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UNINA9910451001703321 |
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Barker Rodney S. |
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Titolo |
Political ideas in modern Britain : in and after the twentieth century / / Rodney Barker |
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London : , : Routledge, , 1997 |
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ISBN |
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1-134-91067-3 |
0-203-41604-X |
0-585-44808-6 |
1-280-33648-X |
9786610336487 |
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Edizione |
[2nd ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (359 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Political science - Great Britain - History - 20th century |
Electronic books. |
Great Britain Politics and government 20th century |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [304]-342) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Cover; Political Ideas in Modern Britain; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Acknowledgements; 1 Two introductions; Introduction 1996; Introduction 1978; 2 Friends of the modern state; 3 Pleas for liberty; 4 Neither state nor individual: the defence of communal and group politics; 5 The pale of the constitution: the idea of citizenship; 6 Accommodations to the modern state: political ideas in the second quarter of the twentieth century; 7 Arrivals and departures: political ideas in the third quarter of the twentieth century |
8 The death of conservatism and the dispersal of liberalism 9 The death of socialism and the rise of the left; 10 Definitions and doormats: the rise of feminism; 11 Conclusion; Bibliography; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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The rise of the New Right and the collapse of state communism in 1989 has fundamentally changed political thinking in the late twentieth century. Rodney Barker has revised and extended his classic text - Political Ideas in Modern Britain - in the light of these changes. His accessible account of political thinking in Britain since the 1880's now includes detailed analysis of:* the demise of traditional conservatism |
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