Philip Norton is Professor of Government and Director of the Centre for Legislative Studies, University of Hull, UK, and, as Lord Norton of Louth, has been a member of the House of Lords since 1998.

'This is the single best book published on the Westminster Parliament: admirably clear, superbly researched, and brilliantly argued.' - Philip Cowley, University of Nottingham, UK.

• Parliament in PerspectiveThe Development of ParliamentPART I: PARLIAMENT AND GOVERNMENTRecruiting MinistersThe Making of Public PolicyLegislationThe Administration of GovernmentPART II: BEYOND WHITEHALLParliament and the European UnionParliament and DevolutionParliament and the CourtsPART III: PARLIAMENT AND THE PEOPLERepresenting the PeopleThe Voice of the ConstituentsSpeaking for Different InterestsReaching the PublicConclusion: Parliamentary Reform.