Half a century of British politics
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Half a century of British politics
Manchester University Press , distributed in the USA by St. Martin's Press, 1997
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- pbk.
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This volume brings together leading authorities in political science to assess 50 years of British political life from 1947. Retreat from empire to Europe, with all the adjustments which this entailed, is explored along with the changing nature of politics at home. The withdrawal of the welfare state, the persistence of poverty, along with the changing role of the state in society, are examined in terms of changing ideas and definitions. Political leadership, the changing party system, developments in the political culture, the growth in pressure group activity and the rise of the mass media are dissected to reveal critical events, trends and processes. The growing crisis in the territorial dimension of the United, or Disunited, Kingdom is discussed. Finally the impact of the information technology revolution on the scope and operation of government is assessed along with the constant urge to reform government in search of a better way. -- .
Table of Contents
- End of war Britain, Bill Jones and Lynton Robins
- Britain and the world, David Sanders
- the welfare state - changes and challenges, Paul Wilding and Marion Crowley
- from provider to enabler - the changing role of the state, Martin Burch and Bruce Wood
- political leadership, Philip Norton
- British parties in the last fifty years, Stephen Ingle
- the promise of reform, Philip Cowley
- elections and voting behaviour in postwar Britain, David Denver
- political and cultural change in postwar Britain, Bill Jones and Lynton Robins
- the mass media and politics, Kenneth Newton
- pressure groups, Wyn Grant
- the disunited kingdom - the territorial dimension of British politics, Roger Levy
- the technological "revolution" in government, John Street
- end of century Britain, Bill Jones and Lynton Robins.
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