Political Parties in Britain

ISBN-13: 9780748625697 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 224 str.

Matt Cole

Opis

Looks at parties' organisation, policy, support and impact, from the major parties to the localThis introductory textbook examines the factors contributing to parties' fortunes and identities, and the causes of recent changes in both. Parties studied include: * The main parties: Conservatives and Labour * The minor parties: the Liberal Democrats, the Scottish National Party, Plaid Cymru and the Greens* The peripheral parties: the BNP, UKIP, SSP and SLP* Local parties: Kidderminster Health and Hospital Concern, the Morecambe Bay Independents and Mebyon Kernow

Spis treści

Introduction; Part One: The Main Parties; 1. Origins and Development; 2. Ideology and Policy; 3. Support; Part Two: The Minor Parties; 4. Origins and Structure; 5. Ideology and Support; Part Three: The Peripheral Parties; 6. The Rise of Peripheral Parties; 7. Peripheral Parties after 2005.