The British Study of Politics in the Twentieth CenturyJack Hayward, Brian Barry, Archie Brown OUP/British Academy, 2003 - 528 pages The distinctive strength of political science in Britain is revealed in this indispensable guide to modern British scholarship in the field. As well as charting the development of the discipline, the essays examine the innovative contributions to the study of nationalism, totalitarianism and authoritarianism and the influential British approach to international relations. The fourteen distinguished authors have provided a major contribution to our understanding of the contemporary state of political science. |
Contents
Contextual and NonContextual Histories | 37 |
The Response to Totalitarianism | 63 |
The Critique of Individualism | 89 |
Pluralism Revenant or Recessive? | 117 |
Comparative Politics | 147 |
A Haze of Common | 181 |
Electoral Systems Elections and Public Opinion | 223 |
The Analysis of British Political Institutions | 257 |
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