| Title | Author | Publication | Tags | Comments | Entry date | ||
| Politico's guide to local government | Andrew Stevens | London : Politico's, 2006. | Politics, UK, Government, Local government, L | Preface -- 1. Historical development -- 2. Overview of local government in the UK -- 3. Elected members and elections -- 4. Human resources -- 5. National framework -- 6. Local government finance -- 7. Children's services -- 8. Adult care and health -- 9. Regeneration and infrastructure -- 10. Community and culture -- 11. Regional and neighbourhood governance -- 12. Policy context -- Appendix i: useful contacts -- Appendix ii: key legislation -- Appendix iii: 2005 general election manifestos -- Appendix iv: key dates -- Bibliography -- Index | 2013-08-06 | ||
| How parliament works | Robert Rogers | Harlow : Pearson Education, 2006. | Politics, Government, UK, L | Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- 1. Parliament: its home and origins -- 2. Who is in parliament? -- 3. Running parliament -- 4. Parliamentary sovereignty, legislative supremacy and devolution -- 5. Influences on parliament -- 6. The parliamentary day and the organisation of business -- 7. Making the law -- 8. Parliament and the taxpayer -- 9. Debates -- 10. Calling to account: questions -- 11. Calling to account: select committees -- 12. Parliament and Europe -- 13. The future of parliament -- Glossary of parliamentary terms -- Sources of information about parliament -- Index | 2011-06-08 | ||
| An introduction to political communication | Brian McNair | London : Routledge, 2003. | Media, Politics, L | List of illustrations -- Preface and acknowledgemts -- Preface to the third edition -- Part I Politics in the age of mediation: 1. Politics in the age of mediation -- 2. Politics, democracy and the media -- 3. The effects of political communication -- 4. The political media -- 5. The media as political actors -- Part II Communicating politics: 6. Party political communication I: advertising -- 7. Party political communication II: political public relations -- 8. Pressure-group politics and the oxygen of publicity -- 9. International political communication -- 10. Conclusion: performance politics and the democratic process -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index | 2011-06-08 |
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