The uneven path of British Liberalism : From Jo Grimond to Brexit, second edition /

"[At the end of the Second World War, the Liberal Party was on the point of collapse. Once a major force in British politics, it had been relegated to the sidelines by the rise of Labour and a resurgent Conservative Party. But the distinctive principles of British Liberalism were to prove remar...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Jones, Tudor, 1946- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Manchester, UK : Manchester University Press, 2019.
Edition:Second edition.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Grimond, Jo.
POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / Political Parties
Liberalism & centre democratic ideologies.
British Politics.
Politics and government.
Liberalism.
POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / Political Parties.
Politics & Government.
Liberalism > Great Britain > History.
Great Britain.
Great Britain > Politics and government.
History.
Electronic books
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 1 Survival of a creed, 1954-56
  • 2. The advent of Grimond: the creed revived, 1956-59
  • 3 .Of progress, realignment and disappointed hopes, 1959-67
  • 4. The rise of community politics in uncertain times, 1967-765 Liberalism in a cul-de-sac, 1976-79
  • 6. Liberalism within the Alliance: denting the mould, 1979-88
  • 7. Liberals, Owen and the social market economy, 1983-88
  • 8 Recovery after a painful infancy, 1988-97
  • 9. Ashdown's unfinished project, 1997-99
  • 10. Advance and debate, 1999-2005
  • 11. Crisis, consolidation and reaffirmation, 2005-7
  • 12. Into uncharted post-1945 territory: coalition government, 2010-15
  • 13 Electoral collapse, 2015 and the future of British Liberalism
  • Conclusion
  • Index.

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