British political parties today
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British political parties today
（Politics today）
Manchester University Press , Distributed exclusively in the USA and Canada by St Martin's Press, c1993
- : hard
- : paper
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Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This textbook analyzes the major political parties in Britain - their ideals, organization, electoral records and prospects and the effect they have on British politics and society. The authors begin by asking why parties exist and then examine the changing electoral structure and shifting policy context of Britain's "party system". They assess the history, philosophy, organization and leadership of the major parties, the shifts in these areas during the Thatcher years and the questions posed to all the British parties by the prospect of European integration - an issue with profound implications for both the conduct and scope of party politics in Britain. Although a strong sense of history provides the context for the analysis, the book is also fully up-to-date, with an account of the Conservatives under John Major, the Labour Party inherited by John Smith and the challenges facing Paddy Ashdown's Liberal Democrats.
Table of Contents
- Why do parties exist?
- Britain's party system - a two-party affair?
- Britain's party system - consensus on disunity?
- the Conservative party - theory and practice
- the Conservative party - organization, membership and authority
- the Labour party - theory and practice
- the Labour party - organization, membership and authority
- the centre of British party politics
- political parties and electoral behaviour
- are parties making a difference?.
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