1st Edition
British Politics and the Policy Process An Arena Approach
Part One: Introduction 1. The Contemporary Language of Policy-Making 2. Problems in Studying the Political Process Part Two: Policy-Making Arenas 3. The Public Arena 4. The Parliamentary Arena and Adversary Politics 5. The Party Arena 6. The Cabinet Arena 7. The Bureaucratic Arena 8. The Pressure-Group Arena Part Three: Allocation and Implementation 9. Budgetary Politics 10. The Implementation Process Part Four: Conclusion 11. Britain as a Post-Industrial Society.
Biography
A. G. Jordan was an esteemed international scholar in the field of public administration, the policy-making process and interest group politics. He was former Head of Politics and International Relations at the University of Aberdeen. He authored/edited 15 books and published numerous articles in major journals including the British Journal of Political Science, European Journal of Political Research, Journal of Common Market Studies, Political Studies, Public Administration and the Journal of Public Policy.
J. J. Richardson is Emeritus Fellow at Nuffield College, Oxford University. He is the co-editor (with Berthold Rittberger) of Journal of European Public Policy. His research interests include the EU policy process: including the role of interest groups; EU institutions; relationships between national governments and the EU; the implementation of EU policies; processes of institutionalisation, to name a few.
