The British Conservative Party and one nation politics / David Seawright.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Seawright, David, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Conservative Party (Great Britain).

Conservatism--Great Britain.

Conservatism.

Great Britain--Politics and government--1945-.

Great Britain.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (206 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Continuum, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"This book reveals the true nature of Conservative Party politics by examining the centrality of the myth of One Nation. The use of the term One Nation clearly matters for Conservative Party politics not just in its 'ancestral' use emanating from Disraeli's 1840s novels and his late nineteenth century rhetoric but also through Baldwin's speeches and to the failure of John Major to replicate such a serene and contented image of the Nation in the 1990s. But, as a concept for the Conservatives, it means so much more than mere imagery. It has been successfully utilized in their 'palaeontological' approach to their history in order to give the impression that only the Party puts 'Nation' before any sectional interest, that only the Conservative Party, as the national Party, has the ability to assuage and balance the plurality of competing interests on behalf of the Nation. It is because of this long and successful utilization of the term 'One Nation' that so many within the Party are so keen to lay claim to it."--Bloomsbury Publishing.

Contents:

Foreword

Chapter 1. Introduction: One Nation, Food for Thought

Chapter 2. Ethos and Doctrine in the Conservative Party

Chapter 3. The Thracian Boxer and Ideological Movement

Chapter 4. Skilled Propaganda from Ill-Intentioned "Friends"

Chapter 5. Factions, Tendencies and "Bondstones"?

Chapter 6. One Nation, but Which?

Chapter 7. "One Europe or No Nation"?

Chapter 8. Conclusion: Further Refreshment at the Springs of Doctrine

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9781441161116

1441161112

9780826489746

0826489745

9781501300738

1501300733

9781441147615

1441147616

OCLC:

1059112026