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3 British J. Pol. & Int'l Rel. 1 (2001)

handle is hein.journals/bhjlplcs3 and id is 1 raw text is: British Journal of Politics and International Relations, Vol. 3, No. 1, April 2001, pp. 1-2 Editorial The BJPIR is entering its third year and we, as editors, felt that it was well enough established to risk a departure from its normal format. As such, we asked our US editor, Guy Peters from the University of Pittsburgh, to edit a special issue in which US political scientists who have a particular interest in Britain examined various aspects of contemporary British politics. We chose this as our first special issue for two main reasons. First, one of the aims of this journal is to put British politics in a comparative per- spective, thus avoiding the claims of British exceptionalism that have been common in much British politics literature. The contributions to this issue achieve this in two ways: by directly comparing the United States and the United Kingdom, a well-established and fruitful comparison, and by bring- ing a more critical US perspective to bear on the British case. Secondly, we wish to promote an interest in British politics and British political science. We hope this issue of the BJPIR will show that the United Kingdom has much to offer as a case for comparative analysis and that those US readers who are attracted to this issue because it includes articles by excellent US political scientists will continue to read the journal and appreciate the quality of the future contributions of UK and European political scientists. Of course, Guy Peters is a particularly good choice as editor of this issue because he has written extensively on comparative public policy and, in much of this work, the United Kingdom has been one of his cases. He has brought together contributions by some of the foremost US political sci- entists whose work has focused, in part, on the United Kingdom. All four examine crucial issues in contemporary British politics, with two invoking a direct comparison with the United States, while the other two show how a US critical perspective can throw light on UK developments. So, Colin Campbell and Bert Rockman compare 'Third Way' politics under Blair and © Political Studies Association 2001. Published by Blackwell Publishers, 108 Cowley Road, Oxford OX4 1JF and 350 Main Street, Malden, MA 02148, USA 1

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