Developments in British Politics 6, Revised Edition

by Edited by Patrick Dunleavy, Andrew Gamble, Richard Heffernan and Ian Holliday

• ISBN13: 9780333973899
• ISBN10: 0333973895
• Edition: Revised
• Format: Trade Paper
• Copyright: 2002-09-06
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Summary

Now updated to cover New Labor's full first term and the 2002 General Election and ensuing changes, the latest version of the leading undergraduate student textbook brings together a set of specially-commissioned chapters focusing on the key features of British Politics under Blair.

Author Biography

Patrick Dunleavy is Professor of Government at the London School of Economics.

Andrew Gamble is Professor of Politics at the University of Sheffield.

Richard Heffernan is Lecturer in Government and Politics at the Open University.

Ian Holliday is Professor of Policy Studies at the City University of Hong Kong.

Table of Contents

List of Figures, Tables and Boxes	x
Preface	xii
Acknowledgements	xiii
Notes on the Contributors	xiv
Introduction: Into Labour's Second Term	1	(9)
Patrick Dunleavy
Andrew Gamble
Richard Heffernan
Ian Holliday
Gillian Peele
At the heart of Europe?	2	(2)
A new constitutional settlement?	4	(1)
Which way for British parties?	5	(3)
Conclusion	8	(2)
A New Politics?	10	(19)
Steven Fielding
A `new politics'	10	(3)
The `old politics'	13	(3)
A second `consensus'	16	(3)
The Third Way	19	(2)
New political alliances	21	(1)
The Conservatives in opposition	22	(2)
Political divisions	24	(2)
The changing structure of politics	26	(2)
Conclusion	28	(1)
Towards Multi-Level Governance	29	(18)
Jon Pierre
Gerry Stoker
The challenge of multi-level governance	30	(4)
Developing the differentiated polity: the Conservatives' legacy and Labour's programme	34	(5)
Governance: unresolved tensions in British polity	39	(5)
Conclusion	44	(3)
Britain, the EU and the Euro	47	(22)
Simon Hix
The EU and British politics	48	(1)
The `British' position in Europe	49	(4)
The electoral environment: the public's position on Europe	53	(5)
The elite context: the emerging pro- and anti-euro camps	58	(1)
Inter-party competition: a new cleavage in the British party system?	59	(3)
Interest groups, the media and the `No' and `Yes' campaigns	62	(2)
The 1999 European Parliament election	64	(3)
Conclusion	67	(2)
The Law and the Constitution	69	(19)
Gillian Peele
The changing structure of the British state	69	(7)
The constitutional agenda	76	(5)
The efficiency of the legal system	81	(6)
Conclusion	87	(1)
Executives and Administrations	88	(20)
Ian Holliday
The UK core executive	88	(10)
The EU executive	98	(2)
The devolved executives	100	(2)
The administrative dimension	102	(3)
Conclusion	105	(3)
Legislatures and Assemblies	108	(19)
Philip Cowley
The new institutions	109	(3)
Composition of the new institutions	112	(3)
Procedures and structures	115	(3)
Modernizing Westminster	118	(4)
Ignoring Westminster	122	(2)
The European Parliament	124	(1)
Conclusion	125	(2)
Elections and Party Politics	127	(24)
Patrick Dunleavy
Recent political trends and the 2001 election	128	(7)
Britain's multiple electoral systems	135	(8)
Party competition in a multi-party system	143	(7)
Conclusions	150	(1)
Political Parties: Adapting to the Electoral Market	151	(18)
Paul Webb
Changing models of party organization	152	(2)
Party competition and political marketing	154	(4)
The changing balance of power within parties	158	(7)
Developments in party funding	165	(3)
Conclusion	168	(1)
New Media, New Politics	169	(16)
Margaret Scammell
The media market in the UK	171	(9)
Party communications in the new media environment	180	(3)
Conclusion	183	(2)
Political Participation and Protest	185	(18)
Helen Margetts
Voting and the increased plurality of political parties in Britain	185	(3)
Protest and demonstration	188	(3)
Participation of women and ethnic minorities	191	(3)
Democratic innovations	194	(2)
Electronic participation	196	(3)
Social capital: rise or fall?	199	(2)
Conclusion	201	(2)
Citizenship and Culture	203	(16)
Elizabeth Frazer
The death and funeral of Diana, Princess of Wales	203	(3)
Models of citizenship	206	(2)
Culture and political culture	208	(3)
Citizenship and political culture in Labour government policy	211	(7)
Conclusion	218	(1)
Economic Policy	219	(19)
Colin Thain
Policy rules: limiting the room for manoeuvre	220	(8)
Public spending control and targeting	228	(3)
The Treasury under Brown	231	(3)
The euro: continuity and change	234	(2)
Conclusion	236	(2)
Welfare Policy	238	(19)
Pete Alcock
The policy planning framework	238	(4)
The Third Way	242	(2)
The ideological framework	244	(2)
Rebuilding public services	246	(5)
Welfare-to-work and social exclusion	251	(3)
Conclusion: a new social policy?	254	(3)
Environmental Policy	257	(19)
Andrew Jordan
Environmentalism metamorphoses into sustainability	258	(2)
Environmental policy integration	260	(6)
Barriers to `joined-up' policy-making	266	(2)
Transport: a policy mess?	268	(1)
Conflicting policy paradigm	269	(2)
Energy: the dangers of serendipitous policy-making?	271	(3)
Conclusion	274	(2)
Foreign and Defence Policy	276	(14)
Joanna Spear
Labour's foreign policy intentions	277	(1)
Multiple actors in foreign policy	278	(2)
Policy dilemmas: arms' trade issues	280	(2)
The Strategic Defence Review	282	(1)
Continuing crises with Iraq	283	(2)
Kosovo	285	(1)
Conclusion: ethical issues and measures of success	286	(4)
Policy Agendas in a Multi-Level Polity	290	(18)
Andrew Gamble
Setting agendas: agency	293	(1)
Setting agendas: structure	294	(2)
Policy competences	296	(3)
Parties and governments	299	(4)
Interests	303	(2)
Ideas	305	(3)
Guide to Further Reading	308	(9)
Bibliography	317	(27)
Index	344