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AS UK Government & Politics Textbook, 2nd Edition
Mark Garnett, Phil Lynch

Paperback
RRP: £19.99
ISBN: 9781844894161

Published: 30/09/2005
Extent: 408 pages

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Summary:
This highly popular textbook has been written specifically to meet the needs of AS students, providing comprehensive, accessible and up-to-date coverage of core topics in AS government and politics. Carefully structured around the specifications, the textbook combines authoritative discussion with the latest facts and figures. Frequent Summary boxes and definitions of Key Terms aid comprehension and revision, while an Exam Focus section at the end of each chapter offers source-based exercises relating to the text and assignments for extension work, drawing on further reading.

  • Comprehensive and authoritative topic coverage

  • Suitable for all exam boards

  • Up-to-date data

  • Lively, full-colour design



Table of Contents:
Democracy and participation
Elections
Electoral reform
The UK party system
Voting behaviour
UK politcal parties
Party ideologies
Pressure groups
The constitution and constitutional reform
Parliament and parliamentary reform
The executive
Rights, the judiciary and the law
Devolution
The UK and the European Union

About the Author(s):
Mark Garnett is currently a Visiting Fellow in the Department of Politics and International Relations at the University of Leicester. He is an editor of POLITICS REVIEW and has written several books on post-war British politics. Philip Lynch is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Politics and International Relations at the University of Leicester. He is an editor of POLITICS REVIEW and his publications include The Politics of Nationhood: Sovereignty, Britishness and Conservative Politics. Eric Magee is an experienced teacher, Head of Department, Chief Examiner and Chair of Examiners. He was a key member of the team which produced QCA’s Subject Criteria for Government and Politics, the template for the AS and A2 specifications, and is an editor of POLITICS REVIEW.

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