Abbreviations

American Historical Association

Arts and Humanities Research Council

Assembly Member

All Party Group

Association of Professional Political Consultants

American Political Studies Association

adult worker model

Bevir and Rhodes

British Cohort Study

British Election Study

Better Government for Older People

British Household Panel Survey

Bank for International Settlements

British International Studies Association

Black and Minority Ethnic

British National party

basic pension

bovine spongiform encephalopathy

British Telecom

Countryside Alliance

Common Agricultural Policy

Confederation of British Industry

Collier and Dollar

Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women

Common Foreign and Security Policy

Chartered Institute for Public Relations

Commission on the Future of Multi‐Ethnic Britain

Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament

Commission for Racial Equality

Department of Communities and Local Government

Department for International Development

Deutschmark

Defence Systems and Equipment International

Department of Trade and Industry

Democratic Unionist Party

Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency

European Central Bank

European Convention on Human Rights

European Court of Justice

European Economic Area

Equalities and Human Rights Commission

Education Maintenance Allowance

Economic and Monetary Union

equal opportunities

Equal Opportunities Commission

Exchange Rate Mechanism

Economic and Social Research Council

European Security Strategy

European Union

Foreign and Commonwealth Office

foreign direct investment

further education

Financial Services Authority

Food Standards Agency

free school meal

General Budget Support

Government Communications Headquarters

General Certificate of Secondary Education

gross domestic product

gender equality

General Household Survey

Gender Mainstreaming

gross national product

House of Commons

higher education

Higher Education Funding Council for England

Her Majesty's Treasury

Human Rights Act

Health and Safety Executive

Highly Skilled Migrant Programme

intergovernmental organization

International Labour party

International Monetary Fund

Irish Republican Army

Intelligence and Security Committee

information technology

International Trade Organization

Judicial Appointments Commission

Joint Intelligence Committee

Joint Terrorism Analysis Centre

liberal market economy

Ministry for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food

Muslim Council of Britain

Millennium Cohort Study

Millennium Development Goal

Member of the European Parliament

measles, mumps, rubella

Ministry of Defence

Member of Parliament

Member of the Scottish Parliament

median voter theorem

North American Free Trade Agreement

non‐accelerating inflation rate of unemployment

North Atlantic Treaty Organization

National Child Development Study

Non‐departmental public body

non‐governmental organization

National Health Service

not in my back yard

National Minimum Wage

National Pensioners Convention

New Public Management

new social movement

Overseas Development Administration

Ministry for Overseas Development

Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development

open method of coordination

Oxford Mobility Study

Office of Rail Regulation

Public Administration Select Committee

private finance initiative

Prime Minister

public–private partnership

public relations

Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper

Political Studies Association

Public Service Agreement

qualified majority voting

Russian Doll Model

Rural Development Regulation

Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act

Race Relations Board

stability and growth pact

Social Democratic and Labour party

Social Democratic party

Single European Act

socio‐economic status

Sinn Fein

Scottish Environment Protection Authority

single‐member plurality system

Scottish National party

self‐regulatory organization

sub‐Saharan Africa

Social Science Research Council

Satanic Verses

Tasking and Coordinating Group

Trades Union Congress

UK Action Committee on Islamic Affairs

United Kingdom Independence party

Ulster Unionist party

waste‐derived fuel

Western European Union

Westminster Model

Weapons of Mass Destruction

Western Peripheral Route

World Trade Organization

worthiness, unity, numbers, commitment