Britain S Conservative Right Since 1945

Author : Kevin Hickson
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 215 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2019-10-23
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783030276973

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Britain’s Conservative Right since 1945 by Kevin Hickson Pdf

***Winner of the Political Studies Association Conservatism Studies Group prize 2020*** This book provides a detailed analysis of the evolution of the Conservative Right in Great Britain since 1945. It first explores the movement’s core ideas and highlights points of tension between its different strands. The book then proceeds with a thematically structured discussion. The Conservative Right’s views on the decline and fall of the British Empire, immigration control, European integration, the British constitution, the territorial integrity of the United Kingdom, Britain’s economy, the welfare state, and social morality and social change are all explored. In the concluding chapter, the author evaluates the extent to which the Conservative Right has succeeded in its core objectives since 1945 and addresses how it can best respond to a contemporary Britain in which it instinctively feels uncomfortable. The book is based on extensive elite interviews and archival research and will be of interest to anyone who seeks to place the contemporary Conservative Right in a greater historical context.

Author : N.J. Crowson
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 623 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2006-12-05
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781134147038

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The Conservative Party and European Integration since 1945 by N.J. Crowson Pdf

This volume provides an up-to-date and comprehensive introduction to British policy in Europe. By exploring the schisms within the party over Europe, through primary source-based history and theoretical discourses of political science, N.J. Crowson gives the reader the best sense of understanding of how and why the Conservative party’s policy attitudes to European integration have evolved. The Conservative Party and European Integration since 1945 adopts a thematic line based around two chronological periods, 1945–75 and 1975–2006, and uses different methodological approaches. It explores the shifting stances amongst Conservatives within an economic, political and international context as the party adjusted to the decline of Britain’s world role and the loss of empire. Crowson analyzes Britain’s role and relationship with Europe together with the study of the Conservative Party, and deals with economic, commercial and monetary issues, successfully bridging a serious gap in any discussion of the UK’s relations with the European Union and appreciation of the political world in which Conservative European policy has been framed and pursued since 1945. This book is recommended for background reading in undergraduate courses in British politics and European history.

Author : Peter Dorey
Publisher : Wiley-Blackwell
Page : 410 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Great Britain
ISBN : STANFORD:36105070225730

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British Politics Since 1945 by Peter Dorey Pdf

"British Politics since 1945" offers a comprehensive overview of postwar British politics ideal for introductory students and general readers alike. The book balances a narrative of the major events and personalities of the postwar political scene with a critical assessment of the recurrent issues and concerns of political debate. It also analyses the main idealogical perspectives operating within party politics since the Second Wolrd War - from the Right, the Centre and the Left - showing how these dominant groups have viewed developments and expressed their ambitions over the last fifty years. Succinct chronological account complemented with critical, thematic assessment of ideas Covers central topic on all introductory politics and postwar history Extensive use of tabular material, and appendices for reference

Author : Alan O'Day
Publisher : Palgrave
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : History
ISBN : 0333491580

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Britain Since 1945 by Alan O'Day Pdf

This volume gathers together contributions from a number of recognised experts and provides fresh insights into the connection between economic performance and socio-political change since the Second World War. It gives political evaluations of the Conservative and Labour parties and analyses the changing attitudes to their responsibilities: the welfare state, trade unions, housing, defence, education and nationalised industries for example. Concluding with an assessment of pop music and youth culture, the book spans the political, social and economic changes which have defined Britain since 1945.

Author : Alex May
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2014-06-06
Category : History
ISBN : 9781317884125

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Britain and Europe since 1945 by Alex May Pdf

This is a succinct, timely introduction to one of the most highly charged political questions which has dominated British politics since 1945: Britain's position in Europe. The study traces the evolution of British policy towards Europe since 1945, presenting the full international context as well as the impact on domestic party politics - including an analysis of the divisions in the Conservative Party under John Major.

Author : Stuart Ball
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 608 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2013-04-25
Category : History
ISBN : 9780199667987

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Portrait of a Party by Stuart Ball Pdf

The Conservative Party is the least investigated and understood of British political parties. Using an original approach and an unparalleled range of sources, Stuart Ball analyses the nature and working of the Conservative Party during one of the most significant and successful periods in its history.

Author : Arthur Marwick
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 548 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : History
ISBN : 0140249397

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British Society Since 1945 by Arthur Marwick Pdf

High and popular culture; family, race, gender and class relations; sexual attitudes and material conditions; science and technology - the diversity of social development in these areas is explored in this text within a clear chronological framework.

Author : David Childs
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 398 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Great Britain
ISBN : OCLC:1280824343

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Britain Since 1945 by David Childs Pdf

Author : Jason Stahl
Publisher : UNC Press Books
Page : 263 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2016-03-04
Category : History
ISBN : 9781469627878

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Right Moves by Jason Stahl Pdf

From the middle of the twentieth century, think tanks have played an indelible role in the rise of American conservatism. Positioning themselves against the alleged liberal bias of the media, academia, and the federal bureaucracy, conservative think tanks gained the attention of politicians and the public alike and were instrumental in promulgating conservative ideas. Yet, in spite of the formative influence these institutions have had on the media and public opinion, little has been written about their history. Here, Jason Stahl offers the first sustained investigation of the rise and historical development of the conservative think tank as a source of political and cultural power in the United States. What we now know as conservative think tanks--research and public-relations institutions populated by conservative intellectuals--emerged in the postwar period as places for theorizing and "selling" public policies and ideologies to both lawmakers and the public at large. Stahl traces the progression of think tanks from their outsider status against a backdrop of New Deal and Great Society liberalism to their current prominence as a counterweight to progressive political institutions and thought. By examining the rise of the conservative think tank, Stahl makes invaluable contributions to our historical understanding of conservatism, public-policy formation, and capitalism.

