About the Author

David Coates holds the Worrell Chair in Anglo-American Studies at Wake Forest University in North Carolina, USA. Born in the United Kingdom and educated at the universities of York and Oxford, he came to Wake Forest University in 1999, having previously held personal chairs at the universities of Leeds (in contemporary political economy) and Manchester (in labor studies). He has written extensively on UK labor politics, contemporary political economy and US public policy. For further details, visit www.davidcoates.net.