British politics / Bill Jones.

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Online Access: Full Text (via ProQuest)
Main Author: Jones, Bill, 1946- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: London : Routledge, 2020.
Edition:Second edition.
Series:The Basics Ser.
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505 0 |a Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- List of figures -- List of tables -- List of boxes -- Preface -- Part I: Introduction -- Chapter 1: British politics in flux -- MPs' Expenses Claims -- A Watershed Moment? -- Turbulence Begins: The Scottish Referendum -- General Election, 2015 -- EU Referendum, 23 June 2016 -- Cameron Resigns -- May in Government: A 'Land Grab' for the Centre Ground? -- 'Brexit means Brexit' -- The June 2017 General Election -- Cautious May's Big Gamble -- A Continuity Election 
505 8 |a Attempted Explanations for this Period of Political Turbulence -- Further Reading -- Chapter 2: The evolution of Britain's political system -- The Witan -- Curia Regis -- Lords and commons meet separately -- Parliament's authority increases -- Civil war, 1640-49 -- Glorious revolution, 1688-89 -- The hanoverian dynasty -- The first prime minister -- Political parties -- Patronage -- The enlightenment -- The influence of the French revolution, 1789 -- Great reform act 1832 -- Political parties from the mid-nineteenth to the late twentieth century -- Lords-commons conflict resolved 
505 8 |a Further lords reforms -- Parliamentary terms -- Votes for women -- Devolution -- Epilogue -- Questions for Discusion -- Further Reading -- Websites -- Part II: The political context -- Chapter 3: Introductory overview of the British political system -- The underlying ideas -- Voting and party government -- The major parties -- Legislature: House of commons and house of Lords -- The executive -- Pressure groups -- Local government -- European union -- The media -- Questions for discussion -- Further reading -- Websites -- Chapter 4: The social and economic context -- Economic beginnings 
505 8 |a Imperial beginnings -- Industrial revolution and the marxist analysis -- Changing class strata -- Why no revolution? -- Social mobility and education -- Economic inequality -- Inequalities of the 1980s have never ben erased -- Land ownership -- Regional differences -- Gender -- Ethnicity -- Questions for discussion -- Further reading -- Websites -- Chapter 5: Political culture -- Political culture -- Key historical factors in the evolution of British political culture -- Economic influences -- The constitution -- Extremism -- Deference -- Civil society -- Crime -- Welfare state 
505 8 |a Is British society too open? -- MPs' expenses and the erosion of trust -- The 'Celebrity Politician' -- Conclusion -- Questions for discussion -- Further reading -- Chapter 6: The unwritten constitution -- Historical emergence of constitutions -- 'Dignified' and 'efficient' -- Parliamentary sovereignty -- Sources of the constitution -- Amendment of the constitution -- Separation of powers -- Moran's 'core' and 'contested' elements of the constitution -- 'Core' -- 'Contested' -- Current constitutional issues -- Further reading -- Websites -- Chapter 7: Political ideas I: up to New Labour 
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