Routledge Studies in British Politics

This series aims to engage experts in the fields of UK politics, political history and public policy-making whilst addressing a wide array of political dynamics, contexts, histories and ideas. Many of the current major political trends and issues - such as the long-term impact of Brexit, the implications of political disenchantment, the surge in party membership, growing constitutional strains on the UK, and the unbalanced nature of formal political participation in terms of class, gender and ethnicity - are major challenges to political elites.

The series will retain a particular focus on British government, British politics and public policy, while locating those issues within a European and global context. Its will aim to:

• Promote research excellence with regards to British politics, including interdisciplinary collaboration.
• Disseminate relevant knowledge widely.
• Engage and inform the public debate about the nature of British politics.
• Contribute towards the development of public policy.
• Stimulate innovation in teaching and research.

The series will initially focus on five core areas:　

• Political thought and ideology: the dynamics of ideological change within and outside political parties; mapping the interplay of ideology and policy; debating different ideological traditions in British politics; and considering the impact of new forms of critical political thought
• British party politics: how different parties in British politics are responding to new electoral, organizational and policy challenges.
• Remodelling the UK polity: (De)Europeanization, devolution, and multi-level governance are promoting new national projects while delegating and dispersing powers from the centre through a ‘new localism’.
• Managing the public household: including regulation,　industrial policy, the economics of austerity, and politics beyond the crisis. 　
• Society and State: citizen-focused public policy, digital politics, the relationship between parliament and citizens, the politics of gender, civic participation, populism, immigration and culture, declining public trust, and the politics of public expectations.

For guidance on how to structure your proposal, please visit: www.routledge.com/info/authors

Book proposals should be sent to the series editors:

Series editors:

Patrick Diamond, Queen Mary University, London [email protected]

Tim Bale, Queen Mary University, London [email protected]