authors:subjects:- Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1979-
publishers:ISBN:- 0199269793 (pbk.)
- 9780199269792 (pbk.)
notes:- Previous ed.: 2000.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- PART ONE: THE CONTEXT OF BRITISH POLITICS; 1. Why Study British Politics?; 2. Understanding Politics; 3. Modes of the British State: From Government to Governance; 4. Ideas and Ideologies in British Politics; 5. The Structure and Evolution of British Society; 6. From Global Empire to European Partner; 7. Understanding Decline; 8. European Union Institutions; 9. The Europeanisation of British Politics?; PART TWO: INSTITUTIONS AND PROCESSES; 10. The Constitutional Framework; 11. The Core Executive I: Prime Ministers and Power Dependency; 12. The Core Executive II: Ministers, Civil Servants and Power Dependency; 13. Policy-Making and the Managerial Framework; 14. The British State Today: Power, Meta-Governance and Regulation; 15. Local Government; 16. Quangos and Agencies; 17. A (Dis)United Kingdom? Devolution and the Policy Process; 18. Political Parties; 19. Parliament; 20. Elections and Voting; 21. Pressure Groups and Policy Networks; 22. The Decline in Representative Politics; 23. New Forms of Participation; 24. The Judiciary and Rights; 25. The Mass Media and Politics; PART THREE: POLICY; 26. Economic Policy; 27. The Welfare State; 28. Health and Education Policy: The Welfare State We're In; 29. The Politics of Immigration, Asylum and Ethnic Diversity; 30. The Politics of Law and Order; 31. Foreign and Defence Policy; 32. Conclusion
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