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Record Nr.

UNINA9910816493203321

Autore

McLean Iain

Titolo

Rational Choice and British Politics [[electronic resource] ] : An Analysis of Rhetoric and Manipulation from Peel to Blair

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford, GBR, : Oxford University Press, UK, 2001

Oxford University Press, UK

ISBN

1-282-05244-6

9786612052446

0-19-152245-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (271 p.)

Disciplina

941.08

Soggetti

Rhetoric - Political aspects - Great Britain - History - 20th century

Rhetoric - Political aspects - Great Britain - History - 19th century

Manipulative behavior - Great Britain - History - 20th century

Manipulative behavior - Great Britain - History - 19th century

HISTORY

Europe / Great Britain

Great Britain Politics and government 20th century

Great Britain Politics and government 1837-1901

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 236-247) and index.

Sommario/riassunto

This engaging and original study, by one of Britain's leading scholars of rational choice theory, explores the course of British parliamentary politics over the last 150 years. McLean marries an appealing combination of social science and analytical narrative history to the great turning points in British politics.