27 September.
Guardian 2008b, ‘Conservative conference: The glassy void’, 2 October.
Harding, J. 2007, ‘An American crisis that could harm a lot of reputations here—including Gordon’s’, The Times, 17 September.
Harwood, J. and Cooper, M. 2008, ‘McCain and Obama urge greater oversight in a financial bailout plan’, The New York Times, 22 September.
Healy, P. 2008, ‘Obama wraps his hopes inside economic anxiety’, The New York Times, 9 October.
Heffernan, R. 1999, New Labour and Thatcherism: Political change in Britain, St Martin’s Press, New York.
Helm, T., Elliot, L. and Hinsliff, G. 2008, ‘Osborne faces storm over warning of run on pound’, The Observer, 16 November.
Jackson, D. 2008, ‘Candidates pin blame in financial “crisis”; but rivals don’t agree on causes of Wall St woes’, USA Today, 16 September.
Landler, M. and Stolberg, S. 2008, ‘As fingers point in the financial crisis, many of them are aimed at Bush’, The New York Times, 20 September.
Lee, S. 2008, ‘The British model of political economy’, in M. Beech and S. Lee (eds), Ten Years of New Labour, Palgrave Macmillan, Basingstoke, pp. 17–34.
Milne, S. 2007, ‘This crisis spells the end of the free market consensus’, The Guardian, 13 December.
Milne, S. 2008a, ‘Whether Brown survives, Labour has already changed: the financial meltdown has allowed the prime minister to shift his rhetoric. The question now is if he will act on it’, The Guardian, 25 September.
Milne, S. 2008b, ‘The Tories have shown they are irrelevant to this crisis: Cameron’s calls for a smaller state ring hollow when only intervention and nationalisation can halt financial collapse’, The Guardian, 2 October.
Moore, M. 2008, ‘Social Democrats tap Steinmeier as chancellor candidate’, Der Spiegel, 20 October.
Nagourney, A. and Bumiller, E. 2008, ‘McCain leaps into a thicket’, The New York Times, 26 September.
Nelles, R. and Neukirch, R. 2008, ‘Financial crisis exposes German leader’s weaknesses’, Der Spiegel, 27 October.
Obama, B. 2008, ‘Renewing the American economy’, The New York Times, 27 March.
Oborne, P. 2009, ‘Cameron plans to transform Britain and has what it takes: but just as Mrs Thatcher courted unpopularity to achieve her ideals, he must do the same if he wants to gain office’, The Observer, 4 January.
Observer 2008, ‘The Tories must condemn the City's moral failure’, The Observer, 28 September.
Page, S. 2008, ‘Today round 2: candidates take off gloves; casual setting doesn’t dull pointed jabs at forum’, USA Today, 8 October.
Rawnsley, A. 2009, ‘The cabinet’s quarrels are a warning of the storms ahead: behind closed doors, ministers are locked in fierce arguments over the best way to get the voters behind them once again’, The Observer, 15 February.
Real Clear Politics 2008, ‘General Election; McCain vs. Obama’, Real Clear Politics, viewed 24 June 2009, <http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2008/president/us/ general_election_mccain_vs_obama-225.html#polls>
Richter, M. W. 2006, ‘Elements of surprise: the 2005 election and the formation of the grand coalition’, German Politics, vol. 15, no. 4, pp. 500–19.
Riddell, P. 2008a, ‘A tricky case of economic schadenfraude’, The Times, 12 March.
Riddell, P. 2008b, ‘Bouncing along the bottom, and looking out for big bumps ahead’, The Times, 8 November.
Rohter, L. and Andrews, E. 2008, ‘Unlike rivals, McCain rejects broad US aid on mortgages’, The New York Times, 26 March.
Saad, L. 2008, ‘Disapproval of Bush spans the issues’, Gallup, 20 February, viewed 24 June 2009, <http://www.gallup.com/poll/104458/Disapproval-Bush-Spans-Issues.aspx>
Stolberg, S. 2008, ‘A presidential vanishing act, by design’, The New York Times, 31 October.
Stratton, A. 2008, ‘Cameron shatters cross-party truce over banking meltdown: Tory leader attacks PM’s competence on economy; criticism akin to student politics, say Labour’, The Guardian, 18 October.
UK Polling Report 2009, ‘Voting intention’, UK Polling Report, viewed 24 June 2009, < http://ukpollingreport.co.uk/blog/voting-intention >
Watt, N. 2008a, ‘Nationalisation is best deal for the taxpayer—Brown: Cameron accuses government of creating “economic calamity”’, The Guardian, 19 February.
Watt, N. 2008b, ‘Serious and contrite, Brown pledges fairer Britain for a new age’, The Guardian, 24 September.
Webster, P. 2008, ‘Chancellor to rush out cash payments for 10p tax losers’, The Times, 13 May.
Webster, P. and Elliot, F. 2007, ‘Chancellor admits reputation is at stake as Tories go on offensive’, The Times, 18 September.
Webster, P. and Elliot, F. 2008, ‘Brown’s had his boom, now he’s bust, says Cameron’, The Times, 29 September.
Webster, P., Elliot, F. and Duncan, G. 2009, ‘Darling “out of control” as borrowing leaps to £75 billion’, The Times, 20 March.
Wintour, P. 2008, ‘Tories blame PM for the “age of irresponsibility”’, The Guardian, 29 September.
Zeleny, J. 2008, ‘Obama looks to shift focus of campaign to economy’, The New York Times, 17 September.