Change In British Politics

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

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.

First Published in 2004. The most striking change in British politics, during the seventies and early eighties, was the undermining and then the end of the post-war British consensus. That consensus had been long in decline before the final seals were set by Mrs Thatcher’s victories in 1979 and 1983. The consensus, and the end itself, had profound effects on the British polity: they unsettled the distribution of power within the political parties (and hence the working of the institutions of the government); the direction of economic policy, the character of local government, and relations between government and interest groups were transformed. What accounts for the ending, in the mid-1970s of the ‘policy consensus’ which characterised British politics for most of the post-war period? The essays in this collection seek to explore the causes, and some of the consequences, of this breakdown.

This book explores the political ideas that shaped post-war Britain. It does so by examining the history of Penguin Books, a publisher that played an important role in circulating ideas. By situating the publisher's books in their respective historical contexts, the book constructs a new story about post-war Britain. It suggests that the wartime period ushered in a 'meritocratic moment' in Britain's political history that was eclipsed from the mid-1970s.

This text thoroughly describes and analyzes British political institutions and behavior.