UK Politics

Alan Convery is Senior Lecturer in Politics at the University of Edinburgh. His research focus-es on UK and Scottish politics and conservatism and the Conservative Party. He is the author of The Territorial Conservative Party: Devolution and Party Change in Scotland and Wales (2016). He was Deputy Editor (2015-2018) and Lead Editor (2018-2021) of the British Journal of Politics and International Relations. At Edinburgh, he organises the Introduction to British Politics course and received the Chancellor’s Award for Teaching in 2019.

• Part I: IntroductionChapter 1 Preface - Alan ConveryChapter 2 Introduction: The Post-Westminster Polity? - Alan ConveryPart II: RepresentationChapter 3 Concepts of Political Representation - Sarah ChildsChapter 4 Gender and Politics in the UK - Meryl KennyChapter 5 Race, Ethnicity and UK Politics - Timothy Peace and Nasar MeerChapter 6 Class and Politics in the UK - Joe Greenwood-HauChapter 7 The Conservative Party - Alan ConveryChapter 8 The Labour Party - Karl PikeChapter 9 Elections and Voting - Ailsa HendersonPart III: Central InstitutionsChapter 10 The UK Constitution - Alan Convery and Asanga WelikalaChapter 11 The UK Parliament - Marc GeddesChapter 12 The Executive - Richard ParryPart IV: Beyond the CentreChapter 13 England - Ben WellingsChapter 14 Scotland - Alan Convery and Ailsa HendersonChapter 15 Wales - Jac Larner and Richard Wyn JonesChapter 16 Northern Ireland - Lisa Claire WhittenPart V: Big IssuesChapter 17 Public Policy - Daniel KenealyChapter 18 Media and Social Media - Clare Llewellyn and Cristian VaccariChapter 19 Brexit and Beyond - Benjamin MartillChapter 20 UK Foreign Policy Making - Victoria HoneymanChapter 21 UK Politics and the End of Empire - Harshan Kumarasingham