Contributor(s): Patrick Dunleavy | Relevance of the traditional British political parties in an era of less ideology, greater individualism, rapidly-developing new media and few party members. Are other factors interests now better able to generate mass memberships, policy and lobbying? How might government be organised in a ‘post party’ political system?

Contributor(s): Patrick Dunleavy | Relevance of the traditional British political parties in an era of less ideology, greater individualism, rapidly-developing new media and few party members. Are other factors interests now better able to generate mass memberships, policy and lobbying? How might government be organised in a ‘post party’ political system?

Contributor(s): Patrick Dunleavy | Relevance of the traditional British political parties in an era of less ideology, greater individualism, rapidly-developing new media and few party members. Are other factors interests now better able to generate mass memberships, policy and lobbying? How might government be organised in a ‘post party’ political system?

Contributor(s): Patrick Dunleavy | Relevance of the traditional British political parties in an era of less ideology, greater individualism, rapidly-developing new media and few party members. Are other factors interests now better able to generate mass memberships, policy and lobbying? How might government be organised in a ‘post party’ political system?

Contributor(s): Jim Gallagher | Case for independence/staying within the union. Devolution to Edinburgh has created a radically separate political and governmental system since 1999, with further fiscal reform due to take place in 2016.

Contributor(s): Jim Gallagher | Case for independence/staying within the union. Devolution to Edinburgh has created a radically separate political and governmental system since 1999, with further fiscal reform due to take place in 2016.

Contributor(s): Tony Wright | Proposed reforms to Parliament, including a reduction in the number of MPs, new constituency boundaries, elections for select committee chairs, new types of committee, new sitting times, the removal of hereditary peers and more public accountability. The impacts of devolution.

Contributor(s): Professor Justin Fisher | The development of political parties, party loyalty and bases of support. Protest voting and extremist parties. The voting systems used in UK national and local election.

Contributor(s): Professor Justin Fisher | The development of political parties, party loyalty and bases of support. Protest voting and extremist parties. The voting systems used in UK national and local election.

Contributor(s): Jill Rutter | The ways policy is made and the processes it goes through prior to implementation. Party election manifestos, the use of special advisors, independent inquiries, think tanks, lobbyists and other elements in the evolution and delivery of government policy.