Politics UK /
Politics UK /
Politics United Kingdom
edited by Bill Jones, Philip Norton and Isabelle Hertner.
- Tenth Edition.
- xliv, 780 pages : illustrations (color) ; 27 cm
"First edition published by Philip Alan Ltd. 1991. Ninth published by Routledge 2018"--T.p. verso. "With contributed material by Michael Clarke, Oliver Daddow, Russel Deacon, David Denver, Anneliese Dodds, Russel Foster, Charlotte Galpin, Chris Game, Wyn Grant, Kevin Hickson, Hannah Jones, Danny Rye and Ben Williams...and concluding articles by Sir John Curtice, Philip Collins, Sir Simon Jenkins, Andrew Rawnsley and Julie Smith."
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Brief Contents. PART 1. CONTEXT -- PART 2. DEFINING THE POLITICAL WORLD -- PART 3. THE REPRESENTATIVE PROCESS -- PART 4. THE LEGISLATIVE PROCESS -- PART 5. THE EXECUTIVE PROCESS -- PART 6. THE POLICY PROCESS -- Epilogue.
"This revised and updated 10th edition of the bestselling textbook Politics UK is an indispensable introduction to British politics. It provides a thorough and accessible overview of the institutions and processes of British government, an excellent grounding in British political history and an incisive introduction to the issues and challenges facing Britain today. This edition welcomes 4 brand new chapters - Gender and British Politics, Immigration Policy in Hostile Environment, Britain and the European Union, and British Foreign and Defence Policy - alongside rigorously updated revised chapters. It delivers excellent coverage of contemporary events, with significant new material covering: the Johnson premiership and the national challenge of COVID-19, the end of the May premiership and the implementation of Brexit, the Labour Party's transition from Corbyn to Starmer, infrastructure and innovation, 'fake' news, populism and nationalism, the UK's place in a post-Brexit world, climate change, social mobility and elite recruitment, devolution and regionalism, constitutional strain, the role of political advisers abuse and incivility in politics and much more. Other features of the new edition include:
9780367464028
Great Britain--Politics and government--1997-
--Reading book
320.941 / POL
"First edition published by Philip Alan Ltd. 1991. Ninth published by Routledge 2018"--T.p. verso. "With contributed material by Michael Clarke, Oliver Daddow, Russel Deacon, David Denver, Anneliese Dodds, Russel Foster, Charlotte Galpin, Chris Game, Wyn Grant, Kevin Hickson, Hannah Jones, Danny Rye and Ben Williams...and concluding articles by Sir John Curtice, Philip Collins, Sir Simon Jenkins, Andrew Rawnsley and Julie Smith."
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Brief Contents. PART 1. CONTEXT -- PART 2. DEFINING THE POLITICAL WORLD -- PART 3. THE REPRESENTATIVE PROCESS -- PART 4. THE LEGISLATIVE PROCESS -- PART 5. THE EXECUTIVE PROCESS -- PART 6. THE POLICY PROCESS -- Epilogue.
"This revised and updated 10th edition of the bestselling textbook Politics UK is an indispensable introduction to British politics. It provides a thorough and accessible overview of the institutions and processes of British government, an excellent grounding in British political history and an incisive introduction to the issues and challenges facing Britain today. This edition welcomes 4 brand new chapters - Gender and British Politics, Immigration Policy in Hostile Environment, Britain and the European Union, and British Foreign and Defence Policy - alongside rigorously updated revised chapters. It delivers excellent coverage of contemporary events, with significant new material covering: the Johnson premiership and the national challenge of COVID-19, the end of the May premiership and the implementation of Brexit, the Labour Party's transition from Corbyn to Starmer, infrastructure and innovation, 'fake' news, populism and nationalism, the UK's place in a post-Brexit world, climate change, social mobility and elite recruitment, devolution and regionalism, constitutional strain, the role of political advisers abuse and incivility in politics and much more. Other features of the new edition include:
9780367464028
Great Britain--Politics and government--1997-
--Reading book
320.941 / POL