Preface Acknowldegements List of abbreviations INTRODUCTION 1. British Politics in Context : International, Social, and Historical Settings PART I STRUCTURE AND DEVELOPMENT IN BRITISH POLITICS 2. The First Industrial Country: Ideas and Institutions 1688-1931 3. International Crisis and Economic Change: Ideas and Institutions, 1931-2004 PART II GOVERNMENT 4. A British Constitution? 5. The Prime Minister, the Cabinet, and the Core Executive 6. Ministries, Ministers and Mandarins: Central Government in Britain 7. The Changing State: Administrative Reforms PART III BEYOND WESTMINSTER 8. Britain in Europe 9. Europe in Britain 10. Disuniting the Kingdom: Ireland 11. Devolution: Scotland, Wales and the English Regions 12. Local Democracy? PART IV POPULAR PARTICIPATION, 13. Pressure Groups 14. The Mass Media and Pluralist Democracy 15. Elections and Voting PART V REPRESENTATION BY PARTIES 16. Political Parties and Party Factions 17. Party Ideologies and Political Representation 18. Parties and Parliament PART VI LAW, ORDER AND SECURITY 19. Politics and Law 20. The Police and Policing 21. Security and Secrecy PART VII POLICY 22. Foreign and Defence Policy 23. Environmental Policy 24. Economic Policy 25. Social Policy 26. Equal Opportunities PART VIII A NEW BRITISH POLITICS? 27. New Labour: a New Politics for a New Millennium? 28. New Politics, New Democracy? Glossary Author Index Subject Index
