Research Catalog

Title

Principles and politics in contemporary Britain / Mark Garnett.

Author

Garnett, Mark, 1963-

Publication

Exeter ; Charlottesville, VA : Imprint Academic, 2006.

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Description

vii, 299 p.; 21 cm.

Summary

This is a comprehensive account of the influence of ideology on contemporary British politics. It examines the extent to which parties can be considered to have pursued ideological objectives and analyses the relationship between theory and practice.

Alternative Title

Principles & politics in contemporary Britain

Subject

• Geschichte 1970-2006
• Since 1964
• Geschichte 1970-2006
• Political parties > Great Britain
• Great Britain > Politics and government > 1964-1979
• Great Britain > Politics and government > 1979-1997
• Great Britain > Politics and government > 1997-

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Introduction : principles and politics -- 1. A decade of discontent? : the Labour Party, 1970-79 -- 2. From Selsdon man to Grantham woman : the Conservative Party, 1970-79 -- 3. The liberals and their allies, 1970-2006 -- 4. Thatcherism and its legacy, 1979-90 -- 5. Socialism or social democracy? : the Labour Party, 1979-92 -- 6. Nationalism in UK politics -- 7. The Conservatives since Thatcher, 1990-2006 -- 8. 'New' Labour -- 9. Pressure groups and the rise of apathy -- Conclusion : principles and politics since 1970.

ISBN

9781845400262 (pbk.)

LCCN

^^2007272046

OCLC

• 71285512
• SCSB-11345261

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library