Book description
CONTENTS:
1. Background
2. Society and People
Geography – Population – The Economy – Social Structure
3. The Political Public
The Electoral System – The Party System – Voting – Media of Communication
4. Cabinet Government
The Monarch and Cabinet Government – The Prime Minister – Collective Responsibility – Individual Ministerial Responsibility – Cabinet and Commons
5. Parliament
Sovereignty – The House of Lords – The House of Commons – Legislative Procedure in the House of Commons, Committees of the House of Commons
6. Administration and Civil Service
Organization – Constitutional Status of Ministerial Departments – The Higher Civil Service – Security, The University Grants Committee
7. Law and Order
8. Local Government
9. Government and the General Welfare
10. Foreign Relations
Reform Proposals
11. The British Political System: An Overview
