Party, Parliament, and personality : essays presented to Hugh Berrington

This is a collection of essays on political psychology commissioned to commemorate the retirement of Hugh Berrington and to celebrate his contribution to the field, the authors comprise some of the best known names in Political Science in the UK, including Ivor Crewe, Vincent Wright, David Hine and Iain McLean. The central focus of the volume is British Politics, but the book also contains a number of comparative chapters including David Hine's on the political psychology of corruption, which focuses on Italy. The book also contains theoretical chapters, including Albert Weale's on the central nature of disagreement in democratic politics. The bulk of the chapters are concerned with the psychology of individual political actors, but there is also a chapter on the psychology of individual political theorists, which focuses on Thomas Hobbes and Jean Jacques Rousseau. Book Cover......Page 1 Half-Title......Page 2 Title......Page 4 Copyright......Page 5 Dedication......Page 6 Contents......Page 7 Notes on contributors......Page 9 1 Introduction......Page 11 2 Hugh Berrington: a profile and an appreciation......Page 19 REFERENCES......Page 27 3 Democracy and disagreement......Page 28 PREFERENCE AGGREGATION IN THE WESTMINSTER MODEL......Page 32 SOME NORMATIVE ISSUES......Page 37 SOCIAL CHOICE AND CONSTITUTIONAL REFORM......Page 42 REFERENCES......Page 43 4 The awkward art of reconciliation......Page 44 THE DEFECTOR-LOYALIST PUZZLE......Page 60 THE EUROPEAN ISSUE......Page 63 PERCEPTIONS OF LABOUR’S PROSPECTS......Page 65 THE IMPACT OF DESELECTION......Page 66 RELATIONS WITH THE LOCAL PARTY......Page 67 THE PERSONAL FACTOR: FINANCIAL PROSPECTS......Page 70 THE PERSONAL FACTOR: ROOTS IN THE LABOUR MOVEMENT......Page 72 CONCLUSIONS......Page 75 APPENDIX: POTENTIAL RECRUITS TO SDP WHO REMAINED IN THE LABOUR PARTY......Page 76 NOTES......Page 78 REFERENCES......Page 81 INTRODUCTION......Page 82 TRADITIONAL PARTY POSITIONS......Page 83 The Labour Party......Page 84 The Conservative Party......Page 88 CONCLUSION......Page 92 REFERENCES......Page 93 7 The industrial privatisation programmes of Britain and France......Page 95 CONVERGENT PRESSURES......Page 96 THE PROGRAMMATIC RESPONSE......Page 98 THE CONDITIONS FOR RADICAL POLICY-MAKING......Page 101 THE DIFFERENCES......Page 105 EXPLAINING THE DIFFERENCES......Page 107 SOME GENERAL CONCLUSIONS......Page 110 REFERENCES......Page 111 INTRODUCTION......Page 114 IN QUEEN VICTORIA’S GLORIOUS DAYS......Page 115 BACKBENCH AND SON OF BACKBENCH......Page 118 OTHER ROLLCALL VOTING STUDIES IN BRITAIN......Page 123 PROSPECTS AND CONCLUSION......Page 124 REFERENCES......Page 129 9 Members of Parliament and issues of conscience......Page 132 WHY ARE FREE VOTES HELD?......Page 135 WHY OUGHT THERE TO BE FREE VOTES?......Page 137 The Burkean ideal......Page 143 Linking parliamentary and public opinion......Page 146 CONCLUSION......Page 148 NOTES......Page 149 REFERENCES......Page 150 10 Parliamentary sovereignty and public opinion1......Page 152 IS THERE A PROBLEM OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN BRITAIN?......Page 153 THE DOCTRINE OF PARLIAMENTARY SOVEREIGNTY......Page 157 ALTERNATIVE CHECKS AND BALANCES......Page 159 UNELECTED, UNREPRESENTATIVE AND UNACCOUNTABLE......Page 160 NOTES......Page 163 REFERENCES......Page 164 Modernising Italian politics......Page 165 Interpreting corruption......Page 166 The liberal state......Page 168 The republican state......Page 169 The institutionalization of corruption and the judicial response......Page 171 The collapse......Page 172 EXPLANATIONS OF SYSTEMATIC CORRUPTION......Page 173 Institutional incentives......Page 174 The weakness of normative sanctions......Page 176 NOTES......Page 181 REFERENCES......Page 183 INTRODUCTION......Page 185 THOMAS HOBBES (1588–1679)......Page 186 JEAN-JACQUES ROUSSEAU (1712–78)......Page 192 CONCLUSION......Page 202 REFERENCES......Page 203 ARTICLES AND CHAPTERS......Page 205 SELECTED UNPUBLISHED PAPERS......Page 207 Index......Page 208 Hugh Berrington : A Profile And An Appreciation / Peter Jones -- Democracy And Disagreement / Albert Weale -- The Awkward Art Of Reconciliation / Sir Bernard Ingham -- Loyalists And Defectors : The Sdp Breakaway From The Parliamentary Labour Party 1981-2 / Ivor Crewe And Anthony King -- The Poison'd Chalice : The European Issue In British Party Politics / Philip Daniels And Ella Ritchie -- The Industrial Privatisation Programmes Of Britain And France : The Impact Of Political And Institutional Factors / Vincent Wright -- Backbench Opinion Revisited / Iain Mclean -- Members Of Parliament And Issues Of Conscience / Peter Jones -- Parliamentary Sovereignty And Public Opinion / W.l. Miller, A.m. Timpson And M. Lessnoff -- Party, Personality And Law : The Political Culture Of Italian Corruption / David Hine -- Psychology And Political Theory : Does Personality Make A Difference? / Tim Gray. Edited By Peter Jones. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Bibliography Of Hugh Berrington's Writings: P. [227]-229. A collection of essays on political psychology from some of the best known names in political science in the UK, including Ivor Crewe, Vincent Wright, Rod Hague, David Hine and Iain McLean.