The social and economic context

Hickson, K; Williams, B

Abstract

his chapter analyses the changing social and economic context of British politics. The study of politics would have included a legal and historical discussion of the constitution and the major political institutions such as the monarchy, the Houses of Parliament, political parties and pressure groups. It was also the case that the study of British politics was once done in a fairly isolated way with little focus on international developments. The traditional A-level syllabus tended to focus on British political institutions and processes in a way which barely touched on developments outside of the United Kingdom (UK). Compared to a number of other countries Britain, or more specifically England, has remained relatively stable in its political arrangements. Scotland was formally brought into the Union in the eighteenth century with the Act of Union of 1707 although it retained distinct legal, educational and ecclesiastical structures. The Union between Ireland and the rest of the UK occurred much later, in 1801.

Citation

Hickson, K., & Williams, B. (2021). The social and economic context. In B. Jones, P. Norton, & I. Hertner (Eds.), Politics UK (Tenth edition) (62-81). UK: Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003028574-4

• Publication Date: Jul 29, 2021
• Deposit Date: Dec 3, 2021
• Publicly Available Date: Jan 29, 2023
• Publisher: Routledge
• Pages: 62-81
• Book Title: Politics UK (Tenth edition)
• ISBN: 9780367464028-(paperback);-9780367464059-(hardback);-9781003028574-(ebook)
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003028574-4
• Publisher URL: https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003028574-4
• Related Public URLs: https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003028574; https://www.routledge.com/Politics-UK/Jones-Norton-Hertner/p/book/9780367464028
• Additional Information: Access Information : This is an Accepted Manuscript of a book chapter published by Routledge in Politics UK (Tenth edition) on 29th July 2021, available online: http://www.routledge.com/9781003028574