The Conservatives since 1945
Subtitle: the drivers of party change
By: Tim Bale
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Oxford
Language: eng
Number of pages: 372
ISBN-13: 9780191611513; 9780191746093; 9781283639446; 9786613951908; 9780199234370
Subjects: Politics and government; Law, Politics & Government; Political Process; Conservative Party (Great Britain); Government - Non-U.S.; Government - Europe; POLITICAL SCIENCE; Policy sciences; Political Parties; History
Description: This text is about how and why parties in general, and the Conservative Party in particular, make changes to the face they present to the electorate, the way they organise themselves, and the policies they come up with. It is an in-depth but comprehensive study based on original archival sources.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: ""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""Abbreviations""; ""1. Introduction""; ""2. Disaster and Deliverance: 1945â€?1951""; ""3. Anxiety, Appeasement, Affluenceâ€?and After: 1951â€?1964""; ""4. Amateur to Professional: 1964â€?1970""; ""5. Betrayal: 1970â€?1974""; ""6. Confrontation and Consensus: 1974â€?1979""; ""7. Messiah to Meltdown: 1979â€?1997""; ""8. Conclusion""; ""Notes""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""; ""Y""; ""Z""