Devolution and the Scottish Conservatives [[electronic resource] ] : banal activism, electioneering and the politics of irrelevance / / Alexander Thomas T. Smith
| Devolution and the Scottish Conservatives [[electronic resource] ] : banal activism, electioneering and the politics of irrelevance / / Alexander Thomas T. Smith |
| Autore | Smith Alexander Thomas T (Alexander Thomas Telford) |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Manchester ; ; New York, : Manchester University Press, : Distributed in the U.S. exclusively by Palgrave Macmillan, 2011 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (167 p.) |
| Disciplina | 320.9411 |
| Collana |
New Ethnographies
New ethnographies |
| Soggetto topico | Decentralization in government - Scotland |
| Soggetto non controllato |
Conservative Party
Conservatives Scotland Scottish Parliament Tories bureaucracy devolution elections party-political activism politics |
| ISBN |
1-84779-746-6
1-84779-479-3 1-78170-305-1 1-84779-480-7 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Note to international readers; 1. Banal activism; 2. A Tory-free Scotland; 3. Dispelling Doonhamers: naming and the numbers game; 4. Making (a) difference: building the political machine; 5. The politics of irrelevance; 6. Disaggregating the secret ballot: electioneering and the politics of self-knowledge; 7. Counting on failure: Polling Day and its aftermath; 8. Return of the lesser-spotted Tory; Afterword; Bibliography; Index. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910791918803321 |
Smith Alexander Thomas T (Alexander Thomas Telford)
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George III : king and politicians, 1760-1770 / / Peter D.G. Thomas
| George III : king and politicians, 1760-1770 / / Peter D.G. Thomas |
| Autore | Thomas P. D. G (Peter David Garner), <1930-> |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Manchester ; ; New York, : Manchester University Press |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (ix, 262 pages) : digital file(s) |
| Disciplina | 941.07/3/092 |
| Soggetto topico | HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / General |
| Soggetto non controllato |
George III
Glorious Revolution Parliament Tories Whigs cabinet government constitution eighteenth century monarchy two-party system |
| ISBN |
9786610719570
9781847795656 184779565X 9781526137395 1526137399 9781781700310 1781700311 9781280719578 1280719575 9781847790569 1847790569 9781417590575 1417590572 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- 1 The parameters of politics -- 2 The political scenario in 1760 -- 3 Pitt and Newcastle (1760-1762): war and peace -- 4 The Bute ministry (1762-1763): peace and cider -- 5 The Grenville ministry (1763-1765): Wilkes and America -- 6 The first Rockingham ministry (1765-1766): the Stamp Act Crisis -- 7 The Chatham ministry I. The year of Charles Townshend (1766-1767): India and America -- 8 The Chatham ministry II. Grafton as caretaker (1767-1768): political re-alignments -- 9 The Grafton ministry (1768-1770): the Middlesex Election and the Townshend Duties Crisis -- 10 George III, Lord North and the defeat of 'faction' (1770) -- 11 Conclusion: factions or parties? -- Bibliography -- Index. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910146879503321 |
Thomas P. D. G (Peter David Garner), <1930->
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| Manchester ; ; New York, : Manchester University Press | ||
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