Parliamentary Affairs articles from April 1 1997

Parliamentary Affairs archives from April 1 1997

Public administration and government 1995-96.
April 1, 1997... Before the opening of the 1996 Conservative Party Conference, John Major was interviewed on television by David Frost. During the discussion he was asked to comment on the renewed allegations of sleaze in public life and specifically whether...

'God wants us to be in different parties': religion and politics in Britain today.
April 1, 1997... Interviewed for a recent book on `people, policies and personal faith', the Conservative politician Alastair Burt declared that as a Christian and a Conservative he believed that humans should develop their potential. But, he suggested, no...

Politics and popular music: from policing to packaging.
April 1, 1997... Current Cynicism about politics and politicians has led to two contradictory consequences. In a desperate attempt to make themselves appear interesting, relevant and credible, politicians have increasingly turned to popular culture, and...

Donations to political parties. (United Kingdom)
April 1, 1997... The financing of Britain's political parties has again been brought into sharp focus. Whilst the Home Affairs Select Committee Report of 1994 (Funding of Political Parties) recommended no substantive changes in the ways in which parties are...

Parliamentary reform: paving the way for constitutional change.
April 1, 1997... There is currently a real prospect of constitutional change in the UK. At the 1997 general election both the Labour Party and Liberal Democrats will include in their manifestos a major package of constitutional reforms. If implemented, these...

The Family Law Bill: Conservative Party splits and Labour Party cohesion.
April 1, 1997... The 1960s saw the liberalisation of the law on abortion, capital punishment, homosexuality and divorce. In the period since, it is the abortion issue which has occupied most parliamentary time and provoked most political activity, both inside...

Towards an understanding of turnout at British general elections: voluntary and involuntary abstention in 1992.
April 1, 1997... Turnout at British general elections has been consistent at around three-quarters of the registered electorate throughout the current century, falling below 70% on only one occasion and exceeding 80% on five. The true extent of participation...

The fixers: elite regeneration as a response to crisis management in modern British government.
April 1, 1997... It is increasingly difficult to map the changing configurations of politics and government in Britain. While identifiable features of the past endure, they do so in an increasingly kaleidoscopic context. This induces two responses: one...

The referendum: what, when and how? (British elections)
April 1, 1997... The referendum -- or at least the idea of the referendum -- is suddenly all the rage. The government is contemplating it as a prelude to United Kingdom participation in a single European currency and a whole Referendum Party has been formed to...

British Political Ideologies, 2d ed.
April 1, 1997... To many people politics is a grubby and distasteful business -- a matter of self-seeking and sometimes corrupt politicians pandering to the basest instincts of the electorate in order to gain or retain power. Shady deals, venomous personal...

Principles and Politics in Contemporary Britain.
April 1, 1997... To many people politics is a grubby and distasteful business -- a matter of self-seeking and sometimes corrupt politicians pandering to the basest instincts of the electorate in order to gain or retain power. Shady deals, venomous personal...

Popular Culture in Contemporary Britain: People and Politicians, Principles and Practice.
April 1, 1997... To many people politics is a grubby and distasteful business -- a matter of self-seeking and sometimes corrupt politicians pandering to the basest instincts of the electorate in order to gain or retain power. Shady deals, venomous personal...

Belief in Politics: People, Policies and Personal Faith.
April 1, 1997... To many people politics is a grubby and distasteful business -- a matter of self-seeking and sometimes corrupt politicians pandering to the basest instincts of the electorate in order to gain or retain power. Shady deals, venomous personal...

Women in Politics.
April 1, 1997... To many people politics is a grubby and distasteful business -- a matter of self-seeking and sometimes corrupt politicians pandering to the basest instincts of the electorate in order to gain or retain power. Shady deals, venomous personal...

Conservative Radicalism: A Sociology of Conservative Party Youth Structures and Libertarianism, 1970-1992.
April 1, 1997... To many people politics is a grubby and distasteful business -- a matter of self-seeking and sometimes corrupt politicians pandering to the basest instincts of the electorate in order to gain or retain power. Shady deals, venomous personal...

Labour and Conservative Party Members 1990-92: Social Characteristics, Political Attitudes and Activities.
April 1, 1997... To many people politics is a grubby and distasteful business -- a matter of self-seeking and sometimes corrupt politicians pandering to the basest instincts of the electorate in order to gain or retain power. Shady deals, venomous personal...

