Political Parties in Britain

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ISBN: 9780748625697 | 0748625690
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Copyright: 7/27/2012

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This introduction to political parties in Britain offers an examination of the main parties' individual characteristics (including policy, organisation and support) and explains the impact of smaller parties.The book aims to:'¢ Identify the functions of parties in a democracy'¢ Outline the key characteristics of Britain's significant parties'¢ Explain the relationships between them as a party system'¢ Evaluate their success as democratic institutionsKey themes traced throughout the book are the factors contributing to parties' fortunes and identities, and the causes of recent changes in both.

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List of boxes	p. vii
Introduction: What are Parties For?	p. 1
Policy	p. 3
Personnel	p. 8
Participation	p. 12
Conclusion	p. 19
The Major Parties
The Labour Party	p. 25
History	p. 26
Ideology	p. 43
View of human nature and the importance of collectivism	p. 45
Support	p. 53
Funding	p. 59
Structure and organisation	p. 61
The Conservative Party	p. 76
History	p. 77
Ideology	p. 93
Support	p. 102
Funding	p. 107
Structure and organisation	p. 109
The Minor Parties
The Liberal Democrats	p. 135
History	p. 136
Organisation and finance	p. 147
Electoral support	p. 149
Policy and ideology	p. 152
The future	p. 158
Scottish, Welsh and Northern Irish Parties	p. 161
Origins	p. 162
Emergence: 1966-79	p. 163
Opposition: 1979-97	p. 165
Government: 1997 onwards	p. 167
Peripheral Parties
Introduction	p. 173
Right-wing Peripheral Parties	p. 175
The National Front	p. 176
The British National Party	p. 178
Anti-EU parties	p. 181
Assessment: the impact of the Right	p. 185
Left-wing Peripheral Parties	p. 190
Communist parties	p. 191
Breakaway socialist parties	p. 192
The Green Party and Respect	p. 195
Assessment: the impact of the Left	p. 202
Other Peripheral Parties and Independent Candidates	p. 205
Cases of peripheral parties	p. 206
Independent candidates	p. 208
Causes and consequences of peripheral party growth	p. 209
The tortoise and the hare	p. 212
Conclusion: What Kind of Party System?	p. 216
What party systems are and why they matter	p. 217
Types of system	p. 218
Measuring party systems	p. 226
An assessment of the parties	p. 231
References	p. 235
Index	p. 243
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