Politics and policy in Britain /

Politics and policy in Britain /

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Author / Creator:	Freedman, Leonard.
Imprint:	White Plains, N.Y. : Longman Publishers, c1996.
Description:	xx, 347 p. : ill., map ; 24 cm.
Language:	English
Subject:	Comparative government. Comparative government. Economic policy. Politics and government Social policy. Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1945- United States -- Politics and government -- 1945-1989. Great Britain -- Economic policy -- 1945-1964. Great Britain -- Social policy -- 1979- Great Britain. United States.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/2474821

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ISBN:	080131366X
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.

Table of Contents:

1. Introduction: Why Study the British System?
I. Contexts
2. The Cultural Setting
3. The Debate over the Constitution
II. The Party System
4. Groups and Voters: Organized and Mass Influences on the Parties
5. Inside the Parties
6. Elections in the Television Era
III. The Institutions of Government
7. The Monarchy: Will It Survive?
8. Prime Ministers and Their Cabinets
9. Civil Servants and Their Ministers
10. Parliament: Does It Matter?
11. The Courts and Criminal Justice
12. Local Government and the Nationality Question
IV. Issues in Public Policy
13. The Troubled Economy
14. The Welfare State and Its Critics
15. Education: Access and Quality
16. Race and Gender: How Much Discrimination?
17. Civil Liberties under Threat
18. Foreign Policy: From Empire to European Union
19. Summing Up: Transatlantic Lessons
Appendix: General Election Results, 1945-1992