Samuel Finer - Works

Works

  • A Primer of Public Administration, 1950 (ISBN 0-8371-9492-X, 1977)
  • The Life and Times of Sir Edwin Chadwick, 1952 (ISBN 0-416-17350-0, 1970) – the outcome of Finer's postgraduate research
  • Local Government in England and Wales (joint author), 1953 (ISBN 0-19-889159-8)
  • Anonymous Empire: A Study of the Lobby in Great Britain, 1958 – a ground-breaking study of political lobbying in the UK
  • Private Industry and Political Power, 1958
  • Backbench Opinion in the House of Commons, 1955-59, 1961
  • The Man on Horseback: The Role of the Military in Politics, 1962 (ISBN 0-86187-967-8, 1988) – short but very original
  • Vilfredo Pareto: Sociological Writings (selector), 1966 – the writings of an Italian sociologist
  • Comparative Government: An Introduction to the Study of Politics, 1970 (ISBN 0-14-021170-5, 1974) – a successful textbook
  • Adversary Politics and Electoral Reform (editor), 1975 (ISBN 0-9504469-0-4)
  • Five Constitutions: Contrasts and Comparisons (editor), 1979 (ISBN 0-14-022203-0)
  • The Changing British Party System, 1945-1979, 1980 (ISBN 0-8447-3368-7)
  • Parties and Interest Groups (audio cassette, joint author), 1982 (ISBN 1-86013-297-9)
  • Electoral System (audio cassette, joint author), 1982 (ISBN 1-86013-296-0)
  • Comparing Constitutions (editor), 1995 (ISBN 0-19-876344-1)
  • The History of Government from the Earliest Times, 1997 (ISBN 0-19-822904-6 three-volume set, hardback) – Finer's retirement project and magnum opus, unfinished and published posthumously

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