Power, Competition and the State Volume 3 [Hardcover]

'The best contemporary map available [of the British state].' Peter Hennessy The final volume of Keith Middlemas's acclaimed trilogy shows how, after a climactic crisis in the mid-1970s, the balance changed between government, interest groups, political parties, and public, whose competition had characterised the postwar years, and how emergence of new alignments among them altered the British state itself. Documented from over three hundred interviews with participants, as well as archives, it provides an object lesson in contemporary history.List of Acronyms and Abbreviations - PART 1: INTRODUCTION - The Crisis - Contested Directions, 1974-6 - Contested Issues, 1974-6 - The Centre Held, 1976-9 - The Centre falls apart, 1976-9 - Capture of the Party - PART 2: INTRODUCTION - The New Regime - Wars of Movement - Wars of Position: Trade Unions - Wars of Position: Industry and Finance - Parties, Elites and Public - Conclusion - List of those interviewed - Notes - IndexKEITH MIDDLEMAS