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Democracy : the long revolution / edited by David Powell and Tom Hickey ; with contributions by Colin Richmond ... [and others].
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Democracy--Great Britain--History.
- Democracy.
- Dissenters--Great Britain--History.
- Dissenters.
- Social movements--Great Britain--History.
- Social movements.
- History.
- Great Britain--Politics and government--1066-1485.
- Great Britain.
- Politics and government.
- Great Britain--Politics and government--1485-.
- Physical Description:
- viii, 205 pages ; 21 cm
- Place of Publication:
- London ; New York : Continuum, 2007.
- Summary:
- This accessible yet authoritative collection of essays chronicles the history of dissent in the British Isles, from Magna Carta to the present day. The contributors - all specialists in their field - cover such milestones as the age of revolution, industrialisation and the foundation of the Labour Party. Benn contributes a powerful, final chapter arguing our distance from being a true democracy."
- Contents:
- Foreword / Michael Mansfield
- Introduction: indefinite deferment
- "Two cheers for democracy" / David Powell and Tom Hickey
- Patience, humility, reticence
- hijacked virtues / Colin Richmond
- The English Civil War and Putney debates / William Lamont
- Colonial wars and liberal imperialism: a history of parliamentary failure / John Newsinger
- Chartism
- a movement before its time / John Charlton
- Labourism
- what's left? / David Powell
- Labour and the new social order / Paddy Maguire
- A protracted arc: sex, gender and sexuality
- emancipation and liberation / Gill Scott
- Democracy
- the long revolution / Tony Benn in conversation with David Powell
- Globalization, exclusion and the future of democracy / Tom Hickey.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-198) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0826486762
- 9780826486769
- OCLC:
- 78989356
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