Author Information

John Dearlove is Reader in Politics in the School of Social Sciences at the University of Sussex. You can visit their website at: http://www.sussex.ac.uk	Peter Saunders is Professor of Sociology and Research Manager at the Australian Institute of Family Studies. You can visit the Institute website at: http://www.aifs.org.au
Or visit the Sussex University IR & Politics and Sociology departments at: http://www.sussex.ac.uk/units/IRPol http://www.sussex.ac.uk/units/sociology

Between them, the authors have degrees in economics, politics and sociology. They have written extensively on local and urban politics, social and political theory, privatization, housing and capitalism.

In writing this book, they have drawn on their varied disciplinary and interdisciplinary backgrounds, as well as solid empirical research. It has resulted in this outstanding third edition of the bestselling introductory textbook in British politics.