Governing the UK (Modern Governments) - Softcover

Peele, Gillian

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0631167420 ISBN 13: 9780631167426

Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell, 1995

Synopsis

This well-established textbook develops a framework for understanding the radical changes in the relationships between the polity, economy and society which have occurred across the last two decades. This new edition brings to the fore the impact on British government and politics, of Europe, factors of social change, the decline of consensus, the shaping of a more marked ideological politics and the rising tide of technology. Against the backdrop of her analytical framework, Peelse sets out the details of the British system of Government providing students with a clear understanding of the basic machinery of Government and the Constitution - Executive, Legislature and the Judiciary - as as well as of the forces shaping the dynamics of political change such as parties, voting behaviour and pressure groups.

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• Author is a leading commentator on British politics.
  
• Comprehensively updated and redesigned to include material on the changes wrought by the Major government.
  
• Clear exposition of the machinery of Government and the Constitution, focusing on factors of socio-economic and political change.
  
• Builds on the content and pedagogical strengths of the first edition.
  
• Covers the core institutional features of the university syllabuses.
  
• Completely redesigned to include new illustrative material. * Author is a leading commentator on British politics.
  
• Comprehensively updated and redesigned to include material on the changes wrought by the Major government.
  
• Clear exposition of the machinery of Government and the Constitution, focusing on factors of socio-economic and political change.
  
• Builds on the content and pedagogical strengths of the first edition.
  
• Covers the core institutional features of the university syllabuses.
  
• Completely redesigned to include new illustrative material.

About this title

Book Description

This well-established textbook gives students a thorough understanding of the machinery and processes of government in the United Kingdom as well as of the forces shaping the countrys politics. For the fourth edition the text has been substantially updated to take account of the many significant shifts in British politics since 1997, especially the constitutional reforms of the 1997 Labour government.Other changes include:Extensive annotated guides to further reading and suggested questions for discussion at the end of each chapter.A greater use of illustrative material, case studies and graphics, which supplement the text in a lively manner.Clear summaries of arguments and chronologies of complex events, as well as boxes giving biographical data on significant political figures.A dedicated website, www.blackwellpublishing.com/peele, features information on the book, sample chapters, updated articles so that teachers and students can be regularly updated between editions.A range of Internet resources to encourage students to keep up-to-date with a rapidly changing subject matter.

About the Author

Gillian Peele is Fellow and Tutor in Politics at Lady Margaret Hall and University Lecturer in Politics at Oxford University. She has published widely on British and American politics.

About this edition

• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
• Publication date: 1995
• ISBN 10: 0631167420
• ISBN 13: 9780631167426
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 576