Civil liberties and human rights in twentieth-century Britain / / Chris Moores, University of Birmingham

• Autore: Moores Christopher
• Pubblicazione: Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2017
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xv, 330 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)
• Disciplina: 323.0941/0904
• Soggetto topico: Civil rights - Great Britain - History; Human rights - Great Britain - History
• Soggetto geografico: Great Britain Politics and government History
• Classificazione: HIS015000
• Note generali: Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Apr 2017).
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Introduction : an age of rights -- Decent citizens and agitators : civil liberties activism in the 1930s -- From civil liberties to human rights : british civil liberties activism and universal human rights -- The progressive professionals : civil liberties and the politics of activism in the 1960s -- From progressive to radical : the 1970s and a crisis of civil liberties -- The road to freedom? Civil liberties, Human rights and the evolution of the NGO in the age of Thatcher -- The politics of vigilance : human rights and civil liberties activism during and beyond the Age of New Labour.
• Sommario/riassunto: The National Council for Civil Liberties (NCCL) was formed in the 1930s against a backdrop of fascism and 'popular front' movements. In this volatile political atmosphere, the aim of the NCCL was to ensure that civil liberties were a central component of political discourse. Chris Moores's new study shows how the NCCL - now Liberty - had to balance the interests of extremist allies with the desire to become a respectable force campaigning for human rights and civil liberties. From new social movements of the 1960s and 1970s to the formation of the Human Rights Act in 1998, this study traces the NCCL's development over the last eighty years. It enables us to observe shifts and continuities in forms of political mobilisation throughout the twentieth century, changes in discourse about extensions and retreats of freedoms, as well as the theoretical conceptualisation and practical protection of rights and liberties.
• Titolo autorizzato: Civil liberties and human rights in twentieth-century Britain
• ISBN: 1-108-12422-4; 1-108-12483-6; 1-108-12493-3; 1-316-10508-3; 1-108-12503-4; 1-108-12553-0; 1-108-12513-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910163908003321
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