The Tories : from Winston Churchill to David Cameron / Timothy Heppell.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Heppell, Timothy, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Conservative Party (Great Britain)--History.

Conservative Party (Great Britain).

Conservatism--Great Britain--History.

Conservatism.

Political parties--Great Britain--History.

Political parties.

Great Britain--Politics and government.

Great Britain.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (201 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Bloomsbury Academic, 2014.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

"This book offers a comprehensive and accessible study of the electoral strategies, governing approaches and ideological thought of the British Conservative Party from Winston Churchill to David Cameron. Timothy Heppell integrates a chronological narrative with theoretical evaluation, examining the interplay between the ideology of Conservatism and the political practice of the Conservative Party both in government and in opposition. He considers the ethos of the Party within the context of statecraft theory, looking at the art of winning elections and of governing competently. The book opens with an examination of the triumph and subsequent degeneration of one-nation Conservatism in the 1945 to 1965 period, and closes with an analysis of the party's re-entry into government as a coalition with the Liberal Democrats in 2010, and of the developing ideology and approach of the Cameron-led Tory party in government."--Bloomsbury Publishing.

Contents:

Introduction

Conservatism and the Conservative Party: Ideology and Ethos

Conservative Statecraft: The Politics of Power?

One-Nation Conservatism: Dominance and Degeneration 1945 to 1965

The Failure of Heathite Conservatism 1965 to 1975

The Triumph of Thatcherite Conservatism 1975 to 1990

Post-Thatcherite Decline: The Major Era 1990 to 1997

Open Coffin Conservatism? 1997 to 2005

Modernisation and Renewal: Liberal Conservatism 2005-2010

Modernisation and Coalition: Cameron in Government 2010-

Conclusion

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [179]-196) and index.

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Other Format:

Print version:

ISBN:

9781780931142

178093114X

9781780931166

1780931166

9781472545138

1472545133

OCLC:

906117915