The Political System of Great Britain: A Wasted Research Opportunity

The reviewed book (Lenka A. Rovná: Kdo vládne Británii?) aims to analyze the decision-making process in the British political system and to identify its main participants and their ability to influence the process. However, the author leaves out a detailed analysis of the relationship among the political powers and only informs us about the basic principles of British politics. Thus, the title of the book does not properly reflect its content. In addition, we can detect many serious problems regarding factual accuracy and the text’s adherence to the formal requirements of academic work (e. g. incorrect translation, missing references of the works cited, insufficient methodological grounding, reliance on secondary instead of primary sources). In spite of its shortcomings the book can be used as an elementary source of knowledge on British politics. Nevertheless, the expectations that this book could fill the gap in Czech scientific research on the British political system were not met.