Concise, comprehensive and accessible, Exploring British Politics presents an insightful and fresh approach to British politics with a special emphasis on recent developments. Designed to stimulate critical analysis and provoke lively debate, it provides new perspectives on two key themes; the health of British democracy and the transition from ...
Investigating think tanks on both sides of the political divide, the author defines these groups in the context of British politics, explores their impact on the climate of opinion, and calculates how effective they have been in influencing government in general and key policy areas in particular. Think tanks have rarely come under the spotlight ...
This comprehensive survey of the events, people and themes that makes us who we are explores the interwoven culture, society, politics and economics of the recent past. Two hundred concise essays cover topics as diverse as pornography and the poll tax, the Blitz and New Labour. The object of the book is not only to lay bare the facts of today's ...
This is a comprehensive survey of events, people and themes that make us who we are. In 200 concise essays, covering topics as diverse as pornography and the poll tax, the Blitz and New Labour, the authors explore the interwoven culture, society, politics and economics of the recent past.
Willie Whitelaw (1918-99) was one of the most popular politicians of recent times. During a career lasting half a century, he made friends everywhere - among allies and opponents, officials who worked with him, and the general public. Yet Whitelaw was deeply involved in policies which have caused lasting bitterness. As the first Secretary of State ...
In 1975, Britons spent much of their time complaining - and for good reasons. A Labour government with a wafer-thin majority was struggling in vain against rampant inflation. Trade union officials seemed more powerful than the politicians who had been elected through the democratic process. Even Londoners now considered themselves to be on the ...
In a political career that has spanned more than half a century, Lord Alport of Colchester has been at the heart of British politics. MP, Minister, diplomat and peer, Alport's career is an inside account of party politics, political machinations, and Britain finding a new role in the world. "Rab" Butler's right-hand man; founder of the influential ...
This book shows the importance of political ideas in policy-making and demonstrates the extent to which pragmatic considerations preclude the imposition of rigid ideological programmes. It charts the decline of the postwar British 'consensus', the changing face of both the Conservative and Labour parties under the long shadow of Thatcherism, and ...
Liberal values are the hallmark of a civilised society, but depend on an optimistic view of the human condition. Stripped of this essential ingredient, liberalism has become a hollow abstraction. Tracing its effects through the media, politics and the public services, the book argues that hollowed-out liberalism has helped to produce our present ...
Think tanks are increasingly prominent players in the political life of many countries. In addition to their perceived influence on the climate of ideas, policy and governance across nations, they also enjoy a very high media profile. Yet there are few studies of why and how think tanks have developed in individual countries and comparative ...
This book outlines and evaluates the political thought of the Conservative Party through a detailed examination of its principal thinkers from Harold Macmillan to the present. Traditionally, the Conservative Party has been regarded as a vote-gathering machine rather than a vehicle for ideas. This book redresses the balance through a series of ...
A radical and critical history of the British Conservative Party ranging from 1945 to the late 1990s. Gilmour represents the views of the Conservative Left, silenced for 15 years by obsessive Thatcherite dogma but whose tradition runs deeper in both Party and country than the Right recognize.
This text provides a timely and important analysis of the Conservative Party's spell in opposition following the 1997 general election. It includes chapters by leading academic experts on the party and commentaries by three senior Conservative politicians: Lord Parkinson, Andrew Lansley MP and Ian Taylor MP. Having been the dominant force in ...
*Specifically designed to be the right length and at the right level for guided reading and writhing sessions. *Each book is divided into three sections for three different reading levels. *Differences in readability are not obvious to children and books simply look like anthologies. *Teacher's Notes emphasise the partnership between reading and ...
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