British Politics: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions) - Softcover

Wright, Tony

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0192854593 ISBN 13: 9780192854599

Verlag: Oxford Paperbacks, 2003

Inhaltsangabe

Tony Wright's Very Short Introduction to British Politics is an interpretative essay on the British political system, rather than merely an abbreviated textbook on how it currently works. He identifies key characteristics and ideas of the British tradition, and investigates what makes British politics distinctive, while emphasizing throughout the book how these characteristics are reflected in the way the political system actually functions. Each chapter is organized around a key theme, such as the constitution or political accountability, which is first established and then explored with examples and illustrations. This in turn provides a perspective for a discussion of how the system is changing, looking in particular at devolution and Britain's place in Europe.

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Tony Wright is MP for Cannock Chase, and Chairman of the Public Administration Committee. Before entering parliament in 1992 he was Reader in Politics at the University of Birmingham. His publications include Socialisms: Old and New (OUP; reissued Routledge, 1996), Citizens and Subjects: An Essay on British Politics (Routledge, 1994), Why Vote Labour? (Penguin, 1997) and, as editor, The British Political Process (Routledge, 1999).

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Oxford Paperbacks
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2003
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0192854593
• ISBN 13: 9780192854599
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 136
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