Muddling through : power, politics, and the quality of government in postwar Britain / Peter Hennessy
1996, 1st edition. London : Gollancz. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Not price-clipped. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Item #413185
ISBN: 0575063661
Physical description; 317 pages ; 24 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references and index. Contents; Preface: Thinking Aloud -- Introduction: Humbugging our Way -- 1. Jewel in the Constitution? The Queen, Parliament and the Royal Prerogative -- 2. The Back of the Envelope: Hung Parliaments, the Queen and the Constitution -- 3. Permanent Ballast in the Constitution -- 4. Teething the Watchdogs: Parliament, Government and Accountability -- 5. No End of a Lesson? -- 6. 'A Bloody Union Jack on Top of It' -- 7. A Canal Too Far -- 8. Out of the Midday Sun? Britain and the Great Power Impulse -- 9. Living with Clem -- 10. Living with Winston -- 11. Living with Anthony -- 12. The Last Edwardian -- 13. A Countryman in Downing Street -- 14. The Scarlet Thread -- 15. Be Prepared -- 16. Knowing Their Little Tricks -- 17. The Last Retreat of Fame: Mrs. Thatcher as History. Subjects; Since 1945 - Politics and government. Great Britain Politics and government 1945-. Great Britain Politics and government 1945-1964. Great Britain Politics and government 1945-. Politics History, 1945 - Great Britain.
Price: €10.00