Butler's British Political Facts

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Mortimore, Roger (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Blick, Andrew (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Subjects: Great Britain-Politics and government.; World politics.; Political science.; Elections.; Democracy.; British Politics.; Political History.; Governance and Government.; Electoral Politics.

This book is the most comprehensive single volume reference work available for British political facts. Covering the period from 1900 to the present, it is the latest edition in a series previously edited by David Butler and various collaborators. This new edition updates the contents to the immedia...

Table of Contents:

• 1. Governments
• 2. Civil service
• 3. Parties
• 4. Parliament
• 5. Parliamentary elections
• 6. Referendums
• 7. Constitution and rights
• 8. Social conditions
• 9. Justice and law enforcement
• 10. Investigation and regulation
• 11. Interest groups, pressure groups, etc
• 12. Religion
• 13. The economy and public finance
• 14. The public sector
• 15. Armed forces and defence
• 16. The media
• 17. Local government
• 18. Devolution
• 19. International affairs
• 20. Political allusions.