Governing Britain

Governing Britain
Author: Philip Norton
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Total Pages: 208
Release: 2020-09-17
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1526145464

Who governs Britain? Is Parliament sovereign? Who chooses the Prime Minister? And who enforces the rules? The United Kingdom is in the throes of political and constitutional conflict. Tensions between different Westminster and Holyrood, and between the UK and the European Union, are part of a wider picture of constitutional flux. The United Kingdom is one of only three nations that does not have the principal provisions of the organs of state, nor is how they relate to one another and to the citizen embodied in a single document. Devolution and Brexit have given rise to calls for a codified constitution, but the debate has taken place against a background of confusion and uncertainty as to existing constitutional arrangements. We must first understand what already exists and how our constitution works today. This deeply informed and elegantly written book addresses the problems that have arisen in the context of the greatest political crisis our country has faced in decades.

Governing London

Governing London
Author: Ben Pimlott
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Total Pages: 214
Release: 2002-05-02
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 0191583650

This timely book is the first to take a close historical look at Ken Livingstone s London. It examines the development of London governance from the demise of the Greater London Council to the establishment of the Greater London Authority. The authors investigate the working of Mayor and Assembly, unravel the underlying politics of London and explore policy debates about transport, crime, and economic development. Finally they pose a question of key importance, not just to Londoners, but also to those interested in urban governance throughout the world: to what extent can the creation of new institutions and instruments of government give a major city the sense of being a political community?

London's Mayor at 20

London's Mayor at 20
Author: Jack Brown
Publisher: Biteback Publishing
Total Pages: 241
Release: 2020-11-24
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1785906364

This year, London's elected mayor and assembly turn twenty. But has London's mayoralty lived up to the expectations that were set for it? Have its three mayors been able to get to grips with the city's challenges? How have they responded to crises in the past – and what does the future hold? This important new book marks the twentieth anniversary of London's mayor and assembly and investigates the relative successes and challenges of the mayoralty to date, before asking what comes next for London. It combines analysis by experts with reflections from those closely involved in setting up, running and working with the Greater London Authority, alongside those who have held the position of Mayor of London themselves.

The Politics of London

The Politics of London
Author: Tony Travers
Publisher: Red Globe Press
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2004
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 0333960998

Interest in the governance of London is high following the election if Ken Livingstone as mayor. This volume provides a concise assessment of all aspects of the politics, government and administration of one of the world's leading cities.

Governing the London Region

Governing the London Region
Author: Donald L. Foley
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Total Pages: 240
Release: 2023-11-10
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 0520312473

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1972.

The Politics of London

The Politics of London
Author: Tony Travers
Publisher: Red Globe Press
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2004
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 0333961005

Interest in the governance of London is high following the election of Ken Livingstone as mayor. This volume provides a concise assessment of all aspects of the politics, government and administration of one of the world's leading cities.

Governing England

Governing England
Author: Michael Kenny
Publisher: Proceedings of the British Aca
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2018
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780197266465

Governing England examines the state of England's governance, identity and relationship with the other nations of the UK. It brings together academic experts on constitutional change, territorial politics, nationalism, political parties, public opinion, and local government both to explain thecurrent place of England within a changing United Kingdom, and to consider how the "English constitution" is likely to develop over the coming years.At a time when questions of territory and identity have grown increasingly politicised, Governing England offers a deeper academic analysis of how England and Englishness are changing. The central questions it addresses are whether, why, and with what consequences there has been a disentangling ofEngland from Britain within the institutions of the UK state, and of Englishness from Britishness at the level of culture and national identity.This volume includes competing interpretations of what has changed in terms of English nationhood.

Regenerating London

Regenerating London
Author: Rob Imrie
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 368
Release: 2009-01-13
Genre: Architecture
ISBN: 1134080751

Regenerating London explores latest thinking on urban regeneration in one of the fastest changing world cities. Engaging with social, economic, and political structures of cities, it highlights paradoxes and contradictions in urban policy and offers an evaluation of the contemporary forms of urban redevelopment.

Governing Risks in Modern Britain

Governing Risks in Modern Britain
Author: Tom Crook
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 321
Release: 2016-04-26
Genre: History
ISBN: 1137467452

For more than 200 years, everyday life in Britain has been beset by a variety of dangers, from the mundane to the life-threatening. Governing Risks in Modern Britain focuses on the steps taken to manage these dangers and to prevent accidents since approximately 1800. It brings together cutting-edge research to help us understand the multiple and contested ways in which dangers have been governed. It demonstrates that the category of ‘risk’, broadly defined, provides a new means of historicising some key developments in British society. Chapters explore road safety and policing, environmental and technological dangers, and occupational health and safety. The book thus brings together practices and ideas previously treated in isolation, situating them in a common context of risk-related debates, dilemmas and difficulties. Doing so, it argues, advances our understanding of how modern British society has been governed and helps to set our risk-obsessed present in some much needed historical perspective.

Staging Governance

Staging Governance
Author: Daniel O'Quinn
Publisher: JHU Press
Total Pages: 444
Release: 2005-11-30
Genre: Drama
ISBN: 9780801879616

At the same time, official speeches and proceedings on colonial practices, such as the public trials of Clive and Hastings, became theatrical events themselves."--Jacket.