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Tables of Contents for British Political Parties Today
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
List of figures, tables and boxes
viii
2
Preface and acknowledgements
x
3
List of abbreviations
xiii
Introduction: Why do parties exist?
1
12
1 The culture of British party politics
13
24
2 The party system
37
19
3 The Conservative party: theory and practice
56
19
4 The Conservative party: organisation, membership and authority
75
23
5 The Labour party: theory and practice
98
27
6 The Labour party: organisation, membership and authority
125
33
7 The centre of British party politics
158
27
8 The parties of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland (by Michael Cunningham)
185
16
9 The `problem' of party finance
201
17
10 Parties and voters
218
28
Conclusion: are parties making a difference?
246
19
Index
265