The modern British party system / Paul Webb and Tim Bale.
By: Webb, Paul (Paul D.) [author.]
.Contributor(s): Bale, Tim [author.].Publisher: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2021Edition: Second edition / Paul Webb, Tim Bale.Description: xvi, 386 pages : illustrations, tables (black and white).Content type: text | still image Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780199217236 ; 9780199217243.Subject(s): Political parties -- Great Britain -- History -- 21st century | Political parties -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century | Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1945-DDC classification: 324.241 Summary: "The new edition of this successful book provides a comprehensive and up-to-date overview and account of the changing nature of party politics in Britain today. Webb and Bale draw on models of comparative politics in conducting a wealth of new empirical analysis to map and explain the ways in which the party system has evolved, and the parties have adapted to a changing political environment. Themes covered include the nature and extent of party competition, the internal life and organizational development of parties, the varieties of party system found across the UK, and the roles played by parties within the wider political system. The book also addresses the crisis of popular legitimacy confronting the parties, as well as assessing the scope for potential reform. While parties remain central to the functioning of Britain's democracy, public disaffection with them is as high as it has ever been; reform of the system of representation and party funding is warranted, but there are unlikely to be any panaceas."-- Taken from book-cover.
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| 324.241 REN Chief Whip : | 324.241 RYE Political parties and the concept of power : | 324.241 SUT The party's over : blueprint for a very English revolution / | 324.241 WEB The modern British party system / | 324.241009 BOO Politico's guide to the history of British political parties / | 324.241009041 SEL The evolution of the British party system 1885-1940 / | 324.241009044 THO Parties at war : |
"The new edition of this successful book provides a comprehensive and up-to-date overview and account of the changing nature of party politics in Britain today. Webb and Bale draw on models of comparative politics in conducting a wealth of new empirical analysis to map and explain the ways in which the party system has evolved, and the parties have adapted to a changing political environment. Themes covered include the nature and extent of party competition, the internal life and organizational development of parties, the varieties of party system found across the UK, and the roles played by parties within the wider political system. The book also addresses the crisis of popular legitimacy confronting the parties, as well as assessing the scope for potential reform. While parties remain central to the functioning of Britain's democracy, public disaffection with them is as high as it has ever been; reform of the system of representation and party funding is warranted, but there are unlikely to be any panaceas."-- Taken from book-cover.