In this book Jack Brand examines the role of the British Conservative and Labour parliamentary parties in the development of government policy since 1945.
Focusing on six major policy fields: agriculture, education, housing, defence, the economy, and Scottish affairs, he argues that the influence of back-benchers has been consistently underestimated, and that the close interdependence of front- and back-benchers frequently produces surprising and significant effects on policy development. Dr Brand concludes that the common perception of back-benchers as powerless to affect the policies of their leaders is misleading, and that they are essential
to the development of government policy.
- ISBN10 0198277059
- ISBN13 9780198277057
- Publish Date 2 July 1992
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Oxford University Press
- Imprint Clarendon Press
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 384
- Language English