Politics: The Basics, 4th Edition

nation-states38–9: globalisation
42–7; relations between 40–1;
sovereignty 39
National Association of Citizen’s
Advice Bureau 217
National Health Service (NHS) 67,
216, 230, 236
national interest 40
National Rifle Association 217
National Society for the Prevention
of Cruelty to Children (NSPCC)
216
national will 39
nationalism84, 107–110 see also
nation-states
NATO (North Atlantic Treaty
Organisation) 42, 156
natural rights 61–2
nazism 74–6, 150, 151–2
negative freedom64–5
negative income tax 235
neo-conservatism 94–5
Nepal 35
Netherlands: local policy networks
186; multinationals 44
Nettl, P. 16
Neustadt, R.E. 227
New York 108
New Zealand 38, 181
newly independent states 145–6
newspapers 200–2, 242
NICs (Newly Industrialised
Countries) 131 see also South
Korea, Singapore, Malaysia,
Taiwan etc
Nietzsche, F W. 51,75
Nigeria: civil war 147; Kingdoms of
33–4; military government in
147; ‘Native Administration’
164; National identity and
ethnicity 39; Nigerian National
Democratic Party 104; Tiv 28–30
NIMBY (Not In My Back Yard) 86
Nkrumah, K. 146
Nixon, R. 176, 198
Norris, P. 8
‘North’ vs ‘South’ 129–32

Northern Ireland 34, 109, 145, 155;

Real IRA 122

Oakeshott, M. 94

obedience to state 54–5

ombudsman 184

on-line data-bases 245

‘One Nation’ conservatism 93

oneparty systems145–6; local 166

see also nazi government, soviet

government

Open University 244

opinion polls 202

‘optimising’ behaviour 222

organisational politics220–4

organisational process model 222

Orwell, G. 79, 97

Osborne, D. 230

Oxfam 217

Pahl, R.E. 187

Palestine 122

panArabism 84

Papua New Guinea 27

paradigms18–9

Pareto, V. 7, 114, 115, 119

Parkinson, C.N. 221

Parliamentary Commissioner for

Administration (Ombudsman)

184

parliamentary systems 142–3,

177–9

parliamentary papers 243–4

Parsons, T. 5, 16, 131

participation 171–3, 238–9

parties seepolitical parties

Partido Revolucionari Institucional

(PRI) (Mexico) 102, 149

patronage 35

‘perfect implementation’ 227

performance indicators232–4

permanent campaign 194–5

personality, cult of 78, 150

persuasive definitions 66

Peters, R.S. 63

piecemeal social engineering 79

planning, centralised 212–3

INDEX 275