Politics and the media (particularly in Great Britain), the British Labour party, political betting
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Laura Beers has published widely on the role of the media in British politics and industrial relations, the role of opinion polling in British politics, and the reliability of political betting markets. She is the author of three books. For her most recent book, Red Ellen: The Life of Ellen Wilkinson, Socialist, Feminist, Internationalist, she received The Stansky Prize, awarded annually by the North American Conference on British Studies for the best book published anywhere by a North American scholar on any aspect of British studies since 1800. The Wall Street Journal praised Beers for writing a "multifaceted portrait capturing the woman herself as well as her remarkable political career."