Developments in British politics 9 / edited by Richard Heffernan, Philip Cowley and Colin Hay.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 328-350) and index.

Introduction: a landscape without a map?: British politics after 2010 / Philip Cowley, Colin Hey and Richard Heffernan -- Constitutional politics / Meg Russell -- Changing patterns of executive governance / David Richards -- Changing parliamentary landscapes / Alexandra Kelso -- Elections and voting / David Denver -- Political parties and the British party system / Philip Cowley -- Territorial politics in post-devolution Britain / Roger Scully and Richard Wyn Jones -- Power sharing in Northern Ireland / Cathy Gormley-Heenan -- Anti-politics in Britain / Gerry Stoker -- Pressure group politics / Richard Heffernan -- The politics of diversity / Rosie Campbell -- The changing news media environment / Andrew Chadwick and James Stanyer -- Britain and the global financial crisis: the return of boom and bust / Colin Hay -- Britain's place in the European Union / Lori Thorlakson -- Security and surveillance in Britain / Richard J. Aldrich and Antony Field -- Britain in the world / Andrew Gamble.

British politics has experienced unprecedented change in recent years. The Conservative{u2013}Liberal Democrat coalition that emerged from the 2010 general election represented a marked departure from the single-party majorities Britain is accustomed to. And in the wake of the global economic crisis, the country now faces a new era of austerity. Cuts in public spending, together with the coalition's plans for a radical overhaul of public services, are likely to have profound political and social implications. For over 25 years, Developments in British Politics volumes have established an unrivalled reputation for accessible state-of-the-art coverage incorporating the latest research. Developments in British Politics 9 continues that tradition but with an entirely new set of specially commissioned chapters in which expert authors provide systematic and wide-ranging analysis of key trends, issues and debates.