1st Edition
In Search of the Constitution Reflections on State and Society in Britain
By Nevil Johnson
Copyright 1977
254 Pages
by
Routledge
254 Pages
by
Routledge
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First published in 1977, In Search of the Constitution consists of a collection of critical reflections on the condition of government and politics in Britain. After a discussion of the effects of the growth in the government's responsibility for the economy and of the extension of the welfare state since 1945, the argument is advanced that political problems by 1970s have assumed a... Read more
Preface to the Paperback Edition Foreword 1. The Domestic Economy and the Providential Power of Government 2. Quality and Welfare in the Static State 3. The Waning of Constitutional Understanding 4. Parliament: The Mirror of the Nation 5. Adversary Politics and Institutionalised Opposition 6. The Leviathan at the Center 7. Challenges to the Unitary State 8. Law and Polity 9. Parties and Political Elites 10. The Sentiments of the People towards Government 11. Fundamentals in a Constitutional Reform 12. Towards a New Constitutional Settlement Index
Biography
Nevil Johnson (at the time of the original publication of the book) was with Nuffield College, Oxford.
