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Parties and people : England 1914-1951 / / Ross McKibbin



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Autore: McKibbin Ross Visualizza persona
Titolo: Parties and people : England 1914-1951 / / Ross McKibbin Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Oxford, : Oxford University Press, 2010
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (220 p.)
Disciplina: 321.80942
Soggetto topico: Political culture - Great Britain - History - 20th century
Representative government and representation - Great Britain - History - 20th century
Soggetto geografico: Great Britain Politics and government 1910-1936
Great Britain Politics and government 1936-
Note generali: "The Ford lectures delivered in the University of Oxford in Hilary Term 2008."
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Nota di contenuto: 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; Z
Sommario/riassunto: The '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 Britai
Titolo autorizzato: Parties and people  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 0-19-960517-3
1-282-49065-6
9786612490651
0-19-157397-3
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910820711003321
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Serie: Ford lectures.