BILL COXALL is the co-author (with Lynton Robins) of Contemporary British Politics. Until 1989 he was Senior Lecturer in Humanities at what is now the University of Brighton.LYNTON ROBINS teaches Politics at De Montfort University, Leicester.

• Introduction: Britain in 1945 The Governments of Postwar Britain The Rise and Fall of Consensus Politics Society, Economy and Politics The Territorial Dimension Britain and Europe The Constitution The Political Parties Voters and Elections Managing Britain's Economy Social Policy and the Welfare State Foreign and Defence Policies Ideological Perspectives on Postwar British Politics.

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