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

• 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
• 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
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II