British Parliamentary Parties: Policy and Power
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Brand, Jack, PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press, USA, This book examines the role of the British Conservative and Labour parliamentary parties in the development of government policy since . Focusing on major policy fields--agriculture, education, housing, defense, the economy, and Scottish affairs--Brand argues that the influence of ong>backong>-benchers has been consistently underestimated, and that the interdependence of front- and ong>backong>-benchers frequently produces surprising and significant effects on policy development.