Table of Contents

List of Contributors.

1. British Politics Today: Towards a New Political Science of British Politics? (Colin Hay).

2. Pluralism and the Study of British Politics : It is Always the Happy Hour for Men with Money, Knowledge and Power. (David Marsh).

3. Gender and Contemporary British Politics. (Pippa Norris).

4. The Paradoxes of British Political Parties. (Dennis Kavanagh).

5. Electoral Competition in Contemporary Britain. (David Sanders).

6. The New Public Administration of the British State. (R. A. W. Rhode).

7. Towards a New Welfare Settlement? (Ruth Lister).

8. The New Political Economy of Postwar Britain. (David Coates).

9. Britain's European Future? (Ben Rosamond).

10. Ethics, Labour and Foreign Policy. (Stuart Croft).

11. Towards a New Constitutional Settlement? (James Mitchell).

12. The Belfast Agreement: The Making, Management and Mismanagement of a Consociation? (Brendan O'Leary).

Index.

About the Author

Colin Hay is Professor of Political Analysis at the University of Birmingham.

Reviews

"Through an array of insightful chapter, British Politics Today, provides an illuminating account of the changing nature of, and the new ways of seeing, contemporary British politics. It is an excellent volume which will be useful to teachers and students alike." Martin Smith, University of Sheffield