AFDC Aid for Families with Dependent Children

AHA American Historical Association

AHRC Arts and Humanities Research Council

AM Assembly Member

APG All Party Group

APPC Association of Professional Political Consultants

APSA American Political Studies Association

AWM adult worker model

B&R Bevir and Rhodes

BCS British Cohort Study

BES British Election Study

BGOP Better Government for Older People

BHPS British Household Panel Survey

BIS Bank for International Settlements

BISA British International Studies Association

BME Black and Minority Ethnic

BNP British National party

BP basic pension

BSE bovine spongiform encephalopathy

BT British Telecom

CA Countryside Alliance

CAP Common Agricultural Policy

CBI Confederation of British Industry

CD Collier and Dollar

CEDAW Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women

CFSP Common Foreign and Security Policy

CIPR Chartered Institute for Public Relations

CMEB Commission on the Future of Multi‐Ethnic Britain

CND Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament

CRE Commission for Racial Equality

DCLG Department of Communities and Local Government

DFID Department for International Development

DM Deutschmark

DSEi Defence Systems and Equipment International

DTI Department of Trade and Industry

DUP Democratic Unionist Party

DVLA Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency

ECB European Central Bank

ECHR European Convention on Human Rights

ECJ European Court of Justice

EEA European Economic Area

EHRC Equalities and Human Rights Commission

EMA Education Maintenance Allowance

EMU Economic and Monetary Union

EO equal opportunities

EOC Equal Opportunities Commission

ERM Exchange Rate Mechanism

ESRC Economic and Social Research Council

ESS European Security Strategy

EU European Union

FCO Foreign and Commonwealth Office

FDI foreign direct investment

FE further education

FSA Financial Services Authority

FSA Food Standards Agency

FSM free school meal

GBS General Budget Support

GCHQ Government Communications Headquarters

GCSE General Certificate of Secondary Education

GDP gross domestic product

GE gender equality

GHS General Household Survey

GM Gender Mainstreaming

GNP gross national product

HC House of Commons

HE higher education

HEFCE Higher Education Funding Council for England

HMT Her Majesty's Treasury

HRA Human Rights Act

HSE Health and Safety Executive

HSMP Highly Skilled Migrant Programme

IGO intergovernmental organization

ILP International Labour party

IMF International Monetary Fund

IRA Irish Republican Army

ISC Intelligence and Security Committee

IT information technology

ITO International Trade Organization

JAC Judicial Appointments Commission

JIC Joint Intelligence Committee

JTAC Joint Terrorism Analysis Centre

LME liberal market economy

MAFF Ministry for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food

MCB Muslim Council of Britain

MCS Millennium Cohort Study

MDG Millennium Development Goal

MEP Member of the European Parliament

MMR measles, mumps, rubella

MoD Ministry of Defence

MP Member of Parliament

MSP Member of the Scottish Parliament

MVT median voter theorem

NAFTA North American Free Trade Agreement

NAIRU non‐accelerating inflation rate of unemployment

NATO North Atlantic Treaty Organization

NCDS National Child Development Study

NDPB Non‐departmental public body

NGO non‐governmental organization

NHS National Health Service

NIMBY not in my back yard

NMW National Minimum Wage

NPC National Pensioners Convention

NPM New Public Management

NSM new social movement

ODA Overseas Development Administration

ODM Ministry for Overseas Development

OECD Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development

OMC open method of coordination

OMS Oxford Mobility Study

ORR Office of Rail Regulation

PASC Public Administration Select Committee

PFI private finance initiative

PM Prime Minister

PPP public–private partnership

PR public relations

PRSP Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper

PSA Political Studies Association

PSA Public Service Agreement

QMV qualified majority voting

RDM Russian Doll Model

RDR Rural Development Regulation

RIPA Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act

RRB Race Relations Board

SGP stability and growth pact

SDLP Social Democratic and Labour party

SDP Social Democratic party

SEA Single European Act

SES socio‐economic status

SF Sinn Fein

SEPA Scottish Environment Protection Authority

SMPS single‐member plurality system

SNP Scottish National party

SRO self‐regulatory organization

SSA sub‐Saharan Africa

SSRC Social Science Research Council

SV Satanic Verses

TCG Tasking and Coordinating Group

TUC Trades Union Congress

UKACIA UK Action Committee on Islamic Affairs

UKIP United Kingdom Independence party

UUP Ulster Unionist party

WDF waste‐derived fuel

WEU Western European Union

WM Westminster Model

WMD Weapons of Mass Destruction

WPR Western Peripheral Route

WTO World Trade Organization

WUNC worthiness, unity, numbers, commitment