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  • © 2003

Contemporary British Politics

  • Fully revised and updated edition of this bestselling and highly respected core text
    Full coverage of Labour's first year: the st textbook that is genuinely about British politics under Blair
    Entirely new design featuring learning objectives, onpage definitions and an entirely new programme of charts, diagrams and illustrative material

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Table of contents (27 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxiii
  2. The Context of British Politics

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
    2. Politics, Democracy and Power

      • Bill Coxall, Lynton Robins, Robert Leach
      Pages 3-15
    3. Economy, society and politics

      • Bill Coxall, Lynton Robins, Robert Leach
      Pages 16-31
    4. The historical context: British politics since 1945

      • Bill Coxall, Lynton Robins, Robert Leach
      Pages 32-49
    5. Political ideologies: the battle of ideas

      • Bill Coxall, Lynton Robins, Robert Leach
      Pages 50-72
  3. Participating in Politics

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 73-73
    2. Ways of participating in politics

      • Bill Coxall, Lynton Robins, Robert Leach
      Pages 75-87
    3. Election systems and electoral reform

      • Bill Coxall, Lynton Robins, Robert Leach
      Pages 88-98
    4. Voting behaviour

      • Bill Coxall, Lynton Robins, Robert Leach
      Pages 99-114
    5. Political parties

      • Bill Coxall, Lynton Robins, Robert Leach
      Pages 115-135
    6. Pressure groups

      • Bill Coxall, Lynton Robins, Robert Leach
      Pages 136-155
    7. The mass media and politics

      • Bill Coxall, Lynton Robins, Robert Leach
      Pages 156-169
  4. British Government: Westminster and Whitehall

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 171-171
    2. The evolving British Constitution

      • Bill Coxall, Lynton Robins, Robert Leach
      Pages 173-186
    3. Prime Minister and Cabinet

      • Bill Coxall, Lynton Robins, Robert Leach
      Pages 187-205
    4. Ministers, departments and the civil service

      • Bill Coxall, Lynton Robins, Robert Leach
      Pages 206-226
    5. Parliament and the legislative process

      • Bill Coxall, Lynton Robins, Robert Leach
      Pages 227-250
    6. The law, politics and the judicial process

      • Bill Coxall, Lynton Robins, Robert Leach
      Pages 251-266
  5. Multi-Level Governance: Government and Politics above and below Whitehall and Westminster

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 267-267

About this book

The third edition of this leading textbook has been comprehensively updated and substantially revised to provide the first definitive introduction to British politics and government under New Labour. As well as according greater attention to the growing role of the European Union in British politics, this edition contains systematic comparisons between constitutional arrangements in the United Kingdom and in other leading democratic political systems. The book has been substantially redesigned with the addition of many new features.

About the authors

BILL COXALL was formerly Senior Lecturer in Humanities, Brighton University.

LYNTON ROBINS is Coordinator for Public Administration, De Montfort University, Leicester.

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