British Politics Today

Product Description Over the last thirty-five years British politics has undergone something of a revolution: the collapse of strong class allegiance to parties; the recovery of an economy once perceived to be in terminal decline; the near twenty-year rule of the of Tories; and the extraordinary emergence and establishment of the Blairite New Labour Party. Together with these changes we have also seen: the reshaping of the civil service; the establishment of devolved assemblies; the reform of the Lords; the decline of ideology; the apparent crushing of the Conservative Party; and the ubiquity of media management as a tool of political persuasion. This text outlines and contextualizes these major changes, and more. Review "A most excellent textbook. It is cheap, readable and compact, and can be most strongly recommended..."--Teaching Politics About the Author Bill Jones is the former Director of Extra-Mural Studies at Manchester University and currently Research Fellow in its Department of Government.Dennis Kavanagh is Professor of Politics at the University of Liverpool.