Success in politics - Neil McNaughton

This is a fully updated edition of Success in Politics - a comprehensive and accessible textbook revised to fit the requirements of the new AS and A level specifications. It provides a solid introduction to all of the principal and most popular optional fields of study, such as American government and comparative US/British politics, political behaviour, political concepts, ideologies and doctrines. The updates include the June 2001 UK general election.;This book provides: a complete description of the British political system with a discussion of the main contemporary issues concerning its structure, and trends in its development; a discussion of basic political concepts such as democracy, sovereignty, representation, justice and rights; descriptions of the ideological background to British politics and of alternative ideologies such as communism, fascism, and anarchism; an analysis of the social context of British politics and political culture; and a clear account of the American political system and a comparative analysis of differences between the US and British systems.;The second edition has substantial coverage of: European political issues; the policy process; Northern Ireland; devolution; human rights and judiciary issues; Civil Service reform; Proportional Representation (PR) in national regions and European elections; reform of the House of Lords; and President Clinton's impeachment hearings.