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Record Nr.

UNINA9910465188903321

Autore

Pitchford Mark

Titolo

The Conservative Party and the extreme right, 1945-75 [[electronic resource] /] / Mark Pitchford

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Manchester ; ; New York, : Manchester University Press

New York, : Distributed in the United States by Palgrave Macmillan, 2011

ISBN

1-78170-286-1

1-84779-412-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (257 p.)

Disciplina

324.24104

Soggetti

Right and left (Political science) - Great Britain

Electronic books.

Great Britain Politics and government 1945-1964

Great Britain Politics and government 1964-1979

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

The shock of opposition, 1945-51 -- Consensus Conservatism and extreme-right revival, 1951-57 -- Macmillan and Home : 'pink socialism' and 'true-blue' Conservatism, 1957-64 -- Edward Heath : a rightwards turn and the coalescence of the extreme right, 1964-70 -- 'Heathco' meets the extreme-right's challenge, 1970-75 -- Conclusion : keeping it right.

Sommario/riassunto

Shows how the Conservative Party, realising that its well-documented pre-Second World War connections with the extreme right were now embarrassing, used its bureaucracy to implement a policy of investigating extreme right groups and taking action to minimise their chances of success.