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The art of the possible : Politics and governance in modern British history, 1885–1997: Essays in memory of Duncan Tanner / / Edited by Chris Williams and Andrew Edwards



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Titolo: The art of the possible : Politics and governance in modern British history, 1885–1997: Essays in memory of Duncan Tanner / / Edited by Chris Williams and Andrew Edwards Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Manchester, UK : , : Manchester University Press, , 2015
Baltimore, Md. : , : Project MUSE, , 2017
©2015
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (270 p.)
Disciplina: 941.082
Soggetto topico: HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / General
Soggetto geografico: Great Britain Politics and government 20th century
Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
Soggetto non controllato: Duncan Tanner
Governance
Government
Modern Britain
Modern Wales
Politics
Persona (resp. second.): EdwardsAndrew <1964->
WilliamsChris <1963->
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Nota di contenuto: Frontmatter -- Contents -- Figures -- Editors and contributors -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- Introduction Duncan Tanner and the art of the possible: understanding politics and governance in modern British history -- 1 The making and remaking of ‘common sense’ about British economic policy -- 2 The ‘Big State’ versus the ‘Big Society’ in twentieth-century Britain -- 3 ‘One meaning blots out another’? Liberals and Labour in the East Midlands coalfield -- 4 Cartooning the rise of Labour, 1900–21 -- 5 Novels for ‘thinking people’: fiction and the inter-war broad left -- 6 Myth and counter-myth in Second World War British politics -- 7 Labour, nationalism and the problem of Welsh devolution, c.1939–64 -- 8 Defending the constitution: the Conservative party and the idea of devolution, 1945–74 -- 9 Public and private languages of ‘class’ in the Luton by-election of 1963 -- 10 Community and the Labour left in 1970s London -- 11 Labour, the Union and the rebirth of Welsh devolution -- Duncan Tanner: a select bibliography -- Index
Sommario/riassunto: This title explores some of the major transitions, opportunities and false dawns of modern British political history. It engages with the scholarly legacy of Professor Duncan Tanner (1958-2010) whose work was focused on the political process and on politics in government.
Titolo autorizzato: The art of the possible  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-78499-157-0
1-78170-879-7
1-78499-156-2
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910821120803321
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