Over the past 30 years British politics has undergone something of a revolution: the collapse of close class allegiance to political parties; the relative decline of the British economy; the 18 year period of Conservative hegemony and related Labour impotence; the encroachments of control exercised by European institutions and the consequent discord amongst those who fear such influences; and the extraordinary emergence and enthronement in government of the Blairite New Labour Party. In addition, there have been major changes in the system of government including: a reshaped civil service; a modified parliament; modernizing political parties with changing ideologies; massive new media coverage; and, under Labour, an ambitious programme of reform. This book analyses and interprets the changing mosaic of political life in Britain over recent decades.
- ISBN10 0719039487
- ISBN13 9780719039485
- Publish Date 24 March 1994 (first published 5 March 1979)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 17 July 1998
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Manchester University Press
- Edition 5th Revised edition
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 250
- Language English