Consensus Politics

Dennis Kavanagh is Professor of Politics at the University of Nottingham. His many works include Political Science and Political Behaviour, Thatcherism and British Politics, British Politics: Continuities and Change and The Politics of the Labour Party. He has been the co-author of the Nuffield election studies since 1974. Peter Morris, Lecturer in Politics at the University of Nottingham, has written on aspects of contemporary French politics and history and he has translated a selection of Raymond Aron's sociological writings. He is also an editor of Modern and Contemporary France.

• 1. Consensus. 2. Mixed Economy.3. Full Employment.4. The Role of the Trade Unions.5. Welfare State.6. Foreign and Defence Policy.7. Assessment.Afterword: From Thatcher to Major.