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Record Nr.

UNINA9910789440803321

Autore

Dorey P

Titolo

From Crisis to Coalition [[electronic resource] ] : The Conservative Party, 1997-2010 / / by P. Dorey, M. Garnett, A. Denham

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Palgrave Macmillan UK : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2011

ISBN

1-283-15940-6

9786613159403

0-230-31289-6

0-230-30774-4

Edizione

[1st ed. 2011.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (224 p.)

Classificazione

POL015000POL030000POL010000

Disciplina

324.24104

Soggetti

Great Britain—History

Great Britain—Politics and government

World politics

Political science

World history

Elections

History of Britain and Ireland

British Politics

Political History

Political Science

World History, Global and Transnational History

Electoral Politics

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

Introduction -- The Art of Losing Elections : the Conservative Party and 'statecraft', 1997-2005 -- The Conservative Party and Public Opinion, 1997-2010 -- Modernisation and its Critics : ideological repositioning under David Cameron, 2005-10 -- Building the House : developing Conservative policy, 2005-10 -- A 21st Century Party? : Conservative 'modernisation' and organisational reform, 1997-2010 -- The Conservatives in the 2010 general election, and its aftermath --



Conclusion : The Art of the Political Comeback : New Labour and Cameron's Conservatives.

Sommario/riassunto

In 2010 the Conservative Party returned to office after over a decade of largely ineffective opposition to New Labour. This book explains why it took so long to recover, and why the party was unable to win an overall majority despite the charismatic leadership of David Cameron. It covers all aspects of Conservative Party politics since 1997.