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Author : Fred W. S. Craig
Publisher : Dartmouth Publishing Company
ISBN 13 : 9780900178344
Total Pages : 521 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (783 download)
Download or read book British General Election Manifestos, 1959-1987 written by Fred W. S. Craig and published by Dartmouth Publishing Company. This book was released on 1990 with total page 521 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Anthony King
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 0199232326
Total Pages : 450 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (992 download)
Download or read book The British Constitution written by Anthony King and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2007 with total page 450 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the latter part of the nineteenth century Walter Bagehot wrote a classic account of the British constitution as it had developed during Queen Victoria's reign. He argued that the late Victorian constitution was not at all what people thought it was. Anthony King argues that the same is true at the beginning of this century. Most people are aware that a series of major constitutional changes has taken place, but few recognize that their cumulative effect has been to change entirely the nature of Britain's constitutional structure. The old constitution has gone. The author insists that the new constitution is a mess, but one that we should probably try to make the best of. The British Constitution is neither a reference book nor a textbook. Like Bagehot's classic, it is written with wit and mordant humour - by someone who is a journalist and political commentator as well as a distinguished academic. The author maintains that, although the new British constitution is a mess, there is no going back now. 'As always', he says, 'nostalgia is a good companion but a bad guide.' Highly charged issues that remain to be settled concern the relations between Scotland and England and the future of the House of Lords. A reformed House of Lords, the author fears, could wind up comprising 'a miscellaneous assemblage of party hacks, political careerists, clapped-out retired or defeated MPs, has-beens, never-were's and never-could-possibly-be's'. The book is a Bagehot for the twenty-first century - the product of a lifetime's reflection on British politics and essential reading for anyone interested in how the British system has changed and how it is likely to change in future
Author : Robert Blackburn
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1349240907
Total Pages : 500 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (492 download)
Download or read book The Electoral System in Britain written by Robert Blackburn and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-07-27 with total page 500 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This excellent new book provides a comprehensive account of the British system of parliamentary elections. It contains a description of the current structure and operation of the electoral system, and pays special attention to those subjects which have given rise to political concern or controversy in recent years. There is extensive analysis and commentary upon the different proposals for reform which are currently in debate, and the author puts forward his own conclusions on how the electoral system should be developed in the years ahead to modernise and improve the quality of representative democracy in Britain.
Author : William Mulligan
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 0230289622
Total Pages : 345 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (32 download)
Download or read book The Primacy of Foreign Policy in British History, 1660–2000 written by William Mulligan and published by Springer. This book was released on 2010-10-20 with total page 345 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: External challenges, strategic threats, and war have shaped the course of modern British history. This volume examines how Britain mobilized to meet these challenges and how developments in the constitution, state, public sphere, and economy were a response to foreign policy issues from the Restoration to the rise of New Labour.
Author : Raymond Plant
Publisher : Psychology Press
ISBN 13 : 9780415312837
Total Pages : 324 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (128 download)
Download or read book The Struggle for Labour's Soul written by Raymond Plant and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 2004 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contributors, ranging from Chancellor Gordon Brown to the Guardian newspaper's Polly Toybee, discuss the Labour Party's political philosophy and address key topics like globalization, constitutional reform, equality and the 'third way'.
Author : Iain Dale
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134625634
Total Pages : 379 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (346 download)
Download or read book Volume Three. Liberal Party General Election Manifestos 1900-1997 written by Iain Dale and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 379 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Volumes are available individually, if you are interested in only one Party This set has a new index, so any issue brought up in an election manifesto is searchable The material is up-to-date Iain Dale is a very well-known Westminster figure - he opened Politico's, Britain's first specialist political bookstore in Westminster, and has recently formed Politico's Publishing. Iain is a regular broadcaster on political issues. The set will have designy PPC covers rather than library buckram - rather like the Thomas Cook set
Author : M. Rosenbaum
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1349253111
Total Pages : 325 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (492 download)
Download or read book From Soapbox to Soundbite written by M. Rosenbaum and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-07-27 with total page 325 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Electioneering in Britain is now a highly sophisticated and professionalised activity. This is the first book to examine in detail the dramatic transformation since 1945 in the campaign techniques used by political parties. Organised according to a clear thematic structure, it analyses the development of each element of electioneering as well as overall issues such as agenda setting and negative campaigning. A comprehensive overview, this revealing and entertaining book draws on interviews with many key participants and research in party archives.
