Title: Postwar British politics : from conflict to consensus /
Authors: Kerr, Peter, 1962-
Publisher: Routledge,
Year: 2001
Subjects: Great Britain Politics and government
Abstract: "Postwar British Politics challenges established interpretations of postwar British politics and offers in place of these a novel evolutionary account of public policy and the state of Britain since 1945."
Contents: 1 Introduction: what's the story? 'l'lie established narrative of the postwar period 1 --2 Evolution, not revolution: the problem of explaining Thatcherism 17 --3 Conflict, not consensus: the myth of theKeynesian, social-democratic state settlemenl 39 --4 Reconstructing our perspective: a critical evolutionary pproach to political change 60 --5 Gostopgostop! The fits and starts of government strategy, 1945-76 88 -- 6 Struggling for survival:the conflictual nature of early postwar British politics 123 --7 Struggling for definition: the evolution of Thatcherism, 1976-97 159 --8 Final settlement: Thatcherism's hollow victory 188 --9 Conclusion: from conflict to consensus -- theevolution of postwar British politics 210.