Description
Book SynopsisWritten by a distinguished group of internationally renowned scholars, this volume provides a comprehensive and contemporary overview of the major issues dominating British politics.
Trade Review"Through an array of insightful chapter,
British Politics Today, provides an illuminating account of the changing nature of, and the new ways of seeing, contemporary British politics. It is an excellent volume which will be useful to teachers and students alike."
Martin Smith, University of SheffieldTable of ContentsList of Contributors.
1. British Politics Today: Towards a New Political Science of British Politics? (Colin Hay).
2. Pluralism and the Study of British Politics : It is Always the Happy Hour for Men with Money, Knowledge and Power. (David Marsh).
3. Gender and Contemporary British Politics. (Pippa Norris).
4. The Paradoxes of British Political Parties. (Dennis Kavanagh).
5. Electoral Competition in Contemporary Britain. (David Sanders).
6. The New Public Administration of the British State. (R. A. W. Rhode).
7. Towards a New Welfare Settlement? (Ruth Lister).
8. The New Political Economy of Postwar Britain. (David Coates).
9. Britain's European Future? (Ben Rosamond).
10. Ethics, Labour and Foreign Policy. (Stuart Croft).
11. Towards a New Constitutional Settlement? (James Mitchell).
12. The Belfast Agreement: The Making, Management and Mismanagement of a Consociation? (Brendan O'Leary).
Index.
