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| Beschreibung: | XXIV, 376 S. Ill., graph. Darst. |
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| adam_text | Titel: Essentials of UK politics
Autor: Heywood, Andrew
Jahr: 2015
List of illustrative material xiii
Preface xvii
Acknowledgements xix
How to use this book xxi
PART 1 PEOPLE AND POLITICS 1
1 INTRODUCING POLITICS AND GOVERNMENT 3
Understanding politics 6
What is politics? 6
What is government? 8
UK politics in context 10
Historical context 10
Social context 16
The UK and the world 18
UK politics: an overview 21
The Westminster model 21
Key themes in UK politics 23
2 DEMOCRACY AND PARTICIPATION 27
Types of democracy 30
Direct democracy 30
Representative democracy 35
Democracy in the UK 36
Features of the UK s democratic system 36
What kind of democracy? 46
A participation crisis 47
Enhancing democracy 51
Referendums and other forms of direct participation 51
Reducing the voting age 54
Compulsory voting 55
Digital and e-democracy 57
3 ELECTIONS AND VOTING 63
Elections and representation 66
Functions of elections 67
How does representation work? 69
Electoral systems and electoral reform 72
Electoral systems 72
Which electoral system is best? 84
Voting behaviour 88
Long-term factors and voting 89
Short-term factors and voting 93
Explaining declining turnout 96
4 POLITICAL PARTIES 101
Parties and party politics 104
Functions of parties 104
Who has power within parties? 108
The changing party system 111
Parties: ideas and policies 115
Left and right 115
Post-war social democracy 117
Thatcherism 120
Post-Thatcherite consensus 123
Ideas and policies in the age of austerity* 125
From boom to bust 125
Conservative ideas and policies 127
Labour ideas and policies 131
Liberal Democrat ideas and policies 133
UKIP, the SNP and the Greens 136
5 PRESSURE GROUPS 145
The nature of pressure groups 148
Pressure groups and political parties 148
Types of pressure group 150
Functions of pressure groups 155
Pressure group power 157
How do pressure groups exert influence? 157
Which pressure groups are the most powerful? 161
Are pressure groups becoming more powerful? 165
Pressure groups and democracy 169
How do pressure groups promote democracy? 170
How do pressure groups threaten democracy? 172
PART 2 GOVERNING THE UK
177
6 THE CONSTITUTION 179
Understanding constitutions 182
Types of constitution 182
The UK constitution 186
Sources of the constitution 187
Principles of the constitution 191
Strengths of the UK constitution 195
Criticisms of the UK constitution 196
The changing constitution 199
The constitution under Blair and Brown 200
The constitution under Cameron and Clegg 202
A codified constitution? 208
7 PARLIAMENT 215
The role of Parliament 218
The make-up of Parliament 218
Functions of Parliament 221
Parliamentary government 226
The effectiveness of Parliament 228
Theories of parliamentary power 228
Parliament and government 229
Reforming Parliament 237
Reforming the House of Commons 237
Reforming the Lords 242
8 PRIME MINISTER, CABINET AND EXECUTIVE 249
Prime minister, cabinet and ministers 252
Prime minister 252
The cabinet 254
Ministers and civil servants 256
Who has power in the executive? 260
Theories of executive power 260
Understanding prime ministerial power 265
Powers of the prime minister 267
Constraints on the prime minister 273
The prime minister and coalition government 279
9 JUDGES AND CIVIL LIBERTIES
289
The role of judges 292
What do judges do? 292
The rule of law 294
Judges and politics 297
Judges and civil liberties 304
Protecting civil liberties 304
Civil liberties under threat? 309
Conflicting views of civil liberties 311
Reform of the judiciary 313
The Supreme Court 313
A UK bill of rights? 315
10 THE EU AND MULTILEVEL GOVERNANCE 319
Towards multilevel governance 322
Local and devolved government 324
Local government 324
Devolution: a disunited UK? 328
The UK and the EU 336
The development of the EU 336
The workings of the EU 341
The impact of the EU on the UK 342
Further Reading 351
Bibliography 354
Index 360
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