British government and politics [[electronic resource] ] : balancing Europeanization and independence / / Michael L. Mannin

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910457134103321
• Autore: Mannin Michael L
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Lanham, Md., : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, c2010
• ISBN: 1-282-60760-X; 9786612607608; 0-7425-6777-X
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (717 p.)
• Collana: Europe today
• Disciplina: 320.441
• Soggetti: Electronic books.; Great Britain Politics and government
• 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 and index.
• Nota di contenuto: British Government and Politics; EUROPE TODAY; British Government and Politics; Balancing Europeanization and Independence; Michael L. Mannin; Contents; Figures, Tables, and Textboxes; FIGURES; TABLES; TEXTBOXES; Preface; Abbreviations; Introduction; British Politics and Europe; SOMETHING DIFFERENT; EUROPEANIZATION; ORGANIZATION OF THE BOOK; FURTHER READING; ; The Development of the British State; Stories and Models; A BRITISH OR ENGLISH STORY?; BRITAIN IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY: WORLD WARS, COLD WAR; THE POST-1945 LEGACY: FINDING A NEW ROLE; CONTEMPORARY MODELS OF BRITISH POLITICS; CONCLUSION; FURTHER READING; Economic and Social Change; GLOBALIZATION; EUROPEANIZATION; THE TECHNO REVOLUTION; THE POSTWAR WELFARE SOCIETY; INCOME, WEALTH, AND WELL-BEING; DEMOGRAPHIC CHANGE; SOCIAL CHANGE AND GENDER; ETHNICITY: NEW HORIZONS OR URBAN GHETTOS; THE CLASS FACTOR: DEFINING OR DECLINING?; RELIGION AND SOCIAL CHANGE; THE PROBLEM OF IDENTITY: TOWARD A MODULAR SOCIETY?; CONCLUSION; FURTHER READING; ; British Politics and Constitutional Change; THE "BACK-OF-THE-ENVELOPE" CONSTITUTION; THE PRINCIPLES OF THE CONSTITUTION: THE BACKDROP TO CHANGE; THE LAST ANCIEN RÉGIME; DIVERSITY IN UNITY?; MIXING POWERS-OR MIXED-UP GOVERNMENT?EU MEMBERSHIP: DIRECT AND INDIRECT CONSTITUTIONAL EFFECTS; THE CONSTITUTION AND LABOUR: MODERNIZED, REVOLUTIONIZED, OR TRAUMATIZED?; TOWARD A EUROPEAN MULTILEVEL CONSTITUTION?; CONCLUSION; FURTHER READING; ; Parliamentary Representation and the Legislative Process; Models of Representation; STILL REPRESENTING BRITAIN? THE COMMONS AND THE LORDS; THE EU: DROWNING OR POOLING SOVEREIGNTY?; CONCLUSION; FURTHER READING; ; Beyond Parliament; Multilevel Representation; LOCAL GOVERNMENT: FROM A CONSTITUTIONAL BALANCE TO ADMINISTRATIVE NECESSITY; DEVOLUTION: LETTING THE TIGERS LOOSE?WELSH DEVOLUTION-OR BIG LOCAL GOVERNMENT?; NORTHERN IRELAND-DEVOLUTION ON TRIAL; THE EU AND THE REPRESENTATION OF BRITAIN'S CITIZENS; CONCLUSION: BRITAIN'S DEMOCRATIC DEFICIT; FURTHER READING; ; Parties and Why Citizens Vote for Them; THE LABOUR PARTY; THE CONSERVATIVE PARTY; NATIONALIST PARTIES: CELTIC, BRITISH, AND ENGLISH; POSTMATERIALIST PARTIES; PARTY MEMBERSHIP, APATHY, AND FUNDING; VOTING AND PARTY PREFERENCE; WHICH ELECTORAL ISSUES ARE MOST IMPORTANT?; PARTIES AND THE STRANGE EFFECT OF THE EU; CONCLUSION; FURTHER READING; Participation, Pressure Groups, and the MediaCIVIL SOCIETY IN BRITAIN; ORGANIZED INTERESTS AND PRESSURE POLITICS; THE EU AND INTEREST GROUP ACTIVITY; A EUROPEANIZATION OF BRITISH INTEREST GROUPS?; A EUROPEANIZATION OF INTERESTS?; COMMUNICATING INTERESTS AND IDEAS- THE BRITISH MEDIA; THE PRESS, THE POLITICIAN, WORCESTER WOMAN, AND THE EU; CONCLUSION; FURTHER READING; ; The Executive; Managing Decline in a Shrinking World?; THE EXECUTIVE: FUNCTIONS AND POWERS; THE EXECUTIVE AND THE DOMESTIC POLICY PROCESS; THE PRIME MINISTER'S OFFICE; TREASURY POLITICS: THE DUAL EXECUTIVE; THE EXECUTIVE AND EU INTEGRATION
• Sommario/riassunto: This deeply informed text sets the government and politics of Britain firmly in the context of Britain's enduring membership in the European Union. Michael L. Mannin thoroughly applies the concept of ""Europeanization"" across the political system to explore how far change is a product of Britain's interdependent relationship with the EU. Ideal for courses in British and European politics, this book breaks new ground in exploring the complex interdependence that the EU should bring to the study of European political systems.