Politics and Consensus in Modern Britain
Author: W. John Morgan
Publisher: Springer
Published: 1988-04-01
Total Pages: 234
ISBN-13: 1349191787
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Author: W. John Morgan
Publisher: Springer
Published: 1988-04-01
Total Pages: 234
ISBN-13: 1349191787
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Phil Tinline
Publisher: Hurst Publishers
Published: 2022-06-23
Total Pages: 556
ISBN-13: 1787388840
DOWNLOAD EBOOKOver Britain’s first century of mass democracy, politics has lurched from crisis to crisis. How does this history of political agony illuminate our current age of upheaval? To find out, journalist Phil Tinline takes us back to two past eras when the ruling consensus broke down, and the future filled with ominous possibilities – until, finally, a new settlement was born. How did the Great Depression’s spectres of fascism, bombing and mass unemployment force politicians to think the unthinkable, and pave the way to post-war Britain? How was Thatcher’s road to victory made possible by a decade of nightmares: of hyperinflation, military coups and communist dictatorship? And why, since the Crash in 2008, have new political threats and divisions forced us to change course once again? Tinline brings to life those times, past and present, when the great compromise holding democracy together has come apart; when the political class has been forced to make a choice of nightmares. This lively, original account of panic and chaos reveals how apparent catastrophes can clear the path to a new era. The Death of Consensus will make you see British democracy differently.
Author: Harriet Jones
Publisher: Springer
Published: 1996-11-12
Total Pages: 203
ISBN-13: 1349249424
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis groundbreaking collection of essays challenges the notion that early postwar Britain was characterised by a consensus between the major political parties arising out of the experiences of the wartime coalition government. The volume collects for the first time the views of the revisionist historians who argue that fundamental differences between and within the parties continued to characterise British politics after 1945. Covering topics as diverse as industrial relations and decolonisation, the volume provides a welcome contrast to orthodox interpretations of contemporary Britain.
Author: Hugh Gaitskell
Publisher:
Published: 1988
Total Pages: 221
ISBN-13: 9780333436561
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Dennis Kavanagh
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Published: 1989-01-01
Total Pages: 137
ISBN-13: 9780631165668
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Peter Kerr
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2005-07-26
Total Pages: 255
ISBN-13: 1134571526
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book offers a fresh view of postwar British politics, very much at odds to the dominant view in contemporary scholarship. The author argues that postwar British politics, up to and including the Blair Government, can be largely characterised in terms of continuity and a gradual evolution from a period of conflict over the primary aims of government strategy to one of recent relative consensus. This book provides a provocative and challenging account of the historical background to the election of the Blair Government and will be of interest to a wide audience.
Author: Harriet Jones
Publisher:
Published: 1996
Total Pages: 186
ISBN-13: 9781349249435
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis groundbreaking collection of essays challenges the notion that early postwar Britain was characterised by a consensus between the major political parties arising out of the experiences of the wartime coalition government. The volume collects for the first time the views of the revisionist historians who argue that fundamental differences between and within the parties continued to characterise British politics after 1945. Covering topics as diverse as industrial relations and decolonisation, the volume provides a welcome contrast to orthodox interpretations of contemporary Britain.
Author: David Dutton
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Published: 1991-01-01
Total Pages: 107
ISBN-13: 9780631162780
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Dennis Kavanagh
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Published: 1994-07-19
Total Pages: 168
ISBN-13: 9780631192282
DOWNLOAD EBOOKMargaret Thatcher's departure from office and the arrival of her successor, John Major, have had a profound impact on the way Britain is governed - and in this new edition of Consensus Politics, the authors examines the legacy of Thatcherite "conviction politics" and assesses the state of consensus in Britain's government today. This chronicle of the rise and fall of the post-war consensus in five key policy areas - the mixed economy, full employment, trade unions, welfare and foreign policy - remains a superb introduction to one of the major debates of recent political history.
Author: Martin Loney
Publisher: SAGE Publications Limited
Published: 1991-10-01
Total Pages: 368
ISBN-13: 9780803986411
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis collection deals with the central questions which have emerged from the break-up of the postwar political consensus around the welfare state. A series of distinguished contributors, including exponents of alternative positions on welfare from the right, left and centre, examine key issues in the disputes over the relationship between the state and welfare. Individual chapters both explore the different political and theoretical issues in the debate, and concentrate on their application in key areas of social policy. Particular attention is given to the role of social work, and public policy and the family. The final section of the book examines the political sources of the current crisis of social policy, and th