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  • UK Politics

    Edited by Alan Convery ...
    The UK is more decentralised, contested and diverse than ever before. This new, introductory textbook demonstrates how political scientists are tackling some of the biggest questions in UK politics today. It devotes particular attention to questions of representation, social class, gender, and race and ethnicity.Drawing on the latest research and debates, the book explores key topics from the ... Read more

    $115.19 USD

  • Politics in Europe

    Politics in Europe introduces students to the power of the EU and seven political systems—the UK, France, Germany, Italy, Sweden, Russia, and Poland—while addressing key social and political issues including globalization, terrorism, immigration, gender, and religion. Packed with robust country descriptions from regional specialists, the Eighth Edition encourages critical thinking and meaningful ... Read more

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  • The territorial Conservative Party

    Devolution and party change in Scotland and Wales

    by Alan Convery ...
    Series Book 5 - New Perspectives on the Right
    How did the territorial Conservative Party adapt to devolution? This detailed analysis of the Scottish and Welsh Conservative Parties explains how they moved from campaigning against devolution to sitting in the Scottish Parliament and Welsh Assembly. Tracing the processes of party change in both parties this study explains why the Welsh Conservatives unexpectedly embraced devolution while the ... Read more

    $93.99 USD

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    The State of the Scottish Nation Debate

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    Series Book 11 - Viewpoints
    At the height of the Scottish Independence debate, After Independence offers an in-depth and varied exploration of the possibilities for Scotland, from both pro and anti-independence standpoints. Drawing together over two dozen leading minds on the subject, After Independence offers a comprehensive and balanced analysis of Scotland's current and prospective political, economic, social and cultural ... Read more

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  • Britain Rebooted

    Scotland in a Federal Union

    Series Book 15 - Viewpoints
    Great Britain, (abbreviation: UK) England, Wales and Scotland considered as a unit. The name is also often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom. reboot, ri-bu:t , verb to restart or revive… give fresh impetus to… federal, fed ar-al, adj. having or relating to a system of government in which several states form a unity but remain independent in internal affairs. Would federalism work in the ... Read more

    $8.09 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Local Government

    Policy and Management in Local Authorities

    by Howard Elcock ...
    Since first publication in 1982, Howard Elcock's Local Government has established a reputation as a comprehensive and unbiased account of how British local government really works. This respected textbook has been completely revised and rewritten for its third edition, to take account of changes in local government and in the circumstances in which it operates. The third edition examines new ... Read more

    $79.99 USD

  • Parliamentary reform at Westminster

    The Labour government elected in 1997 pledged to reform the Westminster parliament by modernising the House of Commons and removing the hereditary peers from the House of Lords. Events have consequently demonstrated the deep controversy that accompanies such attempts at institutional reconfiguration, and have highlighted the shifting fault lines in executive-legislative relations in the UK, as ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

  • Devolution and British Politics

    Devolution has transformed the British Polity in the last decade. Taking this profound change as its theme, Devolution and British Politics is an up-to date, comprehensive and effective review of the origins and development of the devolution process.Devolution in British Politics offers a de-centralised assessment of British politics and encourages critical thinking regarding contemporary ... Read more

    $79.99 USD

  • The Strange Demise of the Local in Local Government

    Bigger is Not Better

    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    This book challenges the notion that bigger local government is always better. Whilst the central government in Britain has often supported increases in local government size, the book argues that this has been detrimental, and has caused the erosion of distinctive community identities that were previously represented by local authorities empowered to make significant local choices about services ... Read more

    $44.99 USD

  • Devolution, Regionalism and Regional Development

    The UK Experience

    Edited by Jonathan Bradbury ...
    Series series Regions and Cities
    Devolution, Regionalism and Regional Development provides an overview and critical perspective on the impact of devolution on regionalism in the UK since 1999,taking a research-based look at issues central to the development of regionalism: politics, governance and planning.This multidisciplinary book is written by academics from the fields of geography, economics, town planning, public policy, ... Read more

    $18.99 USD

  • Clear Blue Water?

    The Conservative Party and the Welfare State since 1940

    Has the modern Conservative Party developed a distinctive approach to the post-war welfare state? In exploring this question, this accessible book takes an authoritative look at Conservative Party policy and practice in the modern era. The book takes as its main starting point the progressive One Nation Conservative (1950-64) perspective, which endeavoured to embrace those features of the welfare ... Read more

    $44.09 USD

  • Disorder

    Hard Times in the 21st Century

    Getting to grips with the overlapping geopolitical, economic, and political crises faced by Western democratic societies in the 2020s. The 21st century has brought a powerful tide of geopolitical, economic, and democratic shocks. Their fallout has led central banks to create over $25 trillion of new money, brought about a new age of geopolitical competition, destabilised the Middle East, ruptured ... Read more

    $18.99 USD