Institutional Crisis in 21st Century Britain [electronic resource] /
Richards, David.author.
Smith, M.editor.
Hay, C.editor.
In 21st century Britain, a 'perfect storm' seems to have engulfed many of its institutions. This book is the first wholesale consideration of the crisis of legitimacy that has taken root in Britain's key institutions and explores the crisis across them to determine if a set of shared underlying pathologies exist to create this collective crisis.
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Cover; Contents; List of Tables and Figures; Preface and Acknowledgements; Notes on Contributors; Introduction: A Crisis in UK Institutions?; Part I: A Thematic Approach to Crisis; 1 A Crisis of Expectation; 2 A Crisis of Participation; 3 A Crisis of Politics in the Politics of Crisis; Part II: Surveying Institutions in Crisis; 4 A Crisis of Parliament; 5 A Crisis of Political Parties; 6 A Crisis of Whitehall; 7 A Crisis of the Union; 8 A Crisis of Europe; 9 A Crisis of the Financial Sector; 10 A Crisis of Regulation; 11 A Crisis of the Media; 12 A Crisis of Policing
Conclusion: Après le Deluge? Crisis, Continuity and Change in UK InstitutionsReferences; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
In 21st century Britain, a 'perfect storm' seems to have engulfed many of its institutions. This book is the first wholesale consideration of the crisis of legitimacy that has taken root in Britain's key institutions and explores the crisis across them to determine if a set of shared underlying pathologies exist to create this collective crisis.
Public policy.
Democracy.
Elections.
Great Britain—Politics and government.
Political sociology.
Political theory.
Public Policy.
Democracy.
Electoral Politics.
British Politics.
Political Sociology.
Political Theory.