Table of contents
PART I: PEOPLE AND POLITICS
- Politics, Democracy and Power
- The Shadow of the Past: British Politics since 1945
- Economy, Society and Politics
- Participating in Politics
- Elections and Voting
- Political Parties
- Ideologies, Parties and Interests
- Pressure groups and Social Movements
- Political Communication and the Mass Media
PART II: GOVERNMENT AND GOVERNANCE
- The Changing British System of Government
- Prime Minister and Cabinet
- Ministers, Departments and the Civil Service
- Parliament and the Legislative Process
- The Law, Politics and the Judicial Process
- Britain and Europe
- Devolution: a Disunited Kingdom?
- Local Government and Politics
- The New British State
PART III: ISSUES AND POLICIES
- Issues, Problems and The Policy Process
- Managing the Economy
- Government Spending: Delivering Public Services
- Rights, Equality and Social Justice
- Politics and The Environment
- Britain and the World: Making Foreign Policy