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The tone of British politics has shifted from the ideology-driven years of Conservatives Margaret Thatcher and John Major tthe relatively ideology-free years of their Labour successors The fabric of British politics has alsshifted--from the institutional reforms of the 1980s and 1990s tthe constitutional reforms of the late 1990s through the early years of the twenty-first century In this highly readable text, American scholar Bruce Norton, whhas lived in Britain since 1987, examines these shifts in British politics and offers a stimulating, balanced perspective on the changing nature of political leadership; electoral reforms and major trends in voting behavior; the evolving relations between central government and local governments and the newly devolved governments of Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland; the increasing impact of the European Union on British government and politics; and the emergence of the judiciary as a significant force in shaping public policy in twenty-first century Britain