Author : Anthony Forster
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 169 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2003-09-02
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781134445516

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Euroscepticism in Contemporary British Politics by Anthony Forster Pdf

Anthony Forster argues that euroscepticism, in addition to being a political stance, displays the seeds of becoming a new faith. Through a detailed analysis of British post-war politics, he shows the development of a core set of beliefs, a history of persecution, displays of moral rectitude in opposing Europe and the power of scepticism to change existing beliefs. This challenging new history of euroscepticism will be a valuable resource for undergraduate students of politics and European studies.

Author : Ian Gilmour,Mark Garnett
Publisher : 4th Estate, Limited
Page : 456 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Political Science
ISBN : UOM:39015047072783

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Whatever Happened to the Tories by Ian Gilmour,Mark Garnett Pdf

Ian Gilmour has been a Conservative MP, editor of Spectator, and is the author of the acclaimed Dancing With Dogma. With this book, he offers a radical and critical history of the Conservative Party since 1945.

Author : Andrew Gamble
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 313 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2014-06-27
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781317649786

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The Conservative Nation (Routledge Revivals) by Andrew Gamble Pdf

Since the 1880s, the Conservative Party has been an important political force in Britain. In this study of Conservative ideology since the end of Second World War, first published in 1974, Andrew Gamble considers the nature of Conservative party opinion, and the factors that have accounted for its success. The adaptation of the party post-1945 is discussed, as well as the ascendancy of the Right progressives in the leadership, and the challenge of the Whigs and Imperialists. Finally, the book includes a discussion of the fluctuations within the Conservative Government between 1970 and 1974, with an account of what Gamble believes to have been ultimately a failure. A rigorous and comprehensive analysis of Conservative thought and policy, this study will be of particular value to those with an interest in the history of British Conservative politics and government.

Author : Peter Dorey
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2010-10-30
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780857718853

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British Conservatism by Peter Dorey Pdf

Defence of inequality has always been a core principle of the Conservative Party in Great Britain. Yet the Conservatives have enjoyed great electoral success in a British society marked by widespread inequalities of wealth and income. Peter Dorey here examines the intellectual and political arguments which Conservatives use to justify inequality. He also considers debates between Conservatives over how much inequality is desirable or acceptable. Should inequality be unlimited, in order to promote liberty, incentives and rewards? Or should inequality be kept within certain bounds to prevent social breakdown and political upheaval? Finally, he examines why some less prosperous sections of British society have nonetheless supported the Conservatives instead of political parties promoting equality. This book will be an important resource for students and commentators of contemporary British politics.

Author : Kathleen Paul
Publisher : Cornell University Press
Page : 270 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2018-09-05
Category : History
ISBN : 9781501729331

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Whitewashing Britain by Kathleen Paul Pdf

Kathleen Paul challenges the usual explanation for the racism of post-war British policy. According to standard historiography, British public opinion forced the Conservative government to introduce legislation stemming the flow of dark-skinned immigrants and thereby altering an expansive nationality policy that had previously allowed all British subjects free entry into the United Kingdom. Paul's extensive archival research shows, however, that the racism of ministers and senior functionaries led rather than followed public opinion. In the late 1940s, the Labour government faced a birthrate perceived to be in decline, massive economic dislocations caused by the war, a huge national debt, severe labor shortages, and the prospective loss of international preeminence. Simultaneously, it subsidized the emigration of Britons to Australia, Canada, and other parts of the Empire, recruited Irish citizens and European refugees to work in Britain, and used regulatory changes to dissuade British subjects of color from coming to the United Kingdom. Paul contends post-war concepts of citizenship were based on a contradiction between the formal definition of who had the right to enter Britain and the informal notion of who was, or could become, really British. Whitewashing Britain extends this analysis to contemporary issues, such as the fierce engagement in the Falklands War and the curtailment of citizenship options for residents of Hong Kong. Paul finds the politics of citizenship in contemporary Britain still haunted by a mixture of imperial, economic, and demographic imperatives.

Author : Peter Hennessy
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 539 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2006-10-05
Category : History
ISBN : 9780141929323

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Never Again by Peter Hennessy Pdf

The first volume of Hennessy's postwar history of Britain concerns an age dominated by the shadow of war. With the beginnings of the Cold War, the foundations of the new Europe and the granting of independence of former colonies, Britain was forced to negotiate a new place in the world. It was also a time of rationing and of rebuilding, marked by the founding of the NHS and the welfare state. This comprehensive history embraces both high politics and everyday experience. It recreates the mood of the time and tells us where people lived, how they worked and what they wore.