03417nam 2200769 a 450 991046559190332120200520144314.00-19-960517-31-282-49065-697866124906510-19-157397-3(CKB)2560000000295214(EBL)497621(OCoLC)609859851(SSID)ssj0000364152(PQKBManifestationID)11263701(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000364152(PQKBWorkID)10413380(PQKB)10040357(SSID)ssj0001662483(PQKBManifestationID)16447995(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001662483(PQKBWorkID)14994753(PQKB)10909907(StDuBDS)EDZ0000022272(MiAaPQ)EBC497621(MiAaPQ)EBC5292338(Au-PeEL)EBL497621(CaPaEBR)ebr10370324(CaONFJC)MIL1214517(Au-PeEL)EBL5292338(CaONFJC)MIL249065(OCoLC)610201893(EXLCZ)99256000000029521420100331d2010 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrParties and people[electronic resource] England 1914-1951 /Ross McKibbinOxford Oxford University Press20101 online resource (220 p.)The Ford lectures Parties and people "The Ford lectures delivered in the University of Oxford in Hilary Term 2008."0-19-958469-9 0-19-170240-4 Includes bibliographical references and index.Contents; 1. Edwardian Equipoise and the First World War; 2. Unstable Equilibrium, 1918-1929; 3. The Crisis of Labour and the Conservative Hegemony, 1929-1939; 4. The Party System Thrown Off Course; 5. The English Road to Socialism; 6. England: Social Change, Historical Accident, and Democracy; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; W; Y; ZThe 'sequel' to his best-selling Classes and Cultures, Ross McKibbin's latest book is a powerful reinterpretation of British politics in the first decades of universal suffrage. What did it mean to be a 'democratic society'? To what extent did voters make up their own minds on politics or allow elites to do it for them?Exploring the political culture of these extraordinary years, Parties and People shows that class became one of the principal determinants of political behaviour, although its influence was often surprisingly weak.McKibbin argues that the kind of democracy that emerged in BritaiFord lectures.Political cultureGreat BritainHistory20th centuryRepresentative government and representationGreat BritainHistory20th centuryGreat BritainPolitics and government1910-1936Great BritainPolitics and government1936-Electronic books.Political cultureHistoryRepresentative government and representationHistory321.80942McKibbin Ross1049070MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910465591903321Parties and people2477768UNINA