Contemporary British Politics

BILL COXALL was sometime Senior Lecturer in Humanities, Brighton University. - LYNTON ROBINS is Coordinator for Public Policy, De Montfort University and AQA Chief Examiner for Government and Politics A level. His recent books include Debates in British Politics Today and British Politics Since the War. - ROBERT LEACH is Principal Lecturer in Government, Leeds Metropolitan University. His other books include Local Governance in Britain and Political Ideology in Britain. -

PART 1: THE CONTEXT OF BRITISH POLITICS - Politics, Democracy and Power - Economy, Society and Government - The Historical Context: British Politics Since 1945 - Political Ideologies: The Battle of Ideas - PART 2: PARTICIPATING IN POLITICS - Ways of Participating in Politics - Elections and Electoral Reform - Voting Behaviour - Political Parties - Pressure Group Politics - The Mass Media and Politics - PART 3: BRITISH GOVERNMENT: WESTMINSTER AND WHITEHALL - Changing Forms of Governance: The Evolving Constitution - Prime Minister and Cabinet - Ministers, Departments and the Civil Service - Parliament and the Legislative Process - The Law, Politics and the Judicial Process - PART 4: MULTI-LEVEL GOVERNANCE - BEYOND WHITEHALL AND WESTMINSTER - Britain and the European Union - Devolution - the Disunited Kingdom - Local Governance - The New British State: Towards Multi-level Governance - PART 5: POLICY AND ISSUES - The Policy Process - Managing the Economy - Delivering Public Services - Tackling Poverty and Exclusion - The Politics of Diversity - Politics and the Environment - Foreign and Defence Policies - Who Governs? Power and the New British Politics