In recent years there have been considerable changes in the ways in which politics and policy making are studied. The student is faced not only by a diversity of theoretical approaches but also with competing vocabularies and specialist terminologies. This text provides an introduction to the workings of the British political process and clarifies study methods. Drawing widely on case study material and memoirs of ex-ministers and civil servants, the authors show how political decisions are taken and policies adopted in cabinet, inside Parliament and in the political parties. They argue that Parliament is marginal in political decision making, and also powerfully reject the thesis of adversary politics.

British Politics and the Policy Process: An Arena Approach

Politics & Social Sciences

Jordan, A. G.

Richardson, J. J.

Politics & Government

Unwin Hyman

British Politics and the Policy Process

Richardson,J

Routledge

How much do pressure groups influence politics in Britain? Who gets consulted and why? What are the dynamics of group-department interaction?  This work looks at both the historical relationship between government and pressure groups and at the operation of pressure politics in Britain today. The authors offer a theoretical examination of the pluralist and corporatist traditions and then assess the "high politics" consultation seen in tripartism and the "ordered"  or "structured" consultation of the advisory committee system.

Government and Pressure Groups in Britain

Oxford University Press

The Protest Business?: Mobilizing Campaigning Groups (Issues in Environmental Politics)

Jordan, Grant

Maloney, William A.

Manchester Univ Pr

British Politics and the Policy Process (Routledge Revivals)

Legal Theory & Systems

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