Overview
- Provides the most comprehensive reference work for British political facts
- Continues the legacy of Sir David Butler’s prestigious series of British Political Facts
- Covers British political history from 1900 right up to the latest election and referendum results
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Table of contents (20 chapters)
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Front Matter
Keywords
- Brexit referendum
- British public policy
- Elections in British history
- British political referendums
- David Butler
- British political constitution
- social conditions in Britain
- justice and law enforcement in Britain
- investigation and regulation in Britain
- religion and politics
- British political statistics
- economics and politics
- British public finance statistics
- devolution in Britain
- local vs national government
- public sector in Britain
- modern British political history
- contemporary British political history
- British Politics
- democracy
About this book
This book is the most comprehensive single volume reference work available for British political facts. Covering the period from 1900 to the present, it is the latest edition in a series previously edited by David Butler and various collaborators. This new edition updates the contents to the immediate post-European Union referendum period in the UK. It is useful to a wide range of potential readers, including students, educators, journalists, policy professionals, and anyone with an interest in politics and political history. It will be valuable to academics working in a variety of disciplines, including history and political science.
Reviews
“Anyone interested in British politics – as well as competitors in pub quizzes or University Challenge – has to have British Political Facts within reach as a vital and accurate reminder of what happened – it is indispensable.” (Peter Riddell, former political journalist and ex-director of the Institute for Government, UK)
“Blick and Mortimore have succeeded admirably in modernising while keep faith to the spirit of British Political Facts, the most sacred text in recent British Political History” – Sir Anthony Seldon, author of The Blair Effect ,2001)
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Roger Mortimore is Professor of Public Opinion and Political Analysis, King’s College London, UK. He is also Director of Political Analysis at the research company Ipsos MORI.
Andrew Blick is Director of History & Policy and Lecturer in Politics and Contemporary History, King’s College London, UK.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Butler's British Political Facts
Editors: Roger Mortimore, Andrew Blick
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-56709-3
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Political Science and International Studies, Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-137-56708-6Published: 03 August 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-56709-3Published: 31 July 2018
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VIII, 883
Topics: British Politics, Political History, Governance and Government, Electoral Politics, Democracy