LEADER 04231oam 22006851c 450 001 9910811538303321 005 20200115203623.0 010 $a1-4725-5969-X 010 $a1-280-80800-4 010 $a9786610808007 010 $a1-84731-057-5 024 7 $a10.5040/9781472559692 035 $a(CKB)1000000000338389 035 $a(EBL)270676 035 $a(OCoLC)476004651 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000115005 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11128467 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000115005 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10137804 035 $a(PQKB)10947217 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1772509 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC270676 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1772509 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10276026 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL80800 035 $a(OCoLC)893332126 035 $a(OCoLC)1057394569 035 $a(UtOrBLW)bpp09255775 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL270676 035 $a(OCoLC)936847354 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000338389 100 $a20140929d2005 fy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aBritish government in crisis, or, The third English revolution /$fChristopher Foster 205 $a1st ed. 210 1$aOxford $aPortland, Oregon $cHart Publishing $d2005. 215 $a1 online resource (334 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-84113-549-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages [301]-311) and index 327 $aPart 1: The Old Regime -- Part 2: First Stages of Revolution -- Part 3: Background to the Revolution -- Part 4: The Revolution -- Part 5: What Next -- Conclusion: Where Do We Go From Here? 330 8 $aWhy are we badly governed? Why has a system of government - the envy of the world as recently as the 1970s - developed so many defects? Why is there such a gulf between political classes, who seem to believe the position satisfactory or inevitable, and the general public, increasingly disaffected by politics and government? This book argues that the defects are not attributable to one political party. Some factors are outside politicians' control: the globalization of economic activity; the changes in international politics after the end of Soviet Russia; the adverse consequences of more dominating and competitive media. Some other factors are widely recognized: the decline of the cabinet and the marginalizing of Parliament; the influence of spin on our political culture; the increased role of political and special advisers. But others are not as well understood. Among them are the decline in the authority of many ministers, the undermining of the constitutional position and consequent effectiveness of the civil service, the fragmentation of government and the public sector into a mass of bodies with complex but ill-defined relations between them, and the ramifying of a system of government which, despite its protestations, is less interested in delivering results than managing news. The book traces these developments, especially over the last 25 years, but most intensively since 1997. It looks to a major change in the ways of government. It doubts whether a change of prime minister or party would remove current defects. It considers other possible alternatives, particularly a constitutional change to a 'presidential' system of government, or the introduction of a legal constitution. It concludes by arguing that, although venturing in new and untried directions might seem attractive, improvement - radical improvement - of the system we have is more likely to achieve better government and restore public confidence 517 3 $aBritish government in crisis 517 3 $aThird English revolution 606 $2Constitutional & administrative law 607 $aGreat Britain$xPolitics and government$y1979-1997 607 $aGreat Britain$xPolitics and government$y1997- 676 $a320.941 700 $aFoster$b Christopher D.$011753 801 0$bUtOrBLW 801 1$bUtOrBLW 801 2$bUkLoBP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910811538303321 996 $aBritish government in crisis, or, The third English revolution$93961245 997 $aUNINA