A Major Crisis: The Politics of Economic Policy in Britain in the 1990s.
April 1, 1997... Pluralist analysis, if it does not sweep the board, dominates these studies of contemporary policy issues. One exception is Bonefeld, Brown and Burnham's marxist approach to the interrelations of the nation state and the global economy. The...

The British Conservative Government and the European Exchange Rate Mechanism, 1979-1994.
April 1, 1997... Pluralist analysis, if it does not sweep the board, dominates these studies of contemporary policy issues. One exception is Bonefeld, Brown and Burnham's marxist approach to the interrelations of the nation state and the global economy. The...

British Politics and Trade Unions in the 1980s: Governing Against Pressure.
April 1, 1997... Pluralist analysis, if it does not sweep the board, dominates these studies of contemporary policy issues. One exception is Bonefeld, Brown and Burnham's marxist approach to the interrelations of the nation state and the global economy. The...

The New Politics of the NHS, 3d ed.
April 1, 1997... Pluralist analysis, if it does not sweep the board, dominates these studies of contemporary policy issues. One exception is Bonefeld, Brown and Burnham's marxist approach to the interrelations of the nation state and the global economy. The...

The National Curriculum: A Study in Policy.
April 1, 1997... Pluralist analysis, if it does not sweep the board, dominates these studies of contemporary policy issues. One exception is Bonefeld, Brown and Burnham's marxist approach to the interrelations of the nation state and the global economy. The...

Environmental Politics.
April 1, 1997... Pluralist analysis, if it does not sweep the board, dominates these studies of contemporary policy issues. One exception is Bonefeld, Brown and Burnham's marxist approach to the interrelations of the nation state and the global economy. The...

UK Environmental Policy in the 1990s.
April 1, 1997... Pluralist analysis, if it does not sweep the board, dominates these studies of contemporary policy issues. One exception is Bonefeld, Brown and Burnham's marxist approach to the interrelations of the nation state and the global economy. The...

Managing Policy Change in Britain: The Politics of Water.
April 1, 1997... Pluralist analysis, if it does not sweep the board, dominates these studies of contemporary policy issues. One exception is Bonefeld, Brown and Burnham's marxist approach to the interrelations of the nation state and the global economy. The...

Export or Die: Britain's Defence Trade with Iran and Iraq.
April 1, 1997... Pluralist analysis, if it does not sweep the board, dominates these studies of contemporary policy issues. One exception is Bonefeld, Brown and Burnham's marxist approach to the interrelations of the nation state and the global economy. The...

The Politics of Tobacco: Policy Networks and the Cigarette Industry.
April 1, 1997... Pluralist analysis, if it does not sweep the board, dominates these studies of contemporary policy issues. One exception is Bonefeld, Brown and Burnham's marxist approach to the interrelations of the nation state and the global economy. The...

Options for Britain: A Strategic Policy Review.
April 1, 1997... Pluralist analysis, if it does not sweep the board, dominates these studies of contemporary policy issues. One exception is Bonefeld, Brown and Burnham's marxist approach to the interrelations of the nation state and the global economy. The...

Responses to Crime, vol. 3, Legislating with the Tide.
April 1, 1997... Pluralist analysis, if it does not sweep the board, dominates these studies of contemporary policy issues. One exception is Bonefeld, Brown and Burnham's marxist approach to the interrelations of the nation state and the global economy. The...

The Elite of the Elite: Permanent Secretaries in the British Civil Service.
April 1, 1997... The simple and text-book view of politics tends to stress government and the formal institutions which are associated with it, such as parties and parliaments, pressure groups and electoral arrangements. These are, of course, central to any...

The Fixers: Management in British Politics.
April 1, 1997... The simple and text-book view of politics tends to stress government and the formal institutions which are associated with it, such as parties and parliaments, pressure groups and electoral arrangements. These are, of course, central to any...

Lobbyists for Hire.
April 1, 1997... The simple and text-book view of politics tends to stress government and the formal institutions which are associated with it, such as parties and parliaments, pressure groups and electoral arrangements. These are, of course, central to any...

Ideas and Think Tanks in Contemporary Britain, vol.1
April 1, 1997... The simple and text-book view of politics tends to stress government and the formal institutions which are associated with it, such as parties and parliaments, pressure groups and electoral arrangements. These are, of course, central to any...

Think Tanks of the New Right.
April 1, 1997... The simple and text-book view of politics tends to stress government and the formal institutions which are associated with it, such as parties and parliaments, pressure groups and electoral arrangements. These are, of course, central to any...

