Contemporary Political Studies Series
Series Editor: John Benyon, University of Leicester
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DAVID BROUGHTON
Public Opinion and Political Polling in Britain
JUNE BURNHAM and ROBERT PYPER
Britains Modernised Civil Service
CLYDE CHITTY
Education Policy in Britain
MICHAEL CONNOLLY
Politics and Policy Making in Northern Ireland
DAVID DENVER
Elections and Voters in Britain
JUSTIN FISHER
British Political Parties
ROBERT GARNER
Environmental Politics: Britain, Europe and the Global Environment; 2nd edn
ANDREW GEDDES
The European Union and British Politics
WYN GRANT
Pressure Groups and British Politics
WYN GRANT
Economic Policy in Britain
DEREK HEATER and GEOFFREY BERRIDGE
Introduction to International Politics
DILYS M. HILL
Urban Policy and Politics in Britain
RAYMOND KUHN
Politics and the Media in Britain
ROBERT LEACH
Political Ideology in Britain
ROBERT LEACH and JANIE PERCY-SMITH
Local Governance in Britain
PETER MADGWICK
British Government: The Central Executive Territory
ANDREW MASSEY and ROBERT PYPER
Public Management and Modernisation in Britain
PHILIP NORTON
Parliament and British Politics
MALCOLM PUNNETT
Selecting the Party Leader
Forthcoming
CHARLIE JEFFERY
Devolution and UK Politics
Contemporary Political Studies Series
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