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Introduction to British Politics: The Political Economy of a Capitalist Democracy
Introduction to British Politics The Political Economy of a Capitalist Democracy Author:John Dearlove This is a new edition of an undergraduate text on British politics. It covers a wide range of empirical material and a diversity of approaches to political analysis. There are three new chapters on voting behaviour, the New Right, and on government outside Whitehall and in Europe. The authors argue that both traditional institutional and behavio... more »ural approaches, and the Marxist alternative fail to provide an adequate analysis of the political landscape. They stress the way politics interacts with other aspects of life in a variable way. They show how political conditions have changed in response to social and economic developments - how, for instance, class has ceased to be a determining factor in voting behaviour.« less