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British parliamentary parties : policy and power / Jack Brand.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Oxford [England] : Clarendon Press ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1992.Description: x, 370 p. ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 0198277059 (cloth) :
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 324.241
LOC classification:
  • JN 1121 B817b 1992
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Incomplete contents:
The power of parliamentary parties;models of legislative parties;counting influence; power over agriculture; housing in parliament; power over education; parliament and policy in Scotland; parties and economic policy; parties and defence policy.
Abstract: In this book Jack Brand examines the role of the British Conservative and Labour parliamentary parties in the development of government policy since 1945. Focusing on six major policy fields: agriculture, education, housing, defence, the economy, and Scottish affairs, he argues that the influence of back-benchers has been consistently underestimated, and that the close interdependence of front-and back-benchers frequently produces surprising and significant effects on policy development. Dr. Brand concludes that the common perception of back-benchers as powerless to affect the policies of their leaders is misleading, and that they are essential to the development of government policy
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Libro Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Ciencias Sociales Ciencias Sociales (3er. Piso) JN 1121 B817b 1992 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 1 Available 00000097498

Includes bibliographical references (p. [355]-363) and index.

The power of parliamentary parties;models of legislative parties;counting influence; power over agriculture; housing in parliament; power over education; parliament and policy in Scotland; parties and economic policy; parties and defence policy.

In this book Jack Brand examines the role of the British Conservative and Labour parliamentary parties in the development of government policy since 1945. Focusing on six major policy fields: agriculture, education, housing, defence, the economy, and Scottish affairs, he argues that the influence of back-benchers has been consistently underestimated, and that the close interdependence of front-and back-benchers frequently produces surprising and significant effects on policy development. Dr. Brand concludes that the common perception of back-benchers as powerless to affect the policies of their leaders is misleading, and that they are essential to the development of government policy

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