Civil liberties and human rights in twentieth-century Britain / Chris Moores, University of Birmingham.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Moores, Christopher, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Liberty (Great Britain)--History.

Liberty (Great Britain).

Great Britain. Human Rights Act 1998.

Great Britain.

Civil rights--Great Britain--History.

Civil rights.

Human rights--Great Britain--History.

Human rights.

Great Britain--Politics and government--History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xv, 330 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2017.

Summary:

The National Council for Civil Liberties (NCCL) was formed in the 1930s against a backdrop of fascism and 'popular front' movements. In this volatile political atmosphere, the aim of the NCCL was to ensure that civil liberties were a central component of political discourse. Chris Moores's new study shows how the NCCL - now Liberty - had to balance the interests of extremist allies with the desire to become a respectable force campaigning for human rights and civil liberties. From new social movements of the 1960s and 1970s to the formation of the Human Rights Act in 1998, this study traces the NCCL's development over the last eighty years. It enables us to observe shifts and continuities in forms of political mobilisation throughout the twentieth century, changes in discourse about extensions and retreats of freedoms, as well as the theoretical conceptualisation and practical protection of rights and liberties.

Contents:

Introduction : an age of rights

Decent citizens and agitators : civil liberties activism in the 1930s

From civil liberties to human rights : british civil liberties activism and universal human rights

The progressive professionals : civil liberties and the politics of activism in the 1960s

From progressive to radical : the 1970s and a crisis of civil liberties

The road to freedom? Civil liberties, Human rights and the evolution of the NGO in the age of Thatcher

The politics of vigilance : human rights and civil liberties activism during and beyond the Age of New Labour.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Apr 2017).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-108-12422-4

1-108-12483-6

1-108-12493-3

1-316-10508-3

1-108-12503-4

1-108-12553-0

1-108-12513-1