Nobody doubts that politicians ought to fulfil their promises – what people cannot agree about is what this means in practice. The purpose of this book is to explore this issue through a series of case studies. It shows how the British model of politics has changed since the early twentieth century when electioneering was based on the articulation of principles which, it was expected, might well be adapted once the party or politician that promoted them took office. Thereafter man...
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1 Introduction – David Thackeray and Richard Toye.- 2 Election Promises and Anti-Promises after the Great War – Luke Blaxill.- 3 The ‘Woman’s Point of View’: Women Parliam...
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David Thackeray is Associate Professor of History at the University of Exeter, UK. He is author of
Forging a British World of Trade: Culture, Ethnicity and ...