Party, Parliament and Personality: Essays Presented to Hugh Berrington / Edition 1

by Peter Jones

Overview

This is a collection of essays on political psychology commissioned to commemorate the retirement of Hugh Berrington and to celebrate his contribution to the field, the authors comprise some of the best known names in Political Science in the UK, including Ivor Crewe, Vincent Wright, David Hine and Iain McLean. The central focus of the volume is British Politics, but the book also contains a number of comparative chapters including David Hine's on the political psychology of corruption, which focuses on Italy. The book also contains theoretical chapters, including Albert Weale's on the central nature of disagreement in democratic politics. The bulk of the chapters are concerned with the psychology of individual political actors, but there is also a chapter on the psychology of individual political theorists, which focuses on Thomas Hobbes and Jean Jacques Rousseau.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780415115261
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	05/04/1995
Pages:	252
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)
Lexile:	1440L (what's this?)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Peter Jones is Senior Lecturer in Politics at the University of Newcastle. He is the author of Rights and has also written on liberalism, toleration, democracy and social policy. He is currently working on political strategies for dealing with diversities of belief and culture.

Table of Contents

Introduction 2 Hugh Berrington: a profile and an appreciation 3 Democracy and disagreement 4 The awkward art of reconciliation 5 Loyalists and defectors: the SDP breakaway from the parliamentary Labour Party 1981–2 6 ‘The poison’d chalice’: the European issue in British party Politics 7 The industrial privatisation programmes of Britain and France: the impact of political and institutional factors 8 Backbench opinion revisited 9 Members of Parliament and issues of conscience 10 Parliamentary sovereignty and public opinion 11 Party, personality and law: the political culture of Italian Corruption 12 Psychology and political theory: does personality make a difference?

Editorial Reviews

Pivoting on the role of personality in practical politics and perhaps in political theory as well, a dozen essays treat such topics as democracy and disagreement, the European issue in British party politics, the industrial privatization programs of Britain and France, issues of conscience, and Parliamentary sovereignty and public opinion. One of the essays is an appreciation of political scientist Berrington on his retirement from his long-held chair at the University of Newcastle. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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