British Parliamentary Parties: Policy and Power

ISBN-13: 9780198277057 / Angielski / Twarda / 1992 / 384 str.

Jack Brand

Opis

This book examines the role of the British Conservative and Labour parliamentary parties in the development of government policy since 1945. Focusing on major policy fields--agriculture, education, housing, defense, the economy, and Scottish affairs--Brand argues that the influence of back-benchers has been consistently underestimated, and that the interdependence of front- and back-benchers frequently produces surprising and significant effects on policy development.

Recenzje

`a lot of hard work has gone into this book, which is an important and provocative addition to the literatures on policy making and legislatures' Political Studies