Introduction : dilemmas of change in British politics / Donley T. Studlar -- Is Parliament revolting? / Jorgen S. Rasmussen -- Rubbing up or running down? Dilemmas of civil service reform in Britain / James B. Christoph -- Virtues become vices? The decline of the textbook party system / Kenneth D. Wald -- At the pleasure of Parliament : the politics of local reform in Britain / Douglas E. Ashford -- Devolution and identity in Scotland and Wales / Norman Furniss -- The referendum and the British constitution / Harry Lazer -- Britain and the European community / Hans J. Michelmann -- Change and rumours of change : courts and the rule of law / Jerold L. Waltman -- Conclusion : a crisis of participation? / Donley T. Studlar.