TY  - BOOK
AU  - Brand,Jack
TI  - British parliamentary parties: policy and power 
SN  - 0198277059 (cloth) :
AV  - JN 1121 B817b 1992
U1  - 324.241 
PY  - 1992///
CY  - Oxford [England], New York
PB  - Clarendon Press, Oxford University Press
KW  - Political parties
KW  - Great Britain
KW  - Political planning
KW  - Partidos políticos
KW  - Gran Bretaña
KW  - Primera Jornada de Catalogación
KW  - Politics and government
KW  - 1945-
N1  - 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
N2  - 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
UR  - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0606/92003015-d.html
ER  -