Mark Garnett is Senior Lecturer in British Politics at Lancaster University, UK.

The Routledge Handbook of British Politics and Society conducts a rigorous, innovative and distinctive analysis of the relationship between British politics and society, emphasizing that the UK is now far from a monolithic, and unshifting, entity.

Introduction Part I: Institutions and Practice 1. The Core Executive 2. The Civil Service 3. UK Parliament 4. The Judiciary 5. Political Parties in Britain 6. Elections and Voting 7. Media 8. Politics and the Police: Recent developments in police governance and current issues surrounding police service delivery in England and Wales Part II: Issues 9. Britain in the World 10. Economic Policy 11. Social Policy Part III: Politics and Society 12. Gender and Political Representation 13. Ethnic Diversity 14. Politics in England 15. England: The North-South Divide 16. Scotland: Society and Culture 17. Scottish and UK Politics: Convergence and Divergence 18. Wales: Culture and Society 19. Politics in Wales since Devolution 20. The Politics of Northern Ireland 21. Northern Ireland: Society and culture