Mastering British Politics

ISBN-13: 9780230000124 / Angielski / Miękka / 2007 / 584 str.

F N Forman

Opis

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.

Spis treści

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.

O autorze

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.