The Politics Today Companion to the British Constitution - Hardcover

Pilkington, Colin

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0719053021 ISBN 13: 9780719053023

Publisher: Manchester Univ Pr, 1999

Synopsis

Pilkington offers what he hopes will be the first of a genre of aids for beginning students of politics that will explain the terms and assumptions textbook authors find so elementary that they often forget beginners have never heard of them. He starts with the British constitution, which he defines broadly to include the makeup of the political, judicial, and governmental system, providing more of an encyclopedia than a dictionary. Key sentences are emboldened to catch readers' eye, and the cross-referencing is extensive. He includes a 14-page introduction but no index. US distribution is by St. Martin's Press. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

About this title

About the Author

Colin Pilkington was formerly Lecturer in Political Sociology at the Liverpool Institute of Higher Education and is a Principal Examiner in GCSE Politics.

Review

Certainly, this book would answer many questions that students, especially American, might raise. British Politics Group Newsletter

About this edition

• Publisher: Manchester Univ Pr
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0719053021
• ISBN 13: 9780719053023
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 164