Politics in Transition (Published in association with The Open University) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 080398202X ISBN 13: 9780803982024

Publisher: SAGE Publications Ltd, 1989

Synopsis

Politics in Transition is a unique and innovative introduction to key issues surrounding politics and the state in the United Kingdom today. It illuminates the current restructuring of government and the political economy by exploring the processes underlying change. Transcending the narrow boundaries of academic disciplines, it highlights the issue of structural change from a series of different perspectives. The relationship between political, social, and economic forces in explaining changes is a recurrent theme; the notion of uneven development constitutes an important organizing principle. Further, the authors place the United Kingdom firmly within the world political system but also investigate the roots of its individuality within that system. The wide range of issues and approaches presented in this engaging volume make it essential reading for students and scholars of political science, sociology, social policy, geography, economics, and planning. "A useful foundation for study which can be used either as part of the series or on its own." --Geographical Journal "A reasoned and critical account drawing upon a wide range of theories within a manner unconstrained by disciplinary boundaries. . . . ambitious in its scope and through its deliberate use of juxtaposing alternative theories, frequently provocative in its conclusions." --Transactions

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About the Author

About the Editors:

Allan Cochrane is a Senior Lecturer in Urban Studies at The Open University. He is co-author of Ideologies of Welfare (1987) and Economic Policy-Making by Local Authorities in Britain and West Germany (1981), editor of Developing Local Wconomic Strategies (1987) and co-editor of City, Economy and Society (1981).

James Anderson is a Lecturer in Geography at The Open University. He has written extensively on nationalism and edited The Rise of the Modern State (1986). He is co-editor of States and Societies (1983) and Redundant Spaces in Cities and Regions (1983).

Edition details

• Publisher: SAGE Publications Ltd
• Publication date: 1989
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 080398202X
• ISBN 13: 9780803982024
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 240
• Editor: Cochrane Allan Douglas, Anderson James G.