Description: Part 1 Background Explaining British Politics: International, Social and Historical Contexts 'Fixing' Institutions and Relationships: The British World System 1850-1930 From Protection Back to Free Trade 1931-1998 Britain in Europe Europe in Britain The (Dis)UNited Kingdom? Ireland, Scotland and Wales Part 2 Government A British Constitution? The Core Executive - Prime Minister and Cabinet Ministries, Ministers and Mandarins: Central Government in Britain The Changing State: Administrative Reforms Judicial Review of Administration Part 3 Participation Pressure Groups The Nature and Impact of the Mass Media The Mass Media and Pluralist Democracy in Britain Elections and Voting Political Parties and Party Factions Part 4 Representation Party Ideologies and Political Representation Parties and Parliament Local Democracy Part 5 Order Courts and Judges The Police and Policing Security and Secrecy Part 6 Policy Foreign and Defence Policy Environmental Policy Economic Policy Social Policy Equal Opportunities Part 7 The New British Politics A New Politics? British Democracy? Glossary List of abbreviations Author Index Subject Index

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