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.
Innehållsförteckning
1 Survival of a creed, 1954–562 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
Om författaren
Tudor Jones is Honorary Research Fellow in the History of Political Thought at Coventry UniversityKöp den här e-boken och få 1 till GRATIS!
Språk Engelska ● Formatera EPUB ● Sidor 464 ● ISBN 9781526143020 ● Filstorlek 0.5 MB ● Utgivare Manchester University Press ● Stad Manchester ● Land GB ● Publicerad 2019 ● Nedladdningsbara 24 månader ● Valuta EUR ● ID 7172571 ● Kopieringsskydd Adobe DRM
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