1st Edition

Essentials of Parliamentary Democracy

By Reginald G Bassett Copyright 1964

    First Published in 1964. This second edition of The Essentials of Parliamentary Democracy was published posthumously, bringing the title with multiple alterations, chiefly in the footnotes. This title should be read as an essay on British parliamentary government; its mood is interpretive. Where this book differs from others in its field, the author here focused on interpreting its character, recognising its non-negligible defects as anomalous survivals rather than as divergencies from an ideal model.

    Part 1; Chapter 1 The British Political System; Chapter 2 The Political Parties (I); Chapter 3 The Political Parties (II); Chapter 4 Democracy; Chapter 5 The Conditions of Continuance (I); Chapter 6 The Conditions of Continuance (II); Part 2; Chapter 7 Recent Tendencies in British Politics;

    Biography

    R. Bassett, Late Professor of Political Science in the University of London, Michael Oakeshott