Taxation and Democracy is the first book to examine the structure, politics, and historic
development of taxation policies in several countries. Comparing three quite different …

Under what conditions are governments within established democratic political systems
willing and able to launch ambitious reform programs? In other words, what conjunctural …

An historical study of British policy towards European integration from the Second World War
to the creation of the single European market. Whilst focusing on government policy, the …

Providing an introductory account of the Labour Party from its foundation, this book covers
the whole period up to the General Election of 1992 and the subsequent choice of John …

It was the nineteenth-century politician John Bright who described England as" the mother of
parliaments." By virtue of its seniority in the family of parliaments, the British Parliament is …

This fully revised edition provides a comprehensive analysis of the relationship between
business and government in Britain, including a completely updated account of business …

The Welfare State in Britain presents a history of British social policy from the election of
Clement Attlee to the fall of Margaret Thatcher. Michael Hill focuses upon the political …

12 Ende der Sozialdemokratie?" sui generis"(Beyme 1982: 86) außerhalb der Parlamente
entstandenen Sozialdemokraten, setzte sich die vorbehaltlose Anerkennung liberal-demo …

" The polls in the 1992 British General Election have a lot to answer for.... The pollsters have
to regard all of the criticism of their perfor-mance as perfectly reasonable, as the polls got it …

This paper examines the nature of public opinion concerning the National Health Service.
Data from two series of national surveys covering the period 1983–92 are used to analyse …