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Drawing on the latest research and debates and featuring contributions from leading experts in the field, this new, introductory textbook demonstrates how political scientists are tackling some of the biggest questions in UK politics today.
List of contents
Part I: Introduction
Chapter 1 Preface - Alan Convery
Chapter 2 Introduction: The Post-Westminster Polity? - Alan Convery
Part II: Representation
Chapter 3 Concepts of Political Representation - Sarah Childs
Chapter 4 Gender and Politics in the UK - Meryl Kenny
Chapter 5 Race, Ethnicity and UK Politics - Timothy Peace and Nasar Meer
Chapter 6 Class and Politics in the UK - Joe Greenwood-Hau
Chapter 7 The Conservative Party - Alan Convery
Chapter 8 The Labour Party - Karl Pike
Chapter 9 Elections and Voting - Ailsa Henderson
Part III: Central Institutions
Chapter 10 The UK Constitution - Alan Convery and Asanga Welikala
Chapter 11 The UK Parliament - Marc Geddes
Chapter 12 The Executive - Richard Parry
Part IV: Beyond the Centre
Chapter 13 England - Ben Wellings
Chapter 14 Scotland - Alan Convery and Ailsa Henderson
Chapter 15 Wales - Jac Larner and Richard Wyn Jones
Chapter 16 Northern Ireland - Lisa Claire Whitten
Part V: Big Issues
Chapter 17 Public Policy - Daniel Kenealy
Chapter 18 Media and Social Media - Clare Llewellyn and Cristian Vaccari
Chapter 19 Brexit and Beyond - Benjamin Martill
Chapter 20 UK Foreign Policy Making - Victoria Honeyman
Chapter 21 UK Politics and the End of Empire - Harshan Kumarasingham
About the author
Alan Convery is Senior Lecturer in Politics at the University of Edinburgh. His research focus-es on UK and Scottish politics and conservatism and the Conservative Party. He is the author of The Territorial Conservative Party: Devolution and Party Change in Scotland and Wales (2016). He was Deputy Editor (2015-2018) and Lead Editor (2018-2021) of the British Journal of Politics and International Relations. At Edinburgh, he organises the Introduction to British Politics course and received the Chancellor’s Award for Teaching in 2019.
Summary
Drawing on the latest research and debates and featuring contributions from leading experts in the field, this new, introductory textbook demonstrates how political scientists are tackling some of the biggest questions in UK politics today.
