This book charts the development of political thought within the British Liberal Party and its successor, the Liberal Democrats. Beginning with Jo Grimond’s rise to the leadership in 1956, it follows the Liberal resurgence in the second half of the twentieth century through to the major setbacks of the 2015 general election and the 2016 referendum on UK membership of the European Union. Drawing on interviews with leading politicians and political thinkers, the book examines Liberal ideas against the background of key historical events and controversies, including the period of coalition government with the Conservatives.
Tabella dei contenuti
1 Survival of a creed, 1954–56
2 The advent of Grimond: the creed revived, 1956–59
3 Of progress, realignment and disappointed hopes, 1959–67
4 The rise of community politics in uncertain times, 1967–76
5 Liberalism in a cul-de-sac, 1976–79
6 Liberalism within the Alliance: denting the mould, 1979–88
7 Liberals, Owen and the social market economy, 1983–88
8 Recovery after a painful infancy, 1988–97
9 Ashdown’s unfinished project, 1997–99
10 Advance and debate, 1999–2005
11 Crisis, consolidation and reaffirmation, 2005–7
12 Into uncharted post-1945 territory: coalition government, 2010–15
13 Electoral collapse, 2015 and the future of British Liberalism
Conclusion
Index
Circa l’autore
Tudor Jones is Honorary Research Fellow in the History of Political Thought at Coventry University
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