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Constitution-making and the Labour Party

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9780230502260

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Constitution-making and the Labour Party

[Book]

Mark Evans.

Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York

Palgrave Macmillan

2003

(xiii, 386 p.)

List of Boxes, Figures and Tables --;List of Abbreviations --;Acknowledgements --;Introduction --;From Elite to Third Way Democracy? --;PART I: UNDERSTANDING CONSTITUTIONAL CHANGE --;Constitutional Doctrine and Revisionism in the Labour Party --;The Rise of the Competition State --;The New Constitutionalism --;PART II: CASE STUDIES IN CONSTITUTIONAL CONTINUITY AND CHANGE --;Electoral Reform and the Clammy Hands of Centralism --;Parliamentary Reform --;Reforming the House of Lords --;Bringing Rights Home --;Freedom of Information and Open Government --;Devolution to Scotland and Wales --;Is Power Devolved, Power Retained? --;A Different Union, A Different Ireland? --;Constitutional Futures --;The New Constitutionalism and the Impact of Spill-Over --;Conclusion --;Elite Democracy is Third Way Democracy in Disguise --;Notes --;Bibliography --;Internet Sources --;Index.

Since coming to power in 1997 the Labour government 's programme of constitutional reform represents an historic challenge to both British constitutional doctrine and Labour Party orthodoxy.

Constitutional law -- Great Britain.

Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1997-

Labour Party (Great Britain)

Mark Evans.

Mark Evans

[Book]

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