Offshore island politics
Subtitle: the constitutional and political development of the Isle of Man in the twentieth century
By: David G. Kermode.
Publisher: Liverpool University Press
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Liverpool
Language: eng
Number of pages: 415
Subjects: Constitutional history -- Isle of Man.; Isle of Man -- Politics and government.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: 1 ONE: INTRODUCTION; title: 1 Offshore Island Politics; title: 8 Major Themes and Periods; title: 13 TWO: NINETEENTH-CENTURY BACKGROUND; title: 13 The Myth of Home Rule 1866-1902; title: 21 An Unrepresentative Tynwald; title: 26 The Foundations of a Welfare State; title: 30 Government Support for the Manx Economy; title: 33 Manx Finances at the Turn of the Century; title: 39 THREE: THE RAGLAN ERA 1902-19; title: 39 Constitutional Conflict; title: 57 The Elections of 1903, 1908 and 1913; title: 64 The Absence of Social Reform; title: 70 The Protection and Promotion of Manx Economic Interests; title: 75 Manx Finances 1900-19; title: 81 FOUR: THE INTERWAR YEARS 1919-39; title: 85 Limited Constitutional Progress; title: 95 The Four Interwar Elections; title: 106 Social Policy: Reform and Consolidation; title: 118 The Changing Role of the State in the Manx Economy; title: 124 Manx Finances 1919-39; title: 133 FIVE: WAR, SOCIALISM AND DEVOLUTION 1939-58; title: 136 The Devolution of Power; title: 145 The Elections of 1946, 1951 and 1956; title: 156 The Welfare Revolution; title: 166 Radical Change in the Economic Role of the State; title: 173 Manx Finances 1939-58; title: 181 SIX: TOWARDS ISLAND SELF-GOVERNMENT 1958-81; title: 184 The Confirmation of Special Status; title: 194 Towards Representative and Responsible Government; title: 217 SEVEN: DEVOLUTION AND PUBLIC POLICY 1958-81; title: 217 The Elections of 1962, 1966, 1971 and 1976; title: 231 Expansion of the Welfare State; title: 239 Increased State Intervention and Support for the Economy; title: 255 Manx Finances 1958-81; title: 263 EIGHT: THE ADVENT OF MINISTERIAL GOVERNMENT 1981-2000; title: 266 Devolution in an International Context; title: 278 Towards a More Democratic Tynwald?; title: 282 The Transition to Ministerial Government; title: 289 Executive Power and Political Accountability; title: 309 NINE: TOWARDS A PROSPEROUS AND CARING SOCIETY 1981-2000; title: 309 The Elections of 1981, 1986, 1991 and 1996; title: 327 A Caring Society: the Persistence of the Welfare State; title: 344 Public Investment for a Prosperous Society; title: 359 Manx Finances 1981-2000; title: 369 TEN: CONCLUSION; title: 369 Constitutional Status; title: 372 Democracy and Policy Making; title: 373 Increased State Intervention in Manx Society.