The diverse essays gathered in Working for the clampdown cast a critical light on both the cultural legacy and contemporary resonance of one of the most influential bands ever to have graced a stage.

Colin Coulter is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Sociology, Maynooth University, Ireland

List of contributors
Working for the clampdown: an introduction Colin Coulter
PART I: No Elvis, Beatles or the Rolling Stones: The Clash, the politics of pop and the neoliberal conjuncture
1 The Clash, revolution and reverse Jason Toynbee
2 The Clash and musical artistry: against the corporate voice Caroline Coon
3 'Up in Heaven (not only here)': The Clash, left melancholia and the politics of redemption Colin Coulter
PART II: Back in the garage with my bullshit detector: The Clash and the Cultural Politics of Punk
4 'Are you going backwards, Or are you going forwards?' - England past and England future in 1970s punk Ruth Adams
5 Retrieving the messianic promise of punk: The Clash in 1977 Kieran Cashell
6 What if Keith Levene had never left The Clash? Punk and the politics of novelty Pete Dale
7 'The beautiful people are ugly too': The Clash as my 'true fiction' Martin James
PART III: 'It could be anywhere, Most likely could be any frontier, Any hemisphere': The Clash around the world
8 'Up and down the Westway' or 'live by the river'? Britishness, Englishness, London and The Clash Conrad Brunström
9 'Cashing in the bill of rights'? The Clash in New York, in myth and reality Harry Browne
10 The one struggle: The Clash, Gary Foley, Punk politics and Indigenous Australian activism Alessandro Moliterno
11 Brigade Rosse: The Clash, Bologna and Italian punx Giacomo Bottà and Ferruccio Quercetti