Capturing the Political Imagination: Think Tanks and the Policy Process.
April 1, 1997... The simple and text-book view of politics tends to stress government and the formal institutions which are associated with it, such as parties and parliaments, pressure groups and electoral arrangements. These are, of course, central to any...

Politics and the Constitution.
April 1, 1997... The theme identified by Bogdanor in the introduction to his collection of previously published articles, Politics and the Constitution, is a consideration of the idea of constitutionalism, the limitation of power. He suggests that we need to...

Delivering Constitutional Reform.
April 1, 1997... The theme identified by Bogdanor in the introduction to his collection of previously published articles, Politics and the Constitution, is a consideration of the idea of constitutionalism, the limitation of power. He suggests that we need to...

Locality and Legality: The Role of Law in Central-Local Government Relations.
April 1, 1997... The theme identified by Bogdanor in the introduction to his collection of previously published articles, Politics and the Constitution, is a consideration of the idea of constitutionalism, the limitation of power. He suggests that we need to...

Law of the European Union, 2d ed.
April 1, 1997... The theme identified by Bogdanor in the introduction to his collection of previously published articles, Politics and the Constitution, is a consideration of the idea of constitutionalism, the limitation of power. He suggests that we need to...

Constitutional Law: A Critical Introduction.
April 1, 1997... The theme identified by Bogdanor in the introduction to his collection of previously published articles, Politics and the Constitution, is a consideration of the idea of constitutionalism, the limitation of power. He suggests that we need to...

Introduction to Administrative Law, 3d ed.
April 1, 1997... The theme identified by Bogdanor in the introduction to his collection of previously published articles, Politics and the Constitution, is a consideration of the idea of constitutionalism, the limitation of power. He suggests that we need to...

Freedom of Information: The Law, the Practice and the Ideal, 2d ed.
April 1, 1997... The theme identified by Bogdanor in the introduction to his collection of previously published articles, Politics and the Constitution, is a consideration of the idea of constitutionalism, the limitation of power. He suggests that we need to...

Tony Blair.
April 1, 1997... The books reviewed here fall fairly conveniently into four areas: the personalities of New Labour, particularly the party leader, the likely policy directions of New Labour histories of the party and political philosophy. The paperback...

The Man Behind the Smile: The Politics of Perversion.
April 1, 1997... The books reviewed here fall fairly conveniently into four areas: the personalities of New Labour, particularly the party leader, the likely policy directions of New Labour histories of the party and political philosophy. The paperback...

Faces of Labour: the Inside Story.
April 1, 1997... The books reviewed here fall fairly conveniently into four areas: the personalities of New Labour, particularly the party leader, the likely policy directions of New Labour histories of the party and political philosophy. The paperback...

New Britain: My Vision of a Young Country.
April 1, 1997... The books reviewed here fall fairly conveniently into four areas: the personalities of New Labour, particularly the party leader, the likely policy directions of New Labour histories of the party and political philosophy. The paperback...

The Blair Revolution: Can New Labour Deliver?
April 1, 1997... The books reviewed here fall fairly conveniently into four areas: the personalities of New Labour, particularly the party leader, the likely policy directions of New Labour histories of the party and political philosophy. The paperback...

What Needs to Change? New Visions for Britain.
April 1, 1997... The books reviewed here fall fairly conveniently into four areas: the personalities of New Labour, particularly the party leader, the likely policy directions of New Labour histories of the party and political philosophy. The paperback...

The Blair Agenda.
April 1, 1997... The books reviewed here fall fairly conveniently into four areas: the personalities of New Labour, particularly the party leader, the likely policy directions of New Labour histories of the party and political philosophy. The paperback...

Remaking the Labour Party: From Gaitskell to Blair.
April 1, 1997... The books reviewed here fall fairly conveniently into four areas: the personalities of New Labour, particularly the party leader, the likely policy directions of New Labour histories of the party and political philosophy. The paperback...

Ayes to the Left: A Future for Socialism.
April 1, 1997... The books reviewed here fall fairly conveniently into four areas: the personalities of New Labour, particularly the party leader, the likely policy directions of New Labour histories of the party and political philosophy. The paperback...

Socialisms: Old and New.
April 1, 1997... The books reviewed here fall fairly conveniently into four areas: the personalities of New Labour, particularly the party leader, the likely policy directions of New Labour histories of the party and political philosophy. The paperback...

Socialism and the Common Good: New Fabian Essays.
April 1, 1997... The books reviewed here fall fairly conveniently into four areas: the personalities of New Labour, particularly the party leader, the likely policy directions of New Labour histories of the party and political philosophy. The paperback...