Postwar British Politics in Perspective

Critical Dialogues
1. Auflage 1999
ISBN: 978-0-7456-2029-9
Verlag: Polity Press

Buch, Englisch, 264 Seiten, Format (B × H): 158 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 454 g

This broad-ranging and original text provides an accessible introduction to British politics since 1945, challenging many well-established orthodoxies.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Marsh, David

Buller, Jim

Hay, Colin

Johnston, Jim

Kerr, Peter

McAnulla, Stuart

Watson, Matthew

Inhaltsverzeichnis

About the authors.

Introduction: Explaining Change in the Postwar Period. (David Marsh).

Part One: Key Themes of Postwar British Political Development.

1. Continuity and Discontinuity in British Political Development. (Colin Hay).

2. Britain's Economic Decline: Cultural Versus Structural Explanations. (Jim Johnston).

3. The Post-War Consensus: A Woozle That Wasn't? (Peter Kerr).

4. Crisis and Political Development in Postwar Britain. (Colin Hay).

5. Britain's Relations with the European Union in Historical Perspective. (Jim Buller).

6. Globalization and the Development of the British Political Economy. (Matthew Watson).

Part Two: Key Narratives of Postwar British Political Development.

7. Questions of Change and Continuity in Attlee's Britain. (Jim Johnston).

8. Explaining Thatcherism: Towards a Multidimensional Approach. (Peter Kerr and David Marsh).

9. The Post-Thatcher Era. (Stuart McAnulla).

Conclusion: Analysing and Explaining Postwar British Political Development. (Colin Hay and David Marsh).

Bibliography.

Index.

Über Autor(innen)

David Marsh, Jim Buller, Colin Hay, Jim Johnston, Peter Kerr, Stuart McAnulla and Matthew Watson are all members of the Department of Political Science & International Studies at the University of Birmingham.