From crisis to coalition
Subtitle: the Conservative Party, 1997-2010
By: Peter Dorey, Mark Garnett and Andrew Denham
Contributors: Garnett, Mark, 1963-; Denham, Andrew
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire, UK; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 216
ISBN-13: 9780230542389
Subjects: Conservative Party (Great Britain); History
Description: In 2010 the Conservative Party returned to office after over a decade of largely ineffective opposition to New Labour. This text explains why it took so long to recover, and why the party was unable to win an overall majority despite the charismatic leadership of David Cameron.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: The Art of Losing Elections : the Conservative Party and 'statecraft', 1997-2005; title: The Conservative Party and Public Opinion, 1997-2010; title: Modernisation and its Critics : ideological repositioning under David Cameron, 2005-10; title: Building the House : developing Conservative policy, 2005-10; title: A 21st Century Party? : Conservative 'modernisation' and organisational reform, 1997-2010; title: The Conservatives in the 2010 general election, and its aftermath; title: Conclusion : The Art of the Political Comeback : New Labour and Cameron's Conservatives.