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Author Kingdom, J. E., 1939- author

Title Government and politics in Britain
Edition Fourth edition / by John Kingdom with Paul Fairclough
Published Cambridge Polity, 2014

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 MELB  320.941 Kin/Gap 2014  AVAILABLE
Description xv, 856 pages : illustrations (colour) ; 25 cm
Contents 1. Introduction : studying politics -- pt. I. Politics in context -- 2. Ideology: the western tradition -- 3. Ideology: beyond the western tradition -- 4. The constitution: the unwritten and the unknowable -- 5. The global context: this sceptred isle -- 6. Britain and Europe: awkward partners? -- 7. The European Union: anatomy of a superstate? -- pt. II. Mobilizing the demos -- 8. The social context: our divided society -- 9. Mind politics: what we think -- 10. The machinery of democracy: the electoral system -- 11. The Vox Populi: how people vote -- 12. The political parties: masses, leaders and powers behind thrones -- 13. Party politics: from elites to mass participation -- pt. III. Government at the centre -- 14. Pomp and circumstance: monarchy, lords and commoners -- 15. Parliament at work: not to reason why -- 16. The heart of government: of cabinets and kings -- 17. The village of Whitehall: of ministers and mandarins -- 18. Getting and spending: the politics of public expenditure -- 19. The politics of influence: who gets what, when, how? -- pt. IV. The outer reaches of the state: worlds beyond Whitehall -- 20. Territorial politics: a disunited kingdom? -- 21. The grass roots of democracy: local government -- 22. Trials and errors: justice and politics -- 23. The coercive state: the politics of law and order -- 24. A policy-making process: thinking holistically
Analysis Constitutional law
Electoral systems
Great Britain
Overseas item
Party machinery
Political conditions
Political ideologies
Political science
Notes Previous edition: 2003
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [801]-827) and index
SUBJECT Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 2007- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2007010853
Author Fairclough, Paul, author
ISBN 9780745638898 (paperback)