The Republican transformation of modern British politics / Geoffrey Foote.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Foote, Geoffrey.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Republicanism--Great Britain.

Republicanism.

Great Britain--Politics and government--20th century.

Great Britain.

Politics and government.

Physical Description:

viii, 228 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Basingstoke [England] ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2006.

Summary:

'The Left had long talked of destroying the British Establishment; the Right did it.' This is an original study of a major change in the political thinking of modern Britain. In a re-evaluation of contemporary history, it is argued that the period between 1956 and 1968 saw a seminal change which created the ideological framework of today's politics. A republican tradition of active citizenship, community and democracy was developed within the Marxist language of the New Left. Their socialism prevented them breaking with the idea of a state-directed economy, but radical Liberals around Jo Grimond and the Unservile State group developed this republican politics in the direction of a citizen market. The Right completed the new political framework through their republican version of a property-owners' democracy, developed from the politics of Michael Oakeshott and Enoch Powell. Contemporary political thinking has developed from both the Left and the Right of this period.

Contents:

Introduction: The Republican Idea 1

Part 1 Republican Socialism 13

1 Socialist Humanism and Republican Theory 15

2 The Transposition of Republican Thought 43

3 The Radical Republicans 63

Part 2 The Republican Market 87

4 Jo Grimond and the Unservile State 89

5 A Republicanism of the Right 114

6 The Importance of Enoch 139

7 The Republic of the Suburbs 162.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-218) and index.

ISBN:

0333734963

OCLC:

60500469

Publisher Number:

9780333734964 (hbk.)