BILL COXALL is the co-author (with Lynton Robins) of Contemporary British Politics. Until 1989 he was Senior Lecturer in Humanities at what is now the University of Brighton.LYNTON ROBINS teaches Politics at De Montfort University, Leicester.

'[A] clear and reliable view of the last fifty years, as one would expect from authors so well established in their field.' - Michael St. John Parker, Parliamentary Affairs '[S]uccinct,...full of organized facts and will be very useful to students and teachers alike at college and undergraduate levels'. David Childs, Political Studies '...an invaluable text book, which may be confidently recommended for students of both politics and history.' - Peter Madgwick, English Historical Review

• Introduction: Britain in 1945 The Governments of Postwar Britain The Rise and Fall of Consensus Politics Society, Economy and Politics The Territorial Dimension Britain and Europe The Constitution The Political Parties Voters and Elections Managing Britain's Economy Social Policy and the Welfare State Foreign and Defence Policies Ideological Perspectives on Postwar British Politics.

BILL COXALL is the co-author (with Lynton Robins) of Contemporary British Politics. Until 1989 he was Senior Lecturer in Humanities at what is now the University of Brighton.LYNTON ROBINS teaches Politics at De Montfort University, Leicester.

'[A] clear and reliable view of the last fifty years, as one would expect from authors so well established in their field.' - Michael St. John Parker, Parliamentary Affairs '[S]uccinct,...full of organized facts and will be very useful to students and teachers alike at college and undergraduate levels'. David Childs, Political Studies '...an invaluable text book, which may be confidently recommended for students of both politics and history.' - Peter Madgwick, English Historical Review

• Introduction: Britain in 1945 The Governments of Postwar Britain The Rise and Fall of Consensus Politics Society, Economy and Politics The Territorial Dimension Britain and Europe The Constitution The Political Parties Voters and Elections Managing Britain's Economy Social Policy and the Welfare State Foreign and Defence Policies Ideological Perspectives on Postwar British Politics.

BILL COXALL is the co-author (with Lynton Robins) of Contemporary British Politics. Until 1989 he was Senior Lecturer in Humanities at what is now the University of Brighton.LYNTON ROBINS teaches Politics at De Montfort University, Leicester.

'[A] clear and reliable view of the last fifty years, as one would expect from authors so well established in their field.' - Michael St. John Parker, Parliamentary Affairs '[S]uccinct,...full of organized facts and will be very useful to students and teachers alike at college and undergraduate levels'. David Childs, Political Studies '...an invaluable text book, which may be confidently recommended for students of both politics and history.' - Peter Madgwick, English Historical Review

• Introduction: Britain in 1945 The Governments of Postwar Britain The Rise and Fall of Consensus Politics Society, Economy and Politics The Territorial Dimension Britain and Europe The Constitution The Political Parties Voters and Elections Managing Britain's Economy Social Policy and the Welfare State Foreign and Defence Policies Ideological Perspectives on Postwar British Politics.