Synopses & Reviews
Fully revised and updated with a brand new, student-friendly design, Dennis Kavanagh's successful
British Politics: Continuities and Change provides a classic introductory text for undergraduate students.
Widely acknowledged throughout the world as a leading expert on UK politics, Kavanagh has produced a lucid analysis of the British political system, designed for anyone taking a first course in the subject. Written in a clear, accessible style, with a brand new text design for quick and easy reference, British Politics covers all topics covered on undergraduate courses.
New features for the Third edition include:
Two completely new chapters - Britain and Europe and The Mass Media and Politics, plus a re- assessment of the Irish Question in the light of the paramilitary Ceasefire
New, larger format and a more accessible layout
Boxed case studies highlighting key issues
Innovative diagrams and illustrations complementing the text
Student-friendly features, including essay topics, chronologies, chapter summaries, and guides to further reading
Review
From the second edition: "A thorough and balanced study."--
Times Educational Supplement"It must be a leading candidate for the basic text in any university course in British politics."--Times Higher Education Supplement
"The best British Politics textbook available for first-year undergraduates."--Dr. R. Garner, Buckingham University
"Effortless reading, distinctly student-friendly."--Talking Politics
"An attractively written book which offers some provocative insights."--Parliamentary Affairs
Review
From the second edition:"`A thorough and balanced study."--
Times Educational SupplementSynopsis
This comprehensive and newly-revised text surveys not only such familiar topics as the Cabinet, Parliament, parties, pressure groups, and local government but also such often neglected issues as political culture, corporatism, the police and judiciary, the mass media, political recruitment and political style, and economic decline.
Synopsis
This splendid resource provides a concise introduction to British politics. Dennis Kavanagh's revised and fully updated text offers an up-to-date profile of politics and the system of government in Britain. New topics include an assessment of the first three years of Labour government and the issues surrounding devolution and constitutional change. Contemporary developments are placed in their historical context, allowing an understanding of the ways in which the politics of the 1980's and 1990's have shaped and affect current issues.
Synopsis
This comprehensive and newly-revised text surveys not only such familiar topics as the Cabinet, Parliament, parties, pressure groups, and local government but also such often neglected issues as political culture, corporatism, the police and judiciary, the mass media, political recruitment and political style, and economic decline.
Synopsis
This comprehensive and up-to-date volume not only looks at the familiar issues of British politics and government-Cabinet, Parliament, parties local government, and pressure groups-but also at those that are less frequently explored-political culture, corporatism, the mass media, political recruitment, and the politics of economic decline. The book analyzes both the underlying trends and the political changes of the 1970's and 1980's for example, Kavanagh considers the changing nature of Britain's party system, the growing tensions between local and central government, the changing power of the trade unions, and Margaret Thatcher's impact on the role of Prime Minister. The book concludes with a stimulating discussion of the distribution of power in Britain.
Description
Includes bibliographical references (p. [363]-369) and index.
About the Author
Dennis Kavanagh is Professor of Politics at the University of Liverpool. He has written numerous books on British Politics, including
The Powers behind the Prime Minister (Harper Collins, 1999) and
British Politics Today 6/e (Manchester University Press, 1998).
Table of Contents
1. Understanding British Politics