Author : Randall Hansen
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 0191583014
Total Pages : 318 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (915 download)
Download or read book Citizenship and Immigration in Postwar Britain written by Randall Hansen and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2000-06-01 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this contentious and ground-breaking study, the author draws on extensive archival research to provide a new account of the transforamtion of the United Kingdom into a multicultural society through an analysis of the evolution of immigration and citizenship policy since 1945. Against the prevailing academic orthodoxy, he argues that British immigration policy was not racist but both rational and liberal. - ;In this ground-breaking book, the author draws extensively on archival material and theortical advances in the social science literature. Citizenship and Immigration in Post-war Britain examines the transformation since 1945 of the UK from a homogeneous into a multicultural society. Rejecting a dominant strain of sociological and historical inquiry emphasizing state racism, Hansen argues that politicians and civil servants were overall liberal relative to the public, to which they owed their office, and that they pursued policies that were rational for any liberal democratic politician. He explains the trajectory of British migration and nationality policy - its exceptional liberality in the 1950s, its restrictiveness after then, and its tortured and seemingly racist definition of citizenship. The combined effect of a 1948 imperial definition of citizenship (adopted independently of immigration), and a primary commitment to migration from the Old Dominions, locked British politicians into a series of policy choices resulting in a migration and nationality regime that was not racist in intention, but was racist in effect. In the context of a liberal elite and an illiberal public, Britain's current restrictive migration policies result not from the faling of its policy-makers but from those of its institutions. -
Author : Lawrence Black
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351959174
Total Pages : 282 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (519 download)
Download or read book An Affluent Society? written by Lawrence Black and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-07-28 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During an election speech in 1957 the Prime Minister, Harold Macmillan, famously remarked that 'most of our people have never had it so good'. Although taken out of context, this phrase soon came to epitomize the sense of increased affluence and social progress that was prevalent in Britain during the 1950s and 1960s. Yet, despite the recognition that Britain had moved away from an era of rationing and scarcity, to a new age of choice and plenty, there was simultaneously a parallel feeling that the nation was in decline and being economically outstripped by its international competitors. Whilst the study of Britain's postwar history is a well-trodden path, and the paradox of absolute growth versus relative decline much debated, it is here approached in a fresh and rewarding way. Rather than highlighting economic and industrial 'decline', this volume emphasizes the tremendous impact of rising affluence and consumerism on British society. It explores various expressions of affluence: new consumer goods; shifting social and cultural values; changes in popular expectations of policy; shifting popular political behaviour; changing attitudes of politicians towards the electorate; and the representation of affluence in popular culture and advertising. By focusing on the widespread cultural consequences of increasing levels of consumerism, emphasizing growth over decline and recognizing the rising standards of living enjoyed by most Britons, a new and intriguing window is opened on the complexities of this 'golden age'. Contrasting growing consumer expectations and demands against the anxieties of politicians and economists, this book offers all students of the period a new perspective from which to view post-imperial Britain and to question many conventional historical assumptions.
Author : Bob Nicholls
Publisher : Manchester University Press
ISBN 13 : 1526124793
Total Pages : 159 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (261 download)
Download or read book The British political elite and Europe, 1959-1984 written by Bob Nicholls and published by Manchester University Press. This book was released on 2019-01-06 with total page 159 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book offers an original interpretation of Britain’s relationship with Europe over a 25 year period: 1959-84 and advances the argument that the current problems over EU membership resulted from much earlier political machinations. This evidence based account of the seminal period analyses the applications for EEC membership, the 1975 referendum, and the role of the press. Was the British public misled over the true aims of the European project? How significant was the role of the press in changing public opinion from anti, to pro Common Market membership? Why, after over 40 years since Britain became a member of the European community, does the issue continue to deeply divide not only the political elite, but also the British public? These, and other pertinent questions are answered in this timely book on a subject that remains topical and highly controversial.
Author : D. Keohane
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 023051121X
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (35 download)
Download or read book Security in British Politics 1945-99 written by D. Keohane and published by Springer. This book was released on 2000-08-21 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Keohane examines the main British political parties' attitude to Britain's policy on three key security issues, namely the use of force, nuclear weapons and security in Northern Ireland. He analyses how each of the parties viewed conflicts at Suez, the Falklands and the Gulf, elucidates their perspective on nuclear weapons and concludes with a review of their attitude towards security in Northern Ireland. The book finds the parties' policies reflect their distinctive views on security while international conditions often severely affect the policy pursued.
