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The Eclipse of Parliament: Appearance and Reality in British

01 January 1991

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The Eclipse of Parliament: Appearance and Reality in British
Politics since 1914
libdoc November=1993

Author: Lenman, Bruce P.
Publisher: London, etc.: Edward Arnold 1992 pp 284
Keywords: Parliamentary politics History Elites Civil servants

Contents:
"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 executive; 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 executive more open to
pressure from interests overseas than the electorate.

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