The Eclipse of Parliament: Appearance and Reality in British Politics since 1914

The Eclipse of Parliament: Appearance and Reality in British Politics since 1914

"By 1914 genuine parliamentary government had been forestalled and executive power placed in the ascendant. The central themes of this book pursue the consolidation of that change and its consequences: the progressive elimination of the capacity of the legislature to check or monitor the activities of the excutive; the growth (though far from continuous) of prime-ministerial monarchy; the `politicization' of senior civil servants and their increasing effectiveness in contrast to most Members of Parliament; increasing authoritarianism and secretiveness, leaving the excutive more open to pressure from interests overseas than the electorate.

Lenman, Bruce P.

London, etc.: Edward Arnold 1992 pp 284

SR S 81