Book contents
- The Cambridge Constitutional History of the United Kingdom
- The Cambridge Constitutional History of the United Kingdom
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Editors’ Preface
- Part I Perspectives
- Part II Actors and Institution
- 11 Monarchy
- 12 Legislatures
- 13 The Executive and the Administration
- 14 Judiciaries
- 15 Coercive Institutions
- 16 Locality, Regionality and Centrality
- 17 Political Parties
- Part III Politics
- Index
17 - Political Parties
from Part II - Actors and Institution
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 12 August 2023
Book contents
- The Cambridge Constitutional History of the United Kingdom
- The Cambridge Constitutional History of the United Kingdom
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Editors’ Preface
- Part I Perspectives
- Part II Actors and Institution
- 11 Monarchy
- 12 Legislatures
- 13 The Executive and the Administration
- 14 Judiciaries
- 15 Coercive Institutions
- 16 Locality, Regionality and Centrality
- 17 Political Parties
- Part III Politics
- Index
Summary
‘Societies, all societies, are constituted in a certain way, and this way is their constitution.’1 So observed Philip Bobbitt in 2003, and the connection between the life of a society and its constitution has only become more pronounced during the years since. Constitutions frame and regulate the political; and this in turn both reflects, and makes possible, the social. The constitutional order – a nexus of institutions, laws, values, and practices – is an integral component of the self-image of a people.
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- The Cambridge Constitutional History of the United Kingdom , pp. 431 - 454Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2023