Leading political scientists from Britain and the United States discuss the impact of recent changes in the role of political parties in both countries and offer radical appraisal of their role in a modern democracy.
One of Britain's foremost constitutional experts, Vernon Bernard Bogdanor is research professor at the Institute for Contemporary British History at King's College London and professor of politics at the New College of the Humanities. He is also emeritus professor of politics and government at the University of Oxford and an emeritus fellow of Brasenose College, Oxford.