British Politics
Systematically revised and updated, British Politics is an accessible and definitive guide to the shape of Britain's political institutions and processes. The new edition covers significant developments and events in British politics, such as the financial crisis and the 2010 general election, and provides full analysis of the first year of the Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition government. Incorporating useful learning aids throughout, the book examines the state of British politics set a…
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Systematically revised and updated, British Politics is an accessible and definitive guide to the shape of Britain's political institutions and processes. The new edition covers significant developments and events in British politics, such as the financial crisis and the 2010 general election, and provides full analysis of the first year of the Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition government. Incorporating useful learning aids throughout, the book examines the state of British politics set against the background of devolution within the UK and an ever-changing European and global environmen.
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- Publication Date:2011.
- Edition:2nd ed
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Palgrave Macmillan Ltd
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2011.
Notes
Mainstream and other ideologies.
The Physical Object
- Description:1 online resource (483 pages)
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9780230272347, 0230272347, 9780230344228, 0230344224
- oclc:ocn930059226
- LC Classification:JN318.L43 2011
- Dewey Decimal:320.441
Table of Contents
Cover; Contents; List of Illustrative Material; Preface; 1 Politics, Democracy and Power; What is politics?; The scope of politics: the role of the state; Authority, power and influence; Democracy -- power to the people?; Power in Britain; Perspectives on power; Ideas and interests; Ideologies; Policies -- who gets what, when, how?; British politics?; 2 The Shadow of the Past: British Politics since 1945; Britain after the Second World War -- the end of empire and the Cold War; Post-war Britain: the welfare state and the mixed economy.
The under-performing economy, 'stagflation' and crisis: 1964-79From Empire to Europe; Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales; Social change and the politics of protest: the Sixties and after; Conservative dominance: Thatcherism and the free market; New Labour: Blair and Brown (1997-2010); Constitutional change and devolution; From Brown's boom to the financial crisis and Labour's defeat; The 2010 election and the Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition under David Cameron; British politics today compared with 1945; 3 Economy, Society and Politics; The changing British economy.
The nations and regions of BritainTown and country, inner cities and oute…
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