The British Study of Politics in the Twentieth Century

by Jack Ernest Shalom Hayward, Brian Barry, Archie Brown, Jack Hayward (Editor)

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780197262948
Publisher:	Oxford University Press, USA
Publication date:	08/01/2003
Series:	British Academy Centenary Monographs Series
Pages:	528
Product dimensions:	8.80(w) x 6.00(h) x 1.20(d)

About the Author

University of Hull

Columbia University

University of Oxford

Table of Contents

British Approaches to Politics: the Dawn of a Self-Deprecating Discipline, Jack Hayward
Contextual and Non-Contextual Histories of Political Thought, P. J. Kelly
Visions of Freedom: the Response to Totalitarianism, Noël O'Sullivan
The Critique of Individualism, Alan Ryan
Pluralism, Revenant or Recessive?, Rodney Barker
Comparative Politics, Vernon Bogdanor
Pressure Groups and Parties: A 'Haze of Common Knowledge' or the Empirical Advance of the Discipline?, Jeremy Richardson
Electoral Systems, Elections and Public Opinion, William L. Miller
The Analysis of British Political Institutions, Geoffrey Marshall
British Public Administration, Dodo, Phoenix or Chameleon?, Christopher Hood
Nations and Nationalism in British Political Studies, Charles King
The Study of Totalitarianism and Authoritarianism, Archie Brown
A British School of International Relations, Tim Dunne
The Study of Politics as a Vocation, Brian Barry