The parliamentary state
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The parliamentary state
Sage Publications, 1993
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Available at 23 libraries
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [217]-232) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This unique textbook addresses the `big questions' of political science: how the state operates and how it has been conceptualised in the United Kingdom. By focusing on parliamentarism and the key institution of parliament, it analyzes and illuminates both the theory and practice of the state. The result is a refreshingly lucid antidote to drier studies of the British constitution.
The book deals with the fundamental issues of modern British politics: the party system; the challenge of corporatism and interest groups; the organization and structure of the central state; the territorial debates around devolution and relations with the European Community; and constitutional reform
Table of Contents
Introduction
Origins and Development of the British Parliamentary State
Theories and Perspectives
The Party System
The Challenge of Interest Representation
Parliamentarism and the Central State
A Unitary and Centralised State?
The Parliamentary State in the 1990s
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