Parliament in British Politics

This fully revised new edition includes expanded coverage of Parliament''s relationship with the courts, devolved assemblies and the European Union. Distinctively, the book goes beyond the usual focus of Parliament-Government relations to encompass policy-makers beyond Whitehall and Parliament''s broader relationship with citizens.>

List of contents

Parliament in Perspective
The Development of Parliament
PART I: PARLIAMENT AND GOVERNMENT
Recruiting Ministers
The Making of Public Policy
Legislation
The Administration of Government
PART II: BEYOND WHITEHALL
Parliament and the European Union
Parliament and Devolution
Parliament and the Courts
PART III: PARLIAMENT AND THE PEOPLE
Representing the People
The Voice of the Constituents
Speaking for Different Interests
Reaching the Public
Conclusion: Parliamentary Reform.

About the author

Philip Norton is Professor of Government and Director of the Centre for Legislative Studies, University of Hull, UK, and, as Lord Norton of Louth, has been a member of the House of Lords since 1998.

Product details

• Authors: Philip Norton, Norton Philip
• Publisher: Macmillan
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 23.04.2013
• EAN: 9780230291935
• ISBN: 978-0-230-29193-5
• No. of pages: 352
• Series: Contemporary Political Studies; Contemporary Political Studies
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; B, European Politics, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Political Science and International Studies, Comparative Politics, Great Britain—Politics and government, British Politics, Legislative Politics