Williams / Unknown / Edwards The art of the possible

Politics and governance in modern British history, 1885–1997: Essays in memory of Duncan Tanner
1. Auflage 2015
ISBN: 978-1-78499-156-2
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: PC/MAC/eReader/Tablet

E-Book, Englisch, 272 Seiten

Explores some of the major transitions, opportunities and false dawns of modern British political history. It engages with the scholarly legacy of Professor Duncan Tanner (1958–2010) whose work was focused on the political process and on politics in government.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Unknown,

Williams, Chris

Edwards, Andrew

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Weltgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Europäische Geschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction: Duncan Tanner and the art of the possible – Chris Williams
1. The making and remaking of ‘common sense’ about British economic policy – Peter Clarke
2. The ‘big state’ versus the ‘Big Society’ in twentieth-century Britain – Pat Thane
3. ‘One meaning blots out another’? Liberals and Labour in the east midlands coalfield – David Howell
4. Cartooning the rise of Labour, 1900–21 – Chris Williams
5. Novels for ‘thinking people’: fiction and the inter-war broad left – Steven Fielding
6. Myth and counter-myth in Second World War British politics – Andrew Thorpe
7. Labour, nationalism and the problem of Welsh devolution, c.1939–64 – Andrew Edwards
8. Defending the constitution: the Conservative party and the idea of devolution, 1945–74 – Matthew Cragoe
9. Public and private languages of ‘class’ in the Luton by-election of 1963 – Jon Lawrence
10. Community and the Labour left in 1970s London – John Davis
11. Labour, the Union and the rebirth of Welsh devolution – Mari Elin Wiliam
Duncan Tanner: a select bibliography – Chris Williams
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Williams Chris:
Chris Williams is Professor of Modern History at University of Wales, SwanseaEdwards Andrew:
Andrew Edwards is Lecturer in Modern British History at University of Wales, Bangor and Co-Director of the Welsh Institute for Social and Cultural AffairsAndrew Edwards is Senior Lecturer in History and Dean of Arts and Humanities at Bangor University