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Political power and democratic control in Britain :

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Political power and democratic control in Britain :

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the democratic audit of the United Kingdom /

Stuart Weir and David Beetham.

New York :

Routledge,

1999.

1 online resource (xix, 538 pages) :

illustrations, maps.

Democratic audit of the United Kingdom

Includes bibliographical references (pages 504-522) and index.

LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS - INTRODUCTION: Auditing Democracy in Britain: Introducing the Democratic Criteria -- Ancient and Modern: The governing culture in Britain -- PART 1-- ELECTIONS AND MANDATES: Introduction -- The Other National Lottery: The Political Effects of Westminster Elections -- The Independence of Elections: Government and Outside Influences on Elections -- Sticking to the Manifesto: Election Mandates in Action -- PART 2-- THE CORE EXECUTIVE: Introduction -- Does the Cabinet Really Govern? Cabinet Government or Quasi-Presidential Rule? -- Ministers and Mandarins: The Powers of Ministers, Bureaucrats and their Departments -- Agents of Power: The Role of Agencies and Quangos in Government -- Government below the Centre: Government at Regional and Local Level -- Networks in Power: External Influences Working within Government -- The Rules of the Game: Britain's Informal and Flexible Executive -- PART 3-- CHECKS AND BALANCES: Introduction -- Giving Account to Parliament: How Ministerial Responsibility Works in Practice -- A Parliament Bound: Party Constraints on Scrutiny and Accountability -- Heckling the Steamroller: The Imbalance of Power between Government and Parliament -- The Rule of Law: The Limited Role of the Judiciary -- PART 4-- THE BALANCE SHEET: Findings: Good in Parts: Measuring British Democracy Against Democratic Criteria -- Conclusions: Tying Down Gulliver: The absence of a written constitution

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Democratic Institutions and Practices is the second study carried out under the Democratic Audit of the UK. This volume explores the formal institutions and processes of the liberal democratic state: including the executive, elections, parliament and the civil service. -- Provided by publisher

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Political power and democratic control in Britain.

041509643X

Democratic Audit of the United Kingdom

Democracy-- Great Britain.

Power (Social sciences)-- Great Britain.

Démocratie-- Grande-Bretagne.

Pouvoir (Sciences sociales)-- Grande-Bretagne.

Democracy.

POLITICAL SCIENCE-- Public Policy-- Cultural Policy.

Politics and government

Power (Social sciences)

SOCIAL SCIENCE-- Anthropology-- Cultural.

SOCIAL SCIENCE-- Popular Culture.

Great Britain, Politics and government.

Grande-Bretagne, Politique et gouvernement.

Great Britain.

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Beetham, David

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