UK Politics
1st Edition
Published on 3. March 2025
Book
Paperback/Softback
488 pages
978-1-5296-3007-7 (ISBN)
Description
The UK is more decentralised, contested and diverse than ever before. This new, introductory textbook demonstrates how political scientists are tackling some of the biggest questions in UK politics today. It devotes particular attention to questions of representation, social class, gender, and race and ethnicity.
Drawing on the latest research and debates, the book explores key topics from the constitution to Englishness, Scottish independence to Brexit, inequality to foreign policy, and the end of Empire. Case studies bring theory to life, while reflective questions provide a jumping-off point for discussion and further investigation. An opening 'What will this chapter tell me?' section and further reading suggestions complete each chapter.
Written by leading experts in the field, this textbook is essential reading for anyone studying UK Politics at undergraduate level.
Alan Convery is Senior Lecturer in Politics at the University of Edinburgh.
Drawing on the latest research and debates, the book explores key topics from the constitution to Englishness, Scottish independence to Brexit, inequality to foreign policy, and the end of Empire. Case studies bring theory to life, while reflective questions provide a jumping-off point for discussion and further investigation. An opening 'What will this chapter tell me?' section and further reading suggestions complete each chapter.
Written by leading experts in the field, this textbook is essential reading for anyone studying UK Politics at undergraduate level.
Alan Convery is Senior Lecturer in Politics at the University of Edinburgh.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 246 mm
Width: 189 mm
Thickness: 26 mm
Weight
935 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-5296-3007-7 (9781529630077)
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Person
Alan Convery is Senior Lecturer in Politics at the University of Edinburgh. His research focus-es on UK and Scottish politics and conservatism and the Conservative Party. He is the author of The Territorial Conservative Party: Devolution and Party Change in Scotland and Wales (2016). He was Deputy Editor (2015-2018) and Lead Editor (2018-2021) of the British Journal of Politics and International Relations. At Edinburgh, he organises the Introduction to British Politics course and received the Chancellor's Award for Teaching in 2019.
Content
Part I: Introduction
Chapter 1 Preface - Alan Convery
Chapter 2 Introduction: The Post-Westminster Polity? - Alan Convery
Part II: Representation
Chapter 3 Concepts of Political Representation - Sarah Childs
Chapter 4 Gender and Politics in the UK - Meryl Kenny
Chapter 5 Race, Ethnicity and UK Politics - Timothy Peace and Nasar Meer
Chapter 6 Class and Politics in the UK - Joe Greenwood-Hau
Chapter 7 The Conservative Party - Alan Convery
Chapter 8 The Labour Party - Karl Pike
Chapter 9 Elections and Voting - Ailsa Henderson
Part III: Central Institutions
Chapter 10 The UK Constitution - Alan Convery and Asanga Welikala
Chapter 11 The UK Parliament - Marc Geddes
Chapter 12 The Executive - Richard Parry
Part IV: Beyond the Centre
Chapter 13 England - Ben Wellings
Chapter 14 Scotland - Alan Convery and Ailsa Henderson
Chapter 15 Wales - Jac Larner and Richard Wyn Jones
Chapter 16 Northern Ireland - Lisa Claire Whitten
Part V: Big Issues
Chapter 17 Public Policy - Daniel Kenealy
Chapter 18 Media and Social Media - Clare Llewellyn and Cristian Vaccari
Chapter 19 Brexit and Beyond - Benjamin Martill
Chapter 20 UK Foreign Policy Making - Victoria Honeyman
Chapter 21 UK Politics and the End of Empire - Harshan Kumarasingham
Chapter 1 Preface - Alan Convery
Chapter 2 Introduction: The Post-Westminster Polity? - Alan Convery
Part II: Representation
Chapter 3 Concepts of Political Representation - Sarah Childs
Chapter 4 Gender and Politics in the UK - Meryl Kenny
Chapter 5 Race, Ethnicity and UK Politics - Timothy Peace and Nasar Meer
Chapter 6 Class and Politics in the UK - Joe Greenwood-Hau
Chapter 7 The Conservative Party - Alan Convery
Chapter 8 The Labour Party - Karl Pike
Chapter 9 Elections and Voting - Ailsa Henderson
Part III: Central Institutions
Chapter 10 The UK Constitution - Alan Convery and Asanga Welikala
Chapter 11 The UK Parliament - Marc Geddes
Chapter 12 The Executive - Richard Parry
Part IV: Beyond the Centre
Chapter 13 England - Ben Wellings
Chapter 14 Scotland - Alan Convery and Ailsa Henderson
Chapter 15 Wales - Jac Larner and Richard Wyn Jones
Chapter 16 Northern Ireland - Lisa Claire Whitten
Part V: Big Issues
Chapter 17 Public Policy - Daniel Kenealy
Chapter 18 Media and Social Media - Clare Llewellyn and Cristian Vaccari
Chapter 19 Brexit and Beyond - Benjamin Martill
Chapter 20 UK Foreign Policy Making - Victoria Honeyman
Chapter 21 UK Politics and the End of Empire - Harshan Kumarasingham