FACTION AS ITS OWN REWARD: GROUPS IN THE BRITISH PARLIAMENT 1945-1986

In: Parliamentary affairs: a journal of representative politics, Band 42, Heft 2, S. 148-164

Abstract

THE ARTICLE STUDIES THE GROWTH IN THE NUMBER OF BRITISH FACTIONS SINCE 1945 WITH EMPHASIS ON FACTIONS WITHIN PARLIAMENTARY PARTIES. IT EXAMINES THEIR IDEOLOGY AND GOALS AND ATTEMPTS TO DISCERN THEIR ORIGINS. IT CONCLUDES THAT ALTHOUGH THE NATURE OF THE PARTY IN SOME WAY ENCOURAGES THE GROWTH OF FACTIONS, THE MORE IMPORTANT FACTOR IS THE CHANGES IN SOCIETY THAT THE FACTIONS ARE A REFLECTION OF.