The Parliamentary State

by Judge, David

• ISBN13: 9780803988729
• ISBN10: 0803988729
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1993-07-01
• Publisher: Sage Pubns Ltd

Summary

This unique textbook addresses the 'big questions' of political science: how the state operates and how it has been conceptualised in the United Kingdom. By focusing on parliamentarism and the key institution of parliament, it analyzes and illuminates both the theory and practice of the state. The result is a refreshingly lucid antidote to drier studies of the British constitution.The book deals with the fundamental issues of modern British politics: the party system; the challenge of corporatism and interest groups; the organization and structure of the central state; the territorial debates around devolution and relations with the European Community; and constitutional reform

Table of Contents

Introduction

Origins and Development of the British Parliamentary State

Theories and Perspectives

The Party System

The Challenge of Interest Representation

Parliamentarism and the Central State

A Unitary and Centralised State?

The Parliamentary State in the 1990s

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