The Conservative Party and the extreme right, 1945-75 /

This text shows how the Conservative Party, realising that its well-documented pre-Second World War connections with the extreme right were now embarrassing, used its bureaucracy to implement a policy of investigating extreme right groups and taking action to minimise their chances of success.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Pitchford, Mark
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2011.
Subjects:
Conservative Party (Great Britain)
1945-1979
Geschichte 1945-1975.
Right and left (Political science) > Great Britain.
Political Parties.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Process > Political Parties.
Politics and government
Right and left (Political science)
Rechtsradikalismus
Great Britain > Politics and government > 1945-1964.
Great Britain > Politics and government > 1964-1979.
Grande-Bretagne > Politique et gouvernement > 1945-1964.
Grande-Bretagne > Politique et gouvernement > 1964-1979.
Great Britain
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The shock of opposition, 1945-51
  • Consensus Conservatism and extreme-right revival, 1951-57
  • Macmillan and home : 'pink socialism' and 'true-blue' Conservatism, 1957-64
  • Edward heath : a rightwards turn and the coalescence of the extreme right, 1964-70
  • 'Heathco' meets the extreme-right's challenge, 1970-75
  • Conclusion : keeping it right.

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