Mastering British Politics

Containing all the information and analysis needed to understand the British system of Government and politics, Mastering British Politics is an essential text. This fifth edition has been fully revised and updated to reflect the results of and developments since the 2005 General Election.>

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Figures
Preface
Acknowledgements
PART 1: THE POLITICAL AND ELECTORAL CONTEXT
British Political Culture
The Evolving Constitution
The Electoral System
Voting Behaviour
PART 2: SOURCES OF POWER, PRESSURE AND OPINION
The Political Parties
Pressure Groups
The Media
Public Opinion
PART 3: PARLIAMENT
The Monarchy
The House of Lords
The House of Commons
PART 4: CENTRAL GOVERNMENT
Prime Minister and Cabinet
Ministers and Departments
The Civil Service
PART 5: THE CHANGING ROLE OF THE STATE
From Provider to Enabler and Regulator
Devolved and Regional Government
Local Government
The Legal System
PART 6: DEMOCRACY IN BRITAIN
The Citizen and the State
Britain in Europe
British Parliamentary Democracy
Index.

Über den Autor / die Autorin

F. N. FORMAN has taught British politics at college and university level. He was a Member of Parliament from 1976 to 1997 and served as a P.P.S. in the Foreign Office and the Treasury, and was also a Minister for Further and Higher Education.

N.D.J. BALDWIN has written and lectured extensively on British politics. A former Parliamentary candidate and one-time assistant to a group of peers in the House of Lords, he is currently director of Wroxton College in Oxfordshire, the British campus of Farleigh Dickinson University.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: N. D. J. Baldwin, N.D.J. Baldwin, Nicholas Baldwin, Nicholas D. J. Baldwin, F N Forman, F. N. Forman, F. N. Baldwin Forman, F.N. Forman, F.n. Baldwin Forman
• Verlag: Macmillan
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 10.08.2007
• EAN: 9780230000124
• ISBN: 978-0-230-00012-4
• Seiten: 584
• Serien: Palgrave Master Series; Macmillan Master Series; Palgrave Masters; Macmillan Master Series; Palgrave Masters; MacMillan Master
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Geschichte > Zeitgeschichte (1945 bis 1989); Sozialwissenschaften, Recht,Wirtschaft > Politikwissenschaft; B, European Politics, Political Science, Literature, Cultural and Media Studies