Product Description: Details the impact on Prince William of the changes in the Internet, popular culture, and the nature of celebrity.

A collection of eleven essays and one editorial that are grouped topically under: risk and trust; information management and privacy; information, innovation, and risk; and risk to Internet governance.

Product Description: Gregory King (1648-1712) was an engraver, herald, surveyor, and Secretary to the Commissioners for the Public Accounts, but he is best known for his 1696 estimates of the wealth and population of England. Writing in 1696, but calculating for the year 1688, he put the population at approximately 5...read more

Product Description: The public display of grief that accompanied the funeral of the late Princess of Wales drew attention to the many Britons who had found an affinity with Diana. Seeking an explanation for this affinity, Taylor argues that, during Diana's brief time in the world spotlight, Britain underwent a change in values and a shift in national identity from a system based almost exclusively on household and family values to one more accepting of individual autonomy and self-interest...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: First published in 1603, William Covel's work was intended to be an epitome of Richard Hooker's "Of the Laws of Ecclesiastical Polity". The entire text is reprinted here, unabridged in Benjamin Hanbury's (Covel's 19th-century editor) version.

Product Description: Providing a broad investigation into the significance of the "information age" to contemporary government, this study examines available perspectives on the relationship between information and communication technology and social change, applying this to government practice in the UK...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: After the restoration of the monarchy in 1660, a group of Britons began to apply quantitative analysis to policy. This they called 'political arithmetic'. Applying mathematical method to the study of the practical problems of statecraft and commerce, they made extensive use of observed data and pioneered the use of actuarial tables...read more

Product Description: Will the British retain the monarchy and the English church establishment into the 21st century? The preservation of the monarchy and of the establishment of the church of England is a matter that cuts deep in fact and theory. The monarchy and the church are symbols of civil liberty, and as such they carry the freight of British national identity...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)