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Record Nr.

UNINA9910369914603321

Autore

Hickson Kevin

Titolo

Britain's Conservative Right since 1945 : Traditional Toryism in a Cold Climate / / by Kevin Hickson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2020

ISBN

9783030276973

303027697X

Edizione

[1st ed. 2020.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (221 pages)

Disciplina

324.24104

Soggetti

Europe - Politics and government

World politics

Political leadership

Political planning

Economics

European Politics

Political History

Political Leadership

Public Policy

Political Economy and Economic Systems

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

1. Introduction -- 2. Empire -- 3. Immigration -- 4. Europe -- 5. Constitution -- 6. Union -- 7. Economy -- 8. Welfare -- 9. Society -- 10. Conclusion.

Sommario/riassunto

This book provides a detailed analysis of the evolution of the Conservative Right in Great Britain since 1945. It first explores the movement's core ideas and highlights points of tension between its different strands. The book then proceeds with a thematically structured discussion. The Conservative Right's views on the decline and fall of the British Empire, immigration control, European integration, the British constitution, the territorial integrity of the United Kingdom, Britain's economy, the welfare state, and social



morality and social change are all explored. In the concluding chapter, the author evaluates the extent to which the Conservative Right has succeeded in its core objectives since 1945 and addresses how it can best respond to a contemporary Britain in which it instinctively feels uncomfortable. The book is based on extensive elite interviews and archival research and will be of interest to anyone who seeks to place the contemporary Conservative Right in a greater historical context. Kevin Hickson is Senior Lecturer in British Politics at the University of Liverpool, UK. He is the (co-)author or (co-)editor of over 15 books and has also written numerous journal articles and book chapters. He is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society and of the Royal Society of Arts and a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.