Synopses & Reviews
The British political system, though often criticized, has been the model and the inspiration for many national governments world-wide. It is the center of controversial debate within Britain itself. Yet over the 130 years since Bagehot wrote his English Constitution, no historian has investigated in depth how it has evolved in all its dimensions, and few political scientists have looked further back than the Second World War. This is the first book to provide a detailed explanation of how the British political system came to acquire the form it has today.
Review
"...Succeeds in filling the gap between historians hesitant to address contemporary concerns and political scientists who give an insufficiently broad context for events. Sophisticated enough for scholars, it also offers insights to students and general readers interested in the roots of current concerns."--History
"...Transformation is a challenging but rewarding reconstruction of "a living Constitution" that leaves all historians of modern Britain in its debt; no doubt a resurrected Bagehot would be fascinated by this account of its continuous evolution."--Albion