Political issues in Britain today / edited by Bill Jones.

Format
Book
Language
English
Εdition
5th ed., rev. and completely updated.
Published/​Created
Manchester ; New York : Manchester University Press, 1999.
Description
xiii, 433 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

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    Notes
    Previous ed.: 1994.
    Bibliographic references
    Includes bibliographical references and index.
    Action note
    Committed to retain in perpetuity — ReCAP Shared Collection (HUL)
    Contents
    • Tony Blair's style of government: an interim assessment
    • The House of Commons: the half empty bottle of reform
    • Reforming the electoral system
    • The present usefulness of the House of Commons
    • Do we need the monarchy?
    • Leaders or led? Senior ministers in British government
    • Devolution
    • Who makes policy? Policy making in local government
    • The education issue: raising the standard or beating the retreat?
    • The politics of health
    • Reforming welfare
    • Privatisation
    • Crime and punishment
    • Environmental policy: too little too late?
    • Sleaze: standards in public life
    • Party finance
    • The debate about the welfare state
    • Placing New Labour
    • Conservatism after Major
    • Britain and the European Union
    • Economic and monetary unionPrevious ed.: 1994.
    ISBN
    • 0719054311
    • 071905432X (pbk.)
    OCLC
    41017782
    RCP
    H - S
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