John Dearlove

Broschiertes Buch

Introduction to British Politics

Beschreibung

This is the long-awaited third edition of Dearlove and Saunders highly acclaimed, best-selling, textbook on British politics. Thebook has been completely rewritten, reorganized and updated, whileretaining the distinctive style and approach of the earliereditions. At root, this book is about political power - how it isorganized formally within the State and how it is exercised andinfluenced informally from outside. Written in lively andprovocative prose, the volume presents the most systematic andpenetrating analysis of who really runs Britain, to what end, andto whose advantage.

Fully up to date, this new edition provides comprehensive coverageof the issues of the day - constitutional change, welfare reform,New Labour s Third Way, the European common currency,globalization, and much more. The volume also provides studentswith a highly readable and engaging guide to the key theoreticalperspectives that have shaped the study of British politics.

This outstanding volume will proveinvaluable reading for allstudents of British politics, whether they are studying for A-levelor undergraduate university courses.

Please visit the accompanying website at:http://www.polity.co.uk/britpol

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Blackwell Publishers
• 3rd Edition, Completely Revised and Updated
• Seitenzahl: 822
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Dezember 2000
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 256mm x 179mm x 50mm
• Gewicht: 1521g
• ISBN-13: 9780745620961
• ISBN-10: 0745620965
• Artikelnr.: 14779041

Rezensionen

Introduction to British Politics has established itself asone of the most original and challenging texts on British politicsbecause it starts from the question of power and the nature of theBritish state, and in doing so offers a fresh and illuminatingperspective on many of the problems and issues of British politics.This new edition builds on its predecessors. Particular highlightsinclude its analysis of the challenging constitution, the rise ofNew Labour, and the impact of globalization. Andrew Gamble,University of Sheffield

Introduction to British Politics is an old favourite.The second edition was welcomed in the summer 1992 issue of TalkingPolitics ... [and] the third edition more than confirms this warmrecommendation ... All readers should have a copy. TalkingPolitics

Most of the modern texts disavow a precise theme ... but herewe are offered a theme: who really runs Britain? ParliamentaryAffairs

Superb undergraduate textbook. Politico sBookshop

For students of home affiars, the latest edition of Introduction to British Politics by John Dearlove and PeterSaunders, is as good a book on the subject as you re ever likely tofind. Mark Perryman, New Statesman