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Record Nr.

UNINA9910449860303321

Autore

Birch Anthony Harold

Titolo

The British system of government / / Anthony H. Birch

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1998

ISBN

1-134-67057-5

1-280-53922-4

9786610539222

0-203-02439-7

Edizione

[10th ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (272 p.)

Disciplina

320.441

Soggetti

Electronic books.

Great Britain Politics and government 1945-

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 276-281) and index.

Nota di contenuto

BOOK COVER; HALF-TITLE; SERIES-TITLE; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; DEDICATION; CONTENTS; LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS; PREFACE TO THE TENTH EDITION; PART I: THE SOCIAL BASIS; 1. BRITISH SOCIETY AND THE BRITISH PEOPLE; PART II: THE CONSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK; 2. THE NATURE OF THE CONSTITUTION; 3. THE DEVELOPMENT OF LIBERAL INSTITUTIONS; 4. THE SURVIVAL OF MEDIEVAL INSTITUTIONS; PART III: THE ACTORS AND THEIR ROLES; 5. ELECTORS AND VOTERS; 7. PRESSURE GROUPS; 8. POLITICIANS AND LEADERS; 9. GOVERNMENT AND OPPOSITION; 10. CIVIL SERVANTS; PART IV: THE PROCESS OF GOVERNMENT; 11. ADMINISTRATION AND POLICY-MAKING

12. PARLIAMENT AND THE ADMINISTRATION13. CHANGING THE LAW; 14. GOVERNMENT AT THE LOCAL LEVEL; 15. THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY AND UNION; 16. CONDUCTING FOREIGN POLICY; PART V: THE CITIZEN AND THE GOVERNMENT; 17. CITIZENS' RIGHTS AND THE LAW; 18. MERITS AND PROBLEMS OF BRITISH GOVERNMENT; APPENDIX: NOTES ON THE POLITICS OF NORTHERN IRELAND; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

<P>The tenth edition of this acclaimed text continues to provide a lively, comprehensive and up-to-date account of British political institutions, of the way in which they operate, and of the society in which they developed. It includes new sections on the following key



areas: the monarchy and the House of Lords the 1997 general election the transformation of the Labour party and the demise of the Tory's the European Union devolution the judicial system Northern Ireland.</P>