British Politics: A Very Short IntroductionAcknowledgement viii
List of illustrations ix
1 The Britishness of British politics 1
2 The political constitution 16
3 Arguing: the political conversation 31
4 Governing: the strong centre 48
5 Representing: party rules OK 64
6 Accounting: heckling the steamroller 79
7 The end of British politics? 97
Further reading 111
Index 115