This textbook analyzes the major political parties in Britain - their ideals, organization, electoral records and prospects and the effect they have on British politics and society.
Author: Robert Garner
Publisher: Manchester University Press
ISBN: 071903048X
Category: Political Science
Page: 294
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This textbook analyzes the major political parties in Britain - their ideals, organization, electoral records and prospects and the effect they have on British politics and society.Despite the greater efficiency of British methods , climate and other factors might , they believed , give the continentals the edge . By 1970 , the benefits in terms of the structure of subsidies and grants had become apparent and the ...
Author: Jack Brand
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0198277059
Category: Political Science
Page: 370
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In this book Jack Brand examines the role of the British Conservative and Labour parliamentary parties in the development of government policy since 1945. Focusing on six major policy fields: agriculture, education, housing, defence, the economy, and Scottish affairs, he argues that the influence of back-benchers has been consistently underestimated, and that the close interdependence of front-and back-benchers frequently produces surprising and significant effects on policy development. Dr. Brand concludes that the common perception of back-benchers as powerless to affect the policies of their leaders is misleading, and that they are essential to the development of government policy.Asking why some politicians succeed in moving into the highest offices of state while others fail, this text examines the relative lack of women, black and working class Members of Parliament, and whether this evident social bias matters ...
Author: McGuire Lecturer in Comparative Politics Pippa Norris
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 0521465583
Category: Political Science
Page: 320
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Asking why some politicians succeed in moving into the highest offices of state while others fail, this text examines the relative lack of women, black and working class Members of Parliament, and whether this evident social bias matters for political representation.This title examines parliaments in world history from the earliest parliaments in Iceland, the Isle of Man, and the United Kingdom, to more modern parliaments in France, New Zealand, Israel, Iran, Hungary, Jordan, Kuwait, Canada, Germany, ...
Author: Mary K. Pratt
Publisher: ABDO Publishing Company
ISBN: 9781617840791
Category: Juvenile Nonfiction
Page: 160
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This title examines parliaments in world history from the earliest parliaments in Iceland, the Isle of Man, and the United Kingdom, to more modern parliaments in France, New Zealand, Israel, Iran, Hungary, Jordan, Kuwait, Canada, Germany, Greece, India, Rwanda, Bangladesh, China, and Afghanistan. Different types of parliaments, such as the democratic Westminster model, are highlighted, as are different types of parliamentary structures, such as bi- and unicameral. The governments by which parliaments function, such as monarchies, democracies, and dictatorships, as well as different economic systems are examined, as are how parliaments and prime ministers are elected and cabinets are chosen and describes the function of each. Also examined is the role of political parties in the formation of a parliamentary government. Influential statesmen such as Charles de Gaulle, Lech Walesa, Helmut Kohl, Margaret Thatcher, and David Ben-Gurion are introduced, as are important works such as the Magna Carta, International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, and the Inter-Parliamentary Union. Strengths and weaknesses of parliamentary systems are analyzed, and the citizenÍs role, rights, and responsibilities in both democratic and nondemocratic parliaments are also covered. Exploring World Governments is a series in Essential Library, an imprint of ABDO Publishing Company.feels that despite a recent tendency toward ideological convergence, each of the parties continues to maintain a ... A third factor that is said to contribute strongly to party cohesion is the system of British parliamentary government.
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ISBN: UOM:39015039287837
Category: India
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This book offers the most comprehensive examination to date of the Irish Parliamentary Party (IPP) at Westminster during the years of John Redmond's chairmanship, 1900-18.
Author: Conor Mulvagh
Publisher:
ISBN: 0719099269
Category: Political Science
Page: 292
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The key to understanding the emergence of the independent Irish state lies in the history of Home Rule. This book offers the most comprehensive examination to date of the Irish Parliamentary Party (IPP) at Westminster during the years of John Redmond's chairmanship, 1900-18. The IPP were both the most powerful 'third party' and the most significant parliamentary challengers of the Union in the history of the United Kingdom up until the emergence of the Scottish National Party (SNP). These years saw the apparent triumph of the Home Rule cause when the Government of Ireland Act was signed into law in September 1914 but this false dawn led to the demise and electoral destruction of the IPP in 1918 when the party lost all but six seats to the political heirs of the 1916 Rising: Sinn Féin.Each chapter has been revised and updated for this sixth edition, and a new chapter on opinion polls is included.
Author: Bill Jones
Publisher: C Q Press College
ISBN: STANFORD:36105023123073
Category: Political Science
Page: 261
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This study analyzes and interprets the changing mosaic of British political life in Britain since the 1970s, including Tony Blair's victory and the reasons for New Labour's success. Each chapter has been revised and updated for this sixth edition, and a new chapter on opinion polls is included.