Because politics impact so many different parts of our society, there’s a broad scope of work and career pathways available - it’s not just about becoming an MP! Moreover, while nobody sits down and reads a textbook in one sitting, books by a single author can sometimes display a coherence and consistency of purpose which can make them more readable than those written by multiple authors. In 2002, World of Books Group was founded on an ethos to do good, protect the planet and support charities by enabling more goods to be reused. These cookies help provide information on metrics the number of visitors, bounce rate, traffic source, etc. Government of Ireland Act 1920, passed by the Parliament of the United Kingdom and created the partition of Ireland.

This means that while a monarch – in this case, Queen Elizabeth II – is the head of state, she is not the head of government. In some parts of the country, there’s just one tier of local government providing all the functions, known as a ‘unitary authority’. but its acquired energy gathered strength for the party all over Scotland at all levels right up to the 2017 election and later the one in December 2019. The Bill of Rights of 1689 – which is still in effect – lays down limits on the powers of the crown and sets out the rights of Parliament and rules for freedom of speech in Parliament, the requirement for regular elections to Parliament, and the right to petition the monarch without fear of retribution. It considers each of the major components of British politics, such as the Monarchy and the House of Lords, the Commons, voting behaviour, parties and pressure groups, the Prime Minister and Cabinet, devolution, local government, and foreign policy.British Politics: The Basics analyses these changes and places them within the context of the evolution of British society from absolute monarchy to representative democracy. Some of the data that are collected include the number of visitors, their source, and the pages they visit anonymously. Administrative management of the department is led by a head civil servant known in most Departments as a Permanent secretary. However the edition that arrived was not the same as pictured therefore unsuitable for our collection.

One simple and effective criteria is to select the most recently published textbook on the basis that if a week is a long time in politics then the years between editions of most standard textbooks amount to a political epoch. The 10 th edition benefits from new chapters on ‘Elites in the United Kingdom’ and ‘Gender and British Politics’ and on ‘UK immigration policy in a hostile environment’. Interact with government through consultations and petitions to inform and influence the decisions it makes. The House of Lords was previously a largely hereditary aristocratic chamber, although including life peers, and Lords Spiritual.

In May 2008 the High Court ruled in favour of a Freedom of Information request into expense claims by UK members of parliament. Leave’s campaign strategist, Dominic Cummings, later claimed that without this exaggerated statistical ploy the campaign would not have been won. The most prominent example of this genre is the Developments in British Politics series which is currently in its 10th edition, imaginatively entitled Developments in British Politics 10.

It is also worth noting that even the most recent editions of textbooks rarely offer an entirely new perspective on events. The principal Scottish pro-independence party, the Scottish National Party, became a minority government in 2007 and then went on to win an overall majority of MSPs at the 2011 Scottish parliament elections and forms the current Scottish Government administration. In keeping with other recent textbooks on UK politics it also includes interesting material on British society with a valuable chapter on identity, equality and power, as well as a useful chapter on communications and public opinion.Another recent example of a student focused guide is Doing Politicsby Professor Jacqui Briggs, the sadly departed head of the School of Social and Political Sciences at the University of Lincoln. It had a solitude structure covering all major themes, tables and graphs to suggest fact-based analysis. British politics can seem very confusing – there are lots of different political parties and branches of government, and even though we have a monarchy we are also a democracy. Only a genuine expert could explain successfully its significance within a broader understanding of the Basics of that politics.

The Prime Minister then selects the other Ministers which make up the Government and act as political heads of the various Government Departments. Many parts of England have 2 tiers of local government: county councils and district, borough or city councils.Whilst certain powers remain with the UK-wide government, a devolved government means that a large number of powers rest with the devolved government of that country (an example of this would be how Scotland had different rules in place for the Covid-19 epidemic).