Parties and people : England 1914-1951 / Ross McKibbin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McKibbin, Ross.

Series:

Ford lectures.

The Ford lectures Parties and people

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Political culture--Great Britain--History--20th century.

Political culture.

Representative government and representation--Great Britain--History--20th century.

Representative government and representation.

Great Britain--Politics and government--1910-1936.

Great Britain.

Great Britain--Politics and government--1936-.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (220 p.)

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The 'sequel' to his best-selling Classes and Cultures, Ross McKibbin's latest book is a powerful reinterpretation of British politics in the first decades of universal suffrage. What did it mean to be a 'democratic society'? To what extent did voters make up their own minds on politics or allow elites to do it for them?Exploring the political culture of these extraordinary years, Parties and People shows that class became one of the principal determinants of political behaviour, although its influence was often surprisingly weak.McKibbin argues that the kind of democracy that emerged in Britai

Contents:

Contents; 1. Edwardian Equipoise and the First World War; 2. Unstable Equilibrium, 1918-1929; 3. The Crisis of Labour and the Conservative Hegemony, 1929-1939; 4. The Party System Thrown Off Course; 5. The English Road to Socialism; 6. England: Social Change, Historical Accident, and Democracy; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; W; Y; Z

Notes:

"The Ford lectures delivered in the University of Oxford in Hilary Term 2008."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

0-19-960517-3

1-282-49065-6

9786612490651

0-19-157397-3

OCLC:

609859851