Parliament and Government

Synopsis: A CD-ROM presentation of UK government, with video footage, two hours of audio, graphics, photographs, searchable databases, links to websites It covers parliament (history, Palace of Westminster, organisation, the legislative process, life of an MP, devolved assemblies, database of MPs, a week in parliament); elections (types of elections, past elections 1945-97, perspectives on the electoral system, datasets of the full results of the 1992 and 1997 elections, parties and elections, voting trends, database of constituencies with census data); the ‘wheels of government’ (the executive, the ministries); the constitution (including legislature and judiciary); public opinion (think tanks, issue groups, the media, lobbyists, occupational groups); political parties (history of the party system, parties and elections, the main political parties, principal and minor parties); Europe (organisation charts, European Commission, European Parliament); participation in government.
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Medium: Multimedia; CD-ROM.
Year of production: 1999
Availability: Sale; 1999 sale: £9.99 (inclusive)
Uses: Ages 11 and up.
Subjects: Politics & government
Keywords: elections; European Parliament; European Union; government; legislation; Parliament; political parties; United Kingdom

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