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9780719057014

Debates in British Politics Today

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  • ISBN13:

    9780719057014

  • ISBN10:

    0719057019

  • Format: Trade Paper
  • Copyright: 2001-06-23
  • Publisher: Manchester University Press
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Summary

This book examines a range of current debates in British politics. Based around topics such as the constitution, government, and democracy. The contents focus directly on the dynamics of political argument in order to reveal how rival politicians and political scientists practice their persuasive art. Each contributor explores a disputed viewpoint, the case for and the case against, to show how differences of attitude and ideology structure the contemporary debate in current political issues like European integration, law and order, referendums, and devolution.

Author Biography

Lynton Robins is Public Administration Coordinator at De Montfort University.

Bill Jones is Research Fellow in the Department of Government at the University of Manchester.

Table of Contents

List of tables
ix
List of contributors
x
Introduction xi
I: Debates on the constitution
Do we still need the Monarchy?
3(10)
Bill Jones
Has Prime Minister Major been replaced by President Blair?
13(14)
Graham P. Thomas
A constitutional question: the United Kingdom or federal Britain?
27(11)
Colin Pilkington
The Belfast Agreement: as good as it gets or worst of all possible worlds?
38(13)
Arthur Aughey
A people's Europe: federal or pragmatic?
51(12)
Colin Pilkington
II: Debates on government
Should the Civil Service become fully politicised?
63(15)
John Greenwood
Local government: could mayors make a difference?
78(11)
David Wilson
Quangos: are they unloved and misunderstood?
89(18)
Tony Stott
III: Debates on democracy
Are the media the enemy of democracy?
107(15)
Bill Jones
Would fixed-term Parliaments enhance democracy?
122(8)
Philip Norton
Should citizenship education be compulsory?
130(11)
Lynton Robins
Vivien Robins
Towards a more responsive democracy: referendums or electoral reform?
141(17)
Duncan Watts
Should political parties be funded by the state?
158(15)
Graham P. Thomas
IV: Debates on issues
Law and order: is toughness the only answer?
173(10)
Bill Jones
Is high taxation the price of a civilised society?
183(9)
Clive Gray
Globalisation: is it good or bad for Britain?
192(14)
Barrie Axford
Feminism: political success or economic disaster?
206(12)
Moyra Grant
Is politics still class based?
218(16)
Jonathan Tonge
Reforming the welfare state: benefit or burden?
234(12)
Rob Baggott
The environment: our world in danger or Green scaremongering?
246(15)
Geoff Lee
Index 261

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