The Social Affairs Unit addresses social, economic and cultural issues with an emphasis on the value of personal responsibility. We research, challenge and debate issues from welfare to warfare, always seeking to draw out the role of the individual's obligations.

We identify research with a potential to inform public policy and translate it from academic discourse into public debate. The ideas we promote come largely from historians, sociologists and philosophers but also medical doctors and hard scientists.

Analysis, commentary and reviews by the Social Affairs Unit's authors are found on our constantly updated web review or, sorted by topic, at SAU Articles. This website also enables visitors to purchase our books and reports. A selection of these, along with our digital-only reports, are available to read online.

The Social Affairs Unit is the publisher of Standpoint, the monthly cultural and political news-stand magazine launched in June 2008.

Theodore Dalrymple on the Ugliness of Andrew Murray - or why we should all become more self-controlled Theodore Dalrymple

In Praise of Prejudice: Theodore Dalrymple on where a society without prejudice will get us Theodore Dalrymple

In Praise of Wales - and its National Anthem Lincoln Allison

Stands Scotland Where It Did? Lincoln Allison

David Womersley endures excruciating theatre: Madame de Sade - Yukio Mishima David Womersley

How To Deselect Your MP - Harry Phibbs offers a practical guide Harry Phibbs

Just as with current aid policies, Dambisa Moyo's own solutions to Africa's problems would only work if Africa were better governed, argues Richard D. North: Dead Aid - Dambisa Moyo Richard D. North

Not enough self-respect: Theodore Dalrymple on what is wrong with our MPs Theodore Dalrymple

Richard D. North argues that greater equality may not make us happier: The Spirit Level: Why more equal societies almost always do better - Richard Wilkinson and Kate Pickett Richard D. North

It is not just rapists who are let off too lightly by the courts, argues Theodore Dalrymple Theodore Dalrymple

Private Views: Voices from the Frontline of British Culture
The Nation that Forgot God
In Search of the Moderate Muslim
War Since 1990
Don't Tread on Me: Anti-Americanism Abroad
What If? Counterfactualism and the Problem of History

Warning: Immigration Can Seriously Damage Your Wealth
Wealth And Poverty: A Jewish Analysis
How to Maximise Your Expenses: Advice to new Members of the European Parliament
Butler's Dilemma: Lord Butler's Inquiry and the Re-Assessment of Intelligence on Iraq's Weapons of Mass Destruction
British Anti-Americanism
Mr Blair's Messiah Politics: A story of inspired government, 1997-2007