Worlds of written discourse / Vijay K. Bhatia

• Record Nr.: UNINA990009654310403321
• Autore: Bhatia, Vijay Kumar <1942- >
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London ; New York, : Continuum, 2004
• ISBN: 0826454461
• Descrizione fisica: XVII, 228 p. : ill. ; 23 cm
• Collana: Advances in applied linguistics
• Disciplina: 401.41
• Locazione: FLFBC
• Collocazione: 401.46 BHAT 1
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia

Equality and the British Left : a study in progressive political thought, 1900-64 / / Ben Jackson

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910961842103321
• Autore: Jackson Ben <1975->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Manchester ; ; New York, : Manchester University Press, c2007
• ISBN: 1-78170-145-8; 1-84779-219-7
• Edizione: [Online-ausg.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (272 p.)
• Collana: Critical labour movement studies
• Disciplina: 324.4107
• Soggetti: Equality - Great Britain - History - 20th century; Socialism - Great Britain - History - 20th century; Liberalism - Great Britain - History - 20th century; Right and left (Political science); Great Britain Economic policy 1918-1945; Great Britain Economic policy 1945-1964; Great Britain Social policy
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: pt. I. 1900-31 : Foundations -- pt. II. 1931-45 : Economics -- pt. III. 1945-64 : Revisions.
• Sommario/riassunto: The demand for equality has been at the heart of the politics of the Left in the twentieth century, but what did theorists and politicians on the British Left mean when they said they were committed to 'equality'? How did they argue for a more egalitarian society? Which policies did they think could best advance their egalitarian ideals? Equality and the British Left provides the first comprehensive answers to these questions. It charts debates about equality from the progressive liberalism and socialism of the early twentieth century to the arrival of the New Left and revisionist social democ.