Abstract

The British State

The article focuses on the book "English Government and Politics" by the author Frederic Austin. Austin's latest work is decidedly the most important as well as the most comprehensive book that Austin has written, and even if it were not strictly up to date, as it is, it would still be easily the best one-volume treatise on its subject. In the laborious business of gathering material Austin has been systematic as well as tireless, and a clear and organizing mind has enabled him to present the results of his study in orderly and readable fashion. Austin has successfully accomplished his purpose, which is to give an account of the English political system on lines which will render it not only a reservoir of data on principles and processes but a living reality as a going concern.