Rational Choice And British Politics

This study explores the course of British parliamentary politics over 150 years. The author combines social science and analytical narrative history to analyze turning points in British politics, such as: the repeal of the Corn Law; the Victorian crisis of the Liberal and Conservative parties; the Irish question and Lloyd George's solution to it; the new Liberal origins of the welfare state; the politics of race and empire under Chamberlain and Powell; and the politics of there is no alternative under Margaret Thatcher.

Review: McLean's research is excellent, his writing is polished and witty, and his cases are well selected to cover some of the truly fascinating moments of British politics ... From a scholarly perspective, there are some novel and interesting parts to McLean's work. American Political Science Review