Developments in British Politics 7 : Seventh Edition

by Edited by Patrick Dunleavy, Andrew Gamble, Richard Heffernan and Gillian Peele

• ISBN13: 9780333987056
• ISBN10: 0333987055
• Edition: 7th
• Format: Trade Paper
• Copyright: 2003-09-17
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Summary

Bringing together a completely new set of specially-commissioned chapters by leading authorities, Developments in British Politics 7 provides an accessible state-of-the-art introduction to politics and political change in the UK. It provides a systematic assessment of New Labour in government focusing in particular on continuities and contrasts between its first and second terms and with traditional social democracy. A central innovation is the concept of multi-focal politics to explain the consequences of globalization, Europeanization and devolution for the nature and distribution of power in the UK.

Author Biography

Patrick Dunleavy is Professor of Government, London School of Economics. Andrew Gamble is Professor of Politics, University of Sheffield. Richard Heffernan is Lecturer in Government and Politics, The Open University. Gillian Peele is Fellow and Tutor in Politics, Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford.

Table of Contents

Introduction: Transformations in British Politics-- P. Dunleavy

A. Gamble--R. Heffernan & G. Peele

Remaking the Constitution--A. Gamble

The Europeanization of British Politics--B. Rosamond

The Core Executive and the Modernisation of Central Government--M.J. Smith

Electoral Participation--G. Evans

Changing Voting Systems--J. Curtice

Political Parties and the Party System--R. Heffernan

The Media and Politics--R. Kuhn--Politics in Scotland--J. Mitchell

Politics in Northern Ireland--J. Tonge

Devolved Politics in England and Wales--G. Peele

Asymmetric Devolution: Toward a QuasiFederal Constitution?--V. Bogdanor

Ideas and Policy Agendas in Contemporary Politics --P. Kelly

Economic Policy--W. Grant

Public Services --A. Denham

Environmental Policy--M. Humphrey

Britain and the International Arena--C. Kennedy Pipe & R. Vickers

Analysing Political Power--P. Dunleavy