Earlier Publications
Here is a list of Jonathan's previous books and principal articles. The books are all available from Amazon.
THE RISE AND DECLINE OF SMALL FIRMS, George Allen & Unwin, 1973. Analysed and compared the economic performance of new and older small firms in several British industries, with implications for public policy.
SOCIAL AND BUSINESS ENTERPRISES: An introduction to organisational economics, Allen and Unwin, 1976. A primer on basic economic concepts and controversies.
'Social cooperation in economic systems, a business history approach', Review of Social Economy, pp 155-177, autumn 1980.
'Patriots or profiteers? British businessmen & the 1st World War' (with Bruce R. Johns), Journal of European Economic History, pp 423-445, autumn 1982.
BUSINESS POLICIES IN THE MAKING: Three steel companies compared. Allen and Unwin, 1983. A comparative study of managerial biasses, corporate development patterns & relative pursuits of growth, efficiency and social responsibility.
COMMUNITY AND THE ECONOMY, The Theory of Public Co-operation, Routledge, 1990/94. 'Extraordinary ...the most convincing theory of a mixed economy that I've read in my lifetime' (Bernard Crick). 'Pathbreaking analysis of the links between the values of community and the imperatives of an advanced economy' (London Review of Books). 'Suggests a comprehensive framework for a constructive alternative to the tyranny of the market and the tyranny of the state' (Choice). 'Must be read by politicians partly for its ...theory of a sensible mixed economy' (Political Quarterly). 'Seriously challenges the value orientation of most economists' (Review of Political Economy). 'Significant' (Review of Social Economy). 'Boswell's book gives communitarianism a good name' (Robert N. Bellah).
'Catholicism, Christian democrats and 'reformed capitalism', in ETHICS AND MARKETS, eds C. Crouch and D. Marquand, The Political Quarterly, 1993.
'Catholic communitarianism and advanced economic systems', in THE CHURCH FACES THE MODERN WORLD, Eds P. Furlong and D. Curtis, Eastgate Press, 1994.
CAPITALISM IN CONTENTION: Business Leaders and Political Economy in Modern Britain (with James Peters), Cambridge University Press 1997. Business ideologies and relationships with government from the 1960s to the 1990s.
'Solidarity, Justice and Power Sharing: patterns and policies', in CATHOLIC SOCIAL THOUGHT, Twilight or Renaissance ? Eds J. Boswell, F.P. McHugh and J.Verstraeten, Leuven University Press, 2000.
SOCIAL AND BUSINESS ENTERPRISES: An introduction to organisational economics, Allen and Unwin, 1976. A primer on basic economic concepts and controversies.
'Social cooperation in economic systems, a business history approach', Review of Social Economy, pp 155-177, autumn 1980.
'Patriots or profiteers? British businessmen & the 1st World War' (with Bruce R. Johns), Journal of European Economic History, pp 423-445, autumn 1982.
BUSINESS POLICIES IN THE MAKING: Three steel companies compared. Allen and Unwin, 1983. A comparative study of managerial biasses, corporate development patterns & relative pursuits of growth, efficiency and social responsibility.
COMMUNITY AND THE ECONOMY, The Theory of Public Co-operation, Routledge, 1990/94. 'Extraordinary ...the most convincing theory of a mixed economy that I've read in my lifetime' (Bernard Crick). 'Pathbreaking analysis of the links between the values of community and the imperatives of an advanced economy' (London Review of Books). 'Suggests a comprehensive framework for a constructive alternative to the tyranny of the market and the tyranny of the state' (Choice). 'Must be read by politicians partly for its ...theory of a sensible mixed economy' (Political Quarterly). 'Seriously challenges the value orientation of most economists' (Review of Political Economy). 'Significant' (Review of Social Economy). 'Boswell's book gives communitarianism a good name' (Robert N. Bellah).
'Catholicism, Christian democrats and 'reformed capitalism', in ETHICS AND MARKETS, eds C. Crouch and D. Marquand, The Political Quarterly, 1993.
'Catholic communitarianism and advanced economic systems', in THE CHURCH FACES THE MODERN WORLD, Eds P. Furlong and D. Curtis, Eastgate Press, 1994.
CAPITALISM IN CONTENTION: Business Leaders and Political Economy in Modern Britain (with James Peters), Cambridge University Press 1997. Business ideologies and relationships with government from the 1960s to the 1990s.
'Solidarity, Justice and Power Sharing: patterns and policies', in CATHOLIC SOCIAL THOUGHT, Twilight or Renaissance ? Eds J. Boswell, F.P. McHugh and J.Verstraeten, Leuven University Press, 2000.