Governing the UK

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This well-established textbook develops a framework for understanding the radical changes in the relationships between the polity, economy and society which have occurred across the last two decades. This new edition brings to the fore the impact on British government and politics, of Europe, factors of social change, the decline of consensus, the shaping of a more marked ideological politics and the rising tide of technology. Against the backdrop of her analytical framework, Peelse sets out the details of the ...
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Overview

This well-established textbook develops a framework for understanding the radical changes in the relationships between the polity, economy and society which have occurred across the last two decades. This new edition brings to the fore the impact on British government and politics, of Europe, factors of social change, the decline of consensus, the shaping of a more marked ideological politics and the rising tide of technology. Against the backdrop of her analytical framework, Peelse sets out the details of the British system of Government providing students with a clear understanding of the basic machinery of Government and the Constitution - Executive, Legislature and the Judiciary - as as well as of the forces shaping the dynamics of political change such as parties, voting behaviour and pressure groups.

  • Author is a leading commentator on British politics.
  • Comprehensively updated and redesigned to include material on the changes wrought by the Major government.
  • Clear exposition of the machinery of Government and the Constitution, focusing on factors of socio-economic and political change.
  • Builds on the content and pedagogical strengths of the first edition.
  • Covers the core institutional features of the university syllabuses.
  • Completely redesigned to include new illustrative material. * Author is a leading commentator on British politics.
  • Comprehensively updated and redesigned to include material on the changes wrought by the Major government.
  • Clear exposition of the machinery of Government and the Constitution, focusing on factors of socio-economic and political change.
  • Builds on the content andpedagogical strengths of the first edition.
  • Covers the core institutional features of the university syllabuses.
  • Completely redesigned to include new illustrative material.
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Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780631167426
  • Publisher: Wiley, John & Sons, Incorporated
  • Publication date: 11/6/1995
  • Series: Modern Governments Series
  • Edition number: 3
  • Pages: 576
  • Product dimensions: 6.76 (w) x 9.66 (h) x 1.25 (d)

Meet the Author

Gillian Peele is Fellow and Tutor in Politics at Lady Margaret Hall and University Lecturer in Politics at Oxford University. She has published widely on British and American politics.
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Table of Contents

List of figures
List of tables
List of boxes
List of maps
Preface
Acknowledgements
List of abbreviations
1 The changing structure of British government 1
2 The constitution 32
3 The character of the modern British state 88
4 The executive 127
5 The civil service 170
8 Parliament 197
7 The electoral system 244
8 Parties and the party system 269
9 Voting behaviour, public opinion and the mobilization of the electorate 309
10 Pressure groups and participation 335
11 Government on the ground : the local dimension 358
12 The diversity of the UK : governing after devolution 396
13 The courts and the administration of justice 435
14 Accountability and the control of government 460
15 Beyond the nation state 481
16 Conclusion 506
App.: Legal cases 509
Key concepts 511
Internet resources 528
References and bibliography 530
Index 546
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  • Anonymous

    Posted August 11, 2000

    It's All Here

    It's easy to be intimidated by the sheer mass of this work--however, it flows well and is an easy read without talking down to its audience. While I recommend reading the entire work in sequence, its chapters stand alone so one could concentrate on particular areas of interest. I admit I read the book because Ms Peele was the tutor for my course in British Politics (always a good idea to read the prof's book)...however, it was the best one-volume work on the subject I read. My only suggestion is to include a glossary of basic terms - for Americans like me, some terms that are well-known to Brits can be very confusing.

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