British Politics

ROBERT LEACH Principal Lecturer at Leeds Metropolitan University, UK, where he is now a Visiting Reader following his retirement from teaching. He has written extensively on British government, local government and ideologies. Recent publications for Palgrave Macmillan include Local Governance in Britain and Political Ideology in Britain. BILL COXALL was sometime Senior Lecturer in Humanities, Brighton University, UK. LYNTON ROBINS taught Politics at De Montfort University and was editor of Talking Politics, the journal of the Politics Association. He was Chief Examiner for Government and Politics at A-Level.

PART I: PEOPLE AND POLITICS.- Politics, Democracy and Power.- The Shadow of the Past: British Politics since 1945.- Economy, Society and Politics.- Participating in Politics.- Elections and Voting.- Political Parties.- Ideologies, Parties and Interests.- Pressure groups and Social Movements.- Political Communication and the Mass Media.- PART II: GOVERNMENT AND GOVERNANCE.- The Changing British System of Government.- Prime Minister and Cabinet.- Ministers, Departments and the Civil Service.- Parliament and the Legislative Process.- The Law, Politics and the Judicial Process.- Britain and Europe.- Devolution: a Disunited Kingdom?.- Local Government and Politics.- The New British State.- PART III: ISSUES AND POLICIES.- Issues, Problems and The Policy Process.- Managing the Economy.- Government Spending: Delivering Public Services.- Rights, Equality and Social Justice .- Politics and The Environment.- Britain and the World: Making Foreign Policy.