Castells, Manuel, 2002, The Rise of the Network Society, Oxford,
Blackwell
One of the foremost thinkers on the possible effect of the Internet
on the political process worldwide.
Colomer, Josep M. (ed.), 2002, Political Institutions in Europe, 2nd
edn, London, Routledge
General description of the pattern of democratic politics in various
countries of Western Europe and in the EU.
Coxall, Bill, 2001, Pressure Groups in Britain, Harlow, Longman
Useful basic text on interest groups.
Coxall, Bill, Robbins, Lynton and Leach, Robert, 2003, Contem-
porary British Politics, 4th edn, Basingstoke, Macmillan
One of a number of good introductory texts available on the UK.
Eldridge, John et al., 1997, The Mass Media and Power in Modern
Britain, Oxford, Oxford University Press
Mainly concerned with British media. Introduces work of Glasgow
University Media Group, with strong emphasis on political issues.
Farrel, David M., 2001, Electoral Systems: A Comparative Intro-
duction, Basingstoke, Palgrave
Useful introductory book.
Jackson, Nigel, 2006, ‘Dipping Their Big Toe into the Blogosphere:
The Use of Weblogs by the Political Parties in the 2005 General
Election’, Aslib Proceedings: new information perspectives58(4):
292–303
Provides insight into how blogs were used in the UK during an
election campaign.
Jones, Nicholas, 1996, Soundbites and Spin Doctors, London, Indigo
Lively account of this development.
Keman, Hans (ed.), 2002, Comparative Democratic Politics, London,
Sage
Democracy, parties, interest groups and public policy in com-
parative perspective.
King, Anthony, 2001, Does the United Kingdom Still Have a
Constitution?London, Sweet & Maxwell
Short lively perspective on the question.
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