Author : Ruth-Blandina M. Quinn
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 0429823304
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (298 download)
Download or read book Public Policy and the Arts: A Comparative Study of Great Britain and Ireland written by Ruth-Blandina M. Quinn and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-08-20 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1998, this volume considers the subject of arts policy as a subject of public policy making proper in UK and Ireland, with a particular focus on theatre as a profession rather than a mere hobby. Previous studies have placed the burden of policy improvements on the arts themselves, looking at what ‘the arts’ can do to be worthy of government funding and favourable policy, and have seen government actions as if they have a uniform effect. This study takes ‘the arts’ out of the abstract and discusses specific ways that diverse activities with even more diverse needs can be best approached with government policy, assessing the strengths and weaknesses of government initiatives. It is aimed at both political scientists and anyone with an interest in arts and cultural policy.
Author : David Thackeray
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0198843038
Total Pages : 257 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (988 download)
Download or read book Age of Promises written by David Thackeray and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2021 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Age of Promises explores the issue of electoral promises in twentieth century Britain - how they were made, how they were understood, and how they evolved across time - through a study of general election manifestos and election addresses. The authors argue that a history of the act of making promises - which is central to the political process, but which has not been sufficiently analysed - illuminates the development of political communication and democratic representation. The twentieth century saw a broad shift away from politics viewed as a discursive process whereby, at elections, it was enough to set out broad principles, with detailed policymaking to follow once in office following reflection and discussion. Over the first part of the century parties increasingly felt required to compile lists of specific policies to offer to voters, which they were then considered to have an obligation to carry out come what may. From 1945 onwards, moreover, there was even more focus on detailed, costed, pledges. We live in an age of growing uncertainty over the authority and status of political promises. In the wake of the 2016 EU referendum controversy erupted over parliamentary sovereignty. Should 'the will of the people' as manifested in the referendum result be supreme, or did MPs owe a primary responsibility to their constituents and/or to the party manifestos on which they had been elected? Age of Promises demonstrates that these debates build on a long history of differing understandings about what status of manifestos and addresses should have in shaping the actions of government.
Author : Jim Tomlinson
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0198786093
Total Pages : 289 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (987 download)
Download or read book Managing the Economy, Managing the People written by Jim Tomlinson and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2017 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a distinctive new account of British economic life since the Second World War, showing how successive governments have managed the British people by managing the narrative on economic matters, from the post-war notion of austerity to the recent 'debts and deficits' of post-financial crash Britain
Author : Jon Davis
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0826436331
Total Pages : 266 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (264 download)
Download or read book Prime Ministers and Whitehall 1960-74 written by Jon Davis and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2007-10-05 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The study of prime ministers and the reforms of British central government in any era are fascinating. The interaction between the temporary, often inexperienced, but largely elected ministers and the experienced, but theoretically subservient, senior civil servants provides enormous interest. It is a matter that relates directly to many of the battles going on in British politics today. This book concentrates on the Harold Macmillan, Harold Wilson, Alec Douglas-Home and Edward Heath years when the battle between the Civil Service and the Government was at its most intense. What makes this book even more compelling is that many of the key players have given their own published accounts since leaving office - including Richard Crossman, Barbara Castle and Tony Benn. Dr Jon Davis` book is based on years of meticulous research and it will be essential reading for any historian or student of British politics during the post-war years.
Author : David Broughton
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135205450
Total Pages : 308 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (352 download)
Download or read book British Elections and Parties Yearbook 1994 written by David Broughton and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-03-05 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume combines current academic research on British elections, parties and public opinion with a detailed reference section including a chronology of the major political events of 1993, opinion polls and by-election results for 1993, as well as an up-to-date digest of party and media addresses and contacts.
Author : R. Barker
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 0230287530
Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (32 download)
Download or read book Making Enemies written by R. Barker and published by Springer. This book was released on 2006-12-07 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Whom a prime minister or president will not shake hands with is still more noticed than with whom they will. Public identity can afford to be ambiguous about friends, but not about enemies. Barker examines the accounts of how enmity functions in the cultivation of identity, how essential or avoidable it is, and what the global consequences are.
