An account of the changing nature of party politics in Britain. Paul Webb draws on models of comparative politics and empirical analysis to map and explain the capacity of British parties to adapt to a changing political environment. He addresses: the nature and extent of party competition; the internal life and organizational development of parties; the variety of evolving party systems in Britain; the links between parties and the wider political system; the current weaknesses of party performance; and the scope of reform.
An account of the changing nature of party politics in Britain. Paul Webb draws on models of comparative politics and empirical analysis to map and explain the capacity of British parties to adapt to a changing political environment. He addresses: the nature and extent of party competition; the internal life and organizational development of parties; the variety of evolving party systems in Britain; the links between parties and the wider political system; the current weaknesses of party performance; and the scope of reform.
To what extent are the techniques of campaigning and media management critical to the outcome of modern elections? This book brings together a group of leading scholars to provide a comprehensive analysis of the role and impact of political communications during election campaigns. They set the context of election campaigning in Britain, and the ......
British Parties and Voters in Long-term Perspective
Did Labour's landslide victory in 1997 mark a critical watershed in British party politics? Did the radical break with 18 years of Conservative rule reflect a fundamental change in the social and ideological basis of British voting behaviour? Critical Elections brings together leading scholars of parties, elections and voting behaviour to ......
This study of the censorship of James Joyce's Ulysses is largely based on research of such archives as US Post Office and Department of Justice records, and interviews of descendants of US Attorneys Sam Coleman and Nicholas Atlas. Vanderham (English, The King's U. College) argues for a close connec
Women and Sexual Love in the British Novel, 1740-1880
What is the problem of sexual love? Neither inclusive of all aspects of sexuality nor fully synonomous with the idealized mythos of romantic love, sexual love as desire is marked by the highly charged intersection of sexuality and romantic love; it is a space where gender is imagined and enacted. In A Craving Vacancy, Susan Ostrov Weisser examines ......
Women and Sexual Love in the British Novel, 1740-1880
What is the problem of sexual love? Neither inclusive of all aspects of sexuality nor fully synonomous with the idealized mythos of romantic love, sexual love as desire is marked by the highly charged intersection of sexuality and romantic love; it is a space where gender is imagined and enacted. In A Craving Vacancy, Susan Ostrov Weisser examines ......
