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British politics /
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Autor principal: | |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London :
Routledge,
2020.
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| Edición: | Second edition. |
| Colección: | The Basics Ser.
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| Temas: | |
| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover
- Half Title
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication
- Table of Contents
- List of figures
- List of tables
- List of boxes
- Preface
- Part I: Introduction
- Chapter 1: British politics in flux
- MPs' Expenses Claims
- A Watershed Moment?
- Turbulence Begins: The Scottish Referendum
- General Election, 2015
- EU Referendum, 23 June 2016
- Cameron Resigns
- May in Government: A 'Land Grab' for the Centre Ground?
- 'Brexit means Brexit'
- The June 2017 General Election
- Cautious May's Big Gamble
- A Continuity Election
- Attempted Explanations for this Period of Political Turbulence
- Further Reading
- Chapter 2: The evolution of Britain's political system
- The Witan
- Curia Regis
- Lords and commons meet separately
- Parliament's authority increases
- Civil war, 1640-49
- Glorious revolution, 1688-89
- The hanoverian dynasty
- The first prime minister
- Political parties
- Patronage
- The enlightenment
- The influence of the French revolution, 1789
- Great reform act 1832
- Political parties from the mid-nineteenth to the late twentieth century
- Lords-commons conflict resolved
- Further lords reforms
- Parliamentary terms
- Votes for women
- Devolution
- Epilogue
- Questions for Discusion
- Further Reading
- Websites
- Part II: The political context
- Chapter 3: Introductory overview of the British political system
- The underlying ideas
- Voting and party government
- The major parties
- Legislature: House of commons and house of Lords
- The executive
- Pressure groups
- Local government
- European union
- The media
- Questions for discussion
- Further reading
- Websites
- Chapter 4: The social and economic context
- Economic beginnings
- Imperial beginnings
- Industrial revolution and the marxist analysis
- Changing class strata
- Why no revolution?
- Social mobility and education
- Economic inequality
- Inequalities of the 1980s have never ben erased
- Land ownership
- Regional differences
- Gender
- Ethnicity
- Questions for discussion
- Further reading
- Websites
- Chapter 5: Political culture
- Political culture
- Key historical factors in the evolution of British political culture
- Economic influences
- The constitution
- Extremism
- Deference
- Civil society
- Crime
- Welfare state
- Is British society too open?
- MPs' expenses and the erosion of trust
- The 'Celebrity Politician'
- Conclusion
- Questions for discussion
- Further reading
- Chapter 6: The unwritten constitution
- Historical emergence of constitutions
- 'Dignified' and 'efficient'
- Parliamentary sovereignty
- Sources of the constitution
- Amendment of the constitution
- Separation of powers
- Moran's 'core' and 'contested' elements of the constitution
- 'Core'
- 'Contested'
- Current constitutional issues
- Further reading
- Websites
- Chapter 7: Political ideas I: up to New Labour