The Conservatives and British Society 1880-1990
(Hardback)
Publishing Details
The Conservatives and British Society 1880-1990
By (Author) Martin Francis
Edited by Ina Zweiniger-Bargielowska
University of Wales Press
University of Wales Press
15th January 1997
United Kingdom
Classifications
Tertiary Education
Non Fiction
Political parties and party platforms
Right-of-centre democratic ideologies
324.24104
Physical Properties
Hardback
350
Width 138mm, Height 216mm
Description
This collection of research explores the relationship between the Conservative party and British society since 1880 by focusing on the key themes of ideology, national identity, gender and policy. The focus of the text is not so much on the Conservative party as an institution, as on the party's wider significance in British political culture. It seeks to explain the Conservatives extraordinary electoral success in this period and asserts that this success was both problematic and historically contingent. Part one of this study addresses the question of conservative ideology; part two analyzes the role of national identity in Conservative discourse and policy; part three assesses how Conservatives negotiated the gendered nature of popular politics both before and after the arrival of the equal franchise, and part four examines how Conservative understanding of the relationship between state and society were translated into specific aspects of social and economic policy.
Reviews
" . . . skilfully edited . . ." -Planet
-- "Planet"". . . there is much to recommend this volume . . . It is a book that should find its place on the shelf of any university library." -Contemporary British History-- "Contemporary British History"
Author Bio
Martin Francis was Fullbright-Robertson Visiting Professor of British History at Westminster College, Fulton, Missouri, USA. Professor Zweiniger-Bargielowska, Professor of History, teaches courses on modern Britain, the British Empire and modern European history at the University of Illinois at Chicago.
