British politics - Keith Pye

The objective of the book is to present concepts and ideas alongside a brief discussion of the application of those matters to issues and to institutions in British politics.;Wherever possible, British case studies and examples are used, but, where this is not possible an overseas example is included. The book is intended to be an introduction; to stimulate interest and to provide a means of getting to grips with some of the most difficult ideas in human society.;It examines the concepts which are central to politics and provides some limited applications of these concepts to given case studies; seeks to give the reader a basic introduction to theoretical work on a variety of political ideas and to illustrate these theories with the ideas of some of the major political philosophers; and attempts to provide initial linkages between the theories and concepts which have gone before and the main concerns of modern British politics.;Each chapter is divided into several distinct sections: basic principles, discussing the arguments, case studies, examination questions and further reading.