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Autore |
Weir Stuart |
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Titolo |
Political power and democratic control in Britain : the democratic audit of the United Kingdom / / Stuart Weir and David Beetham |
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London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 1999 |
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ISBN |
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1-134-86411-6 |
1-134-86412-4 |
1-280-32182-2 |
0-203-42312-7 |
0-415-24616-4 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (543 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Disciplina |
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306.2/0941 |
320.941 |
321.80941 |
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Soggetti |
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Democracy - Great Britain |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Front Cover; Political Power and Democratic Control in Britain; Copyright Page; Contents; List of figures, tables and boxes; Foreword; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations and acronyms; Introduction; 1. Auditing Democracy in Britain: Introducing the Democratic Criteria; 2. Ancient and Modern: The governing culture in Britain; Part 1: Elections and Mandates; Introduction; 3. The Other National Lottery: The political effects of Westminster elections; 4. The Independence of Elections: Government and outside influences on elections; 5. Sticking to the Manifesto: Election mandates in action |
Part 2: The Core ExecutiveIntroduction; 6. Does The Cabinet Really Govern?: Cabinet government or quasi-presidential rule?; 7. Ministers and Mandarins: The powers of ministers, bureaucrats and their departments; 8. Agents of Power: The role of agencies and quangos in government; 9. Government Below the Centre: Government at regional and local level; 10. Networks in Power: External influences working within government; 11. The Rules of the Game: Britain's informal and flexible executive; Part 3: Checks and Balances; Introduction |
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