David Cameron and conservative renewal : the limits of modernisation? / / edited by Gillian Peele and John Francis

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910828972403321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Manchester, Michigan : , : Manchester University Press, , 2016; ©2016
• ISBN: 1-5261-0825-9; 1-5261-2094-1; 1-5261-0824-0
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (191 pages)
• Collana: New perspectives on the right
• Disciplina: 320.951090511
• Soggetti: Modernisierung; Politics and government; Great Britain; Great Britain / Politics and government / 2007-; Great Britain / Politics and government / 1997-2007; Great Britain Politics and government 2007-; Great Britain Politics and government 1997-2007
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Previously issued in print: 2016.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (pages 168-174) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Introduction : the politics of Conservative renewal / Gillian Peele and John Francis -- David Cameron's leadership and party renewal / Gillian Peele -- Constructing a new conservatism? Ideology and values / Richard Hayton -- Policies under Cameron : modernisation abandoned / Peter Dorey -- The Conservative Party and a changing electorate / Matthew Burbank and John Francis -- The parliamentary party / Philip Cowley, Mark Stuart and Tiffany Trenner-Lyle -- Continuing fault lines and new threats : European integration and the rise of UKIP / Philip Lynch and Richard Whitaker -- The evolving Conservative Party membership / Tim Bale and Paul Webb -- Conclusion : a limited Conservative renewal? / Gillian Peele and John Francis.
• Sommario/riassunto: This title explores the process of rebuilding the Conservative Party under David Cameron's leadership since 2005. It traces the different ; elements of the renewal strategy - ideological reconstruction policy reappraisal and enhanced electoral appeal - and identifies constraints from different sections of the party, including the parliamentary party and the grassroots membership. It also explores the extent to which long-standing intra-party divisions exacerbated difficulties for the exercise of leadership.