Tory Pride and Prejudice
Tory Pride and Prejudice

Author: Michael McManus

Publisher: Biteback Publishing

Published: 2011-10-06

Total Pages: 291

ISBN-13: 1849542368

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TORY PRIDE AND PREJUDICE is an authoritative but highly accessible account of the Conservative Party's social attitudes from the 1950s to the present day, with a particular focus on homosexual law reform and equal rights for LGBT citizens. Presented in the context of contemporary social and political developments, it draws upon extensive primary research and exclusive interviews to chart the party's progress from a stubborn unwillingness to decriminalise homosexuality in the 1950s and 1960s, via tacit acceptance in the 1970s and Section 28 in the 1980s and 1990s, to the current Conservative-Liberal Democrat Coalition Government, which has produced the first comprehensive statement on equal rights in British history.

Hotbeds of Licentiousness
Hotbeds of Licentiousness

Author: Benjamin Halligan

Publisher: Berghahn Books

Published: 2022-05-13

Total Pages: 472

ISBN-13: 1805394517

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Hotbeds of Licentiousness is the first substantial critical engagement with British pornography on film across the 1970s, including the “Summer of Love,” the rise and fall of the Permissive Society, the arrival of Margaret Thatcher, and beyond. By focusing on a series of colorful filmmakers whose work, while omnipresent during the 1970s, now remains critically ignored, author Benjamin Halligan discusses pornography in terms of lifestyle aspirations and opportunities which point to radical changes in British society. In this way, pornography is approached as a crucial optic with which to consider recent cultural and social history.

Law, Religion and Homosexuality
Law, Religion and Homosexuality

Author: Paul Johnson

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2014-05-09

Total Pages: 249

ISBN-13: 1135055173

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Law, Religion and Homosexuality is the first book-length study of how religion has shaped, and continues to shape, legislation that regulates the lives of gay men and lesbians . Through a systematic examination of how religious discourse influences the making of law – in the form of official interventions made by faith communities and organizations, as well as by expressions of faith by individual legislators – the authors argue that religion continues to be central to both enabling and restricting the development of sexual orientation equality. Whilst some claim that faith has been marginalized in the legislative processes of contemporary western societies, Johnson and Vanderbeck show the significant impact of religion in a number of substantive legal areas relating to sexual orientation including: same-sex sexual relations, family life, civil partnership and same-sex marriage, equality in employment and the provision of goods and services, hate speech regulation, and education. Law, Religion and Homosexuality demonstrates the dynamic interplay between law and religion in respect of homosexuality and will be of considerable interest to a wide audience of academics, policy makers and stakeholders.

Parliament in British Politics
Parliament in British Politics

Author: Philip Norton

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Published: 2013-04-23

Total Pages: 352

ISBN-13: 1137320958

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This fully revised new edition includes expanded coverage of Parliament's relationship with the courts, devolved assemblies and the European Union. Distinctively, the book goes beyond the usual focus of Parliament-Government relations to encompass policy-makers beyond Whitehall and Parliament's broader relationship with citizens.

Closet Queens
Closet Queens

Author: Michael Bloch

Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group

Published: 2015-05-28

Total Pages: 236

ISBN-13: 1405517018

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Closet Queens is a fascinating study of gay men in twentieth century British politics, from Lord Rosebery and Lord Beauchamp in Edwardian times to Michael Portillo and Peter Mandelson in our own era. As all homosexual activity was illegal until 1967, and exposure meant ruin and disgrace, such men were obliged either to repress their sexual feelings or else lead double lives, indulging their tastes secretly while respectably married with children. The need to cover up their sexuality, while causing problems and disappointments, often sharpened their skills as politicians - they were masters of secrecy and subterfuge, and knew how to take calculated risks. An entertaining and insightful account of some extraordinary personalities, Closet Queens opens doors into a hidden world.

Reflections on Conservative Politics in the United Kingdom and the United States
Reflections on Conservative Politics in the United Kingdom and the United States

Author: Mark Bennett McNaught

Publisher: Lexington Books

Published: 2012

Total Pages: 186

ISBN-13: 0739173022

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This collective work compares US and UK conservative thought in the areas of the meaning of rights, foreign policy mission, the role of religious activism within their respective party politics, and the impact of the current economic crisis on conservative economic orthodoxy. Intended both for political scientists and the general public, it is hoped this work will add to the understanding of what constitutes conservatism, and help reveal the common strands of thought which unite them.

Jane Austen and the State of the Nation
Jane Austen and the State of the Nation

Author: Sheryl Craig

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2015-08-18

Total Pages: 160

ISBN-13: 1137544554

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Jane Austen and the State of the Nation explores Jane Austen's references to politics and to political economics and concludes that Austen was a liberal Tory who remained consistent in her political agenda throughout her career as a novelist. Read with this historical background, Austen's books emerge as state-of-the-nation or political novels.

The Children of Harvey Milk
The Children of Harvey Milk

Author: Andrew Reynolds

Publisher:

Published: 2019

Total Pages: 377

ISBN-13: 0190460954

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Andrew Reynolds' The Children of Harvey Milk is not only a compelling collective portrait of LGBTQ politicians around the globe; it also offers a powerful explanation of why individual politicians practicing "identity politics" have been absolutely crucial to the successes of this still-expanding global social movement.

British Conservatism and the Legal Regulation of Intimate Relationships
British Conservatism and the Legal Regulation of Intimate Relationships

Author: Andrew Gilbert

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Published: 2018-08-23

Total Pages: 251

ISBN-13: 1509915893

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What does conservatism, as a body of political thought, say about the legal regulation of intimate relationships, and to what extent has this thought influenced the Conservative Party's approach to family law? With this question as its focus, this book explores the relationship between family law, conservatism and the Conservative Party since the 1980s. Taking a politico- and socio-legal perspective, the discussion draws on an expansive reading of Hansard as well as recently released archival material. The study first sets out the political tradition of conservatism, relying largely on the work of Edmund Burke, before going on to analyse the discourse around the development of four crucial statutes in the field, namely: the Matrimonial and Family Proceedings Act 1984; the Family Law Act 1996; the Civil Partnership Act 2004; and the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013. This work offers the first extended synthesis of family law, conservative political thought and Conservative Party politics, and as such provides significant new insight into how family law is made. Runner up of the 2020 PSA Conservatism Studies Book Prize.

In Defence of Welfare 2
In Defence of Welfare 2

Author: Foster, Liam

Publisher: Policy Press

Published: 2015-04-17

Total Pages: 178

ISBN-13: 1447327926

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In Defence of Welfare 2 brings together nearly fifty short pieces from a diverse range of social policy academics and commentators, policy makers and journalists that focus on developments in ‘welfare’ over the last five years of Coalition Government. Following on from the successful publication In Defence of Welfare, (Social Policy Association 2011) published in response to the government's first Major Spending Review), this second volume reflects on the impact of recent welfare reforms and explores how inequalities in income, wealth and well-being have become firmly entrenched in society. It considers how welfare can and should develop going forward in order to promote a more equal society.