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The Palgrave Review of British Politics 2006

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  • © 2007

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Editors:
  1. Michael Rush

    1. University of Exeter, UK

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  2. Philip Giddings

    1. University of Reading, UK

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Part of the book series: Palgrave Review of British Politics (PRBP)

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Table of contents (17 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
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  2. Labour’s Love Lost

    • Stephen Ingle
    Pages 1-12

  3. The Constitution: Fragmentation or Adaptation?

    • Philip Norton
    Pages 13-27

  4. Elections and Public Opinion: A Modest Conservative Resurgence

    • Michael Cole, Tim Jones
    Pages 28-38

  5. Parties and the Party System: On the Edge of Bankruptcy?

    • Andrew Russell
    Pages 39-53

  6. Pressure Politics: A Challenge to Democracy?

    • Wyn Grant, Michael Rush
    Pages 54-68

  7. Government and Administration: Fit for Purpose?

    • Andrew Gray, Bill Jenkins
    Pages 69-81

  8. Ombudsmen and Tribunals: A Year of Change, Challenge and Opportunity

    • Philip Giddings
    Pages 82-100

  9. Parliament: The House of Commons — Plenty of Business but Marking Time

    • Richard Kelly, Oonagh Gay, Philip Cowley
    Pages 101-118

  10. Parliament: The House of Lords — Negotiating a Stronger Second Chamber

    • Meg Russell, Maria Sciara
    Pages 119-133

  11. The Law and Politics: Clashing Rights and Interests

    • Sue Prince
    Pages 134-146

  12. Public Policy: Ploughing On

    • Andrew Hindmoor
    Pages 147-161

  13. Devolution: Relative Stability and Political Change

    • Jonathan Bradbury
    Pages 162-176

  14. Local Government: Towards Strong and Prosperous Communities?

    • Steve Leach, Lawrence Pratchett
    Pages 177-190

  15. Foreign Policy: A Bleak Year

    • Christopher White
    Pages 191-204

  16. Britain and Europe: A Pause for Reflection?

    • Tim Bale
    Pages 205-217

  17. Politics and the Media: The Stormy Year Before the Calm?

    • Dominic Wring
    Pages 218-230

  18. Waiting for Gordon?

    • Philip Giddings
    Pages 231-239

  19. Back Matter

    Pages 240-272
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About this book

The Palgrave Review of British Politics 2006 provides up-to-date coverage of developments in British government and politics written by a team of leading experts. This is an indispensable reference book covering the entire political year focussing on the key topics. It also includes a statistical appendix.

Reviews

'In the age of the World Wide Web we are awash with information. What we often need, however, is for someone to sift the information and to make sense of it. In the case of UK politics this book fulfils this need admirably and incisively by identifying key developments and providing expert political analysis.' - David Judge, Department of Government, University of Strathclyde, UK

'This impressive and comprehensive edited collection of essays is a welcome addition to the existing material concerning the study of British politics. It provides an almost up-to-the-minute analysis of all the significant political high and low points to occur during 2006...This is a very important and accessible book produced mainly with the academic and student audience in mind.' - Brian Davies, Political Studies Review

Editors and Affiliations

  • University of Exeter, UK

    Michael Rush

  • University of Reading, UK

    Philip Giddings

About the editors

TIM BALE Senior Lecturer in Politics, University of Sussex, UK JONATHAN BRADBURY Department of Political Theory and Government, University of Swansea, UK MICHAEL COLE Honourable Research Fellow, University of Plymouth, UK PHILIP COWLEY Reader in Politics, University of Nottingham, UK OONAGH GAY Head of the Parliament and Constitution Centre, House of Commons Library, London, UK WYN GRANT Department of Politics and International Relations, University of Warwick, UK ANDREW GRAY Emeritus Professor of Public Management, University of Durham, UK ANDREW HINDMOOR Senior Lecturer in Politics, University of Queensland, Australia STEPHEN INGLE Department of Politics, University of Stirling, UK BILL JENKINS School of Sociology, Social Policy and Social Research, University of Kent at Canterbury, UK TIM JONES Postgraduate Researcher, University of Plymouth, UK RICHARD KELLY Senior Researcher, Parliament and Constitution Centre, House of Commons Library, UK STEVE LEACH Department of Public Policy, De Montfort University, UK LORD NORTON OF LOUTH Professor of Politics, University of Hull, UK LAWRENCE PRATCHETT Department of Public Policy, De Montfort University, UK SUE PRINCE Department of Law, University of Exeter, UK ANDREW RUSSELL Department of Government, University of Manchester, UK MEG RUSSELL Senior Research Fellow, The Constitution Unit, University College London, UK MARIA SCIARA Research Assistant, The Constitution Unit, University College London, UK CHRISTOPHER WHITE Department of Politics and International Relations, University of Reading, UK DOMINIC WRING Department of Social Sciences, Loughborough University, UK ROSS YOUNG Social and General Statistics Section, House of Commons Library, UK

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