v. 1. Part I. Approaches. Theories of British politics / Andrew Gamble -- The character of modern British politics / W. H. Greenleaf -- Part II. Historical context. The Second World War, consensus, and the foundation of the welfare state / Rodney Lowe -- The United Kingdom as a multi-national state / Richard Rose -- The new governance : governing without government / R. A. W. Rhodes -- Part III. Power and the state. The problem of the capitalist state / Nicos Poulantzas -- The capitalist state : reply to Nicos Poulantzas / Ralph Miliband -- Policy networks : a British perspective / R. A. W. Rhodes -- Model or metaphor? A critical review of the policy network approach / Keith Dowding -- Part IV. The constitution. Bringing the constitution back in : political science and the state / John Dearlove -- Interpreting the constitution / J. C. Rees -- Subsidiarity and the Community's constitutional future / Andrew Adonis and Stuart Jones -- Part V. Elections and parties. Partisan dealignment in Britain 1964-1974 / Ivor Crewe, Bo Särlvik and James Alt -- On the death and resurrection of class voting : some comments on how Britain votes / Ivor Crewe -- Trendless fluctuation : a reply to Crewe / Anthony Heath, Roger Jowell and John Curtice -- Power in the parties : R. T. McKenzie and after / Dennis Kavanagh -- Part VI. Pressure groups. Pressure groups in British government / W. J. M Mackenzie -- Insider groups, outsider groups and interest group strategies in Britain / W. Grant -- Part VII. Parliament. Parliament in the United Kingdom : balancing effectiveness and consent? / Philip Norton -- Elective dictatorship / Lord Hailsham -- The rise of the career politician in Britain - and its consequences / Anthony King.
v. 2. Part VIII. Executive - Prime Minister. The discipline of the new democracy : Mrs Thatcher's domestic statecraft / Jim Bulpitt -- Margaret Thatcher : the style of a Prime Minister / Anthony King -- The Blair style of government : an historical perspective and an interim audit / Peter Hennessy -- Part IX. Executive - the Cabinet. The Prime Minister's power / G. W. Jones -- The Prime Minister and the Cabinet / John P. Mackintosh -- Core executive studies in Britain / Patrick Dunleavy and R. A. W. Rhodes -- Part X. Executive - Ministers. The individual responsibility of Ministers / S. E. Finer -- On being a Minister / Roy Jenkins -- The role skills of Cabinet Ministers : a cross-national review / B. W. Headey -- The use and abuse of Junior Ministers : increasing political influence in Whitehall / Kevin Theakston -- Part XI. Civil Service. The origins of the administrative elite / Peter Gowan -- Bureaucratic politics and power : developments in the study of bureaucracy / Bill Jenkins and Andrew Gray -- The end of the Whitehall model? / Graham K. Wilson and Anthony Barker -- Part XII. Policy. Iron triangles, woolly corporatism and elastic nets : images of the policy process / A. Grant Jordan -- The social scientists and policy-making : some cautionary thoughts and transatlantic reflections / L. J. Sharpe -- Part XIII. Management. A public management for all seasons? / Christopher Hood -- Citizenship and government : the challenge for management in the public domain / Stewart Ranson and John Stewart -- Part XIV. Local government. Theories and values of local government / L. J. Sharpe -- The struggle to reform local government : 1970–1995 / Gerry Stoker -- Part XV. Quangos. Keeping the centre small : explanations of agency type / Christopher Hood -- Privatization as a political priority : the British experience / Mariusz Mark Dobek -- Part XVI. The secret state. The limits to coercive consociationalism in Northern Ireland / Brendan O'Leary -- Judicial politics in Britain : patrolling the boundaries / Gavin Drewry -- Part XVII. New directions. Policy disasters : explaining the UK's record / Patrick Dunleavy -- The future of political biography / Ben Pimlott -- Representative democracy and its limits / Paul Hirst.