British parliamentary parties : policy and power
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
Print Book, English, 1992
Clarendon Press ; Oxford University Press, Oxford [England], New York, 1992
x, 370 pages ; 23 cm
9780198277057, 0198277059
25202453
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.