This book charts the development of political thought within the British Liberal Party and its successor, the Liberal Democrats. Beginning with Jo Grimond's rise to the leadership in 1956, it follows the Liberal resurgence in the second half of the twentieth century through to the major setbacks of the 2015 general election and the 2016 referendum on UK membership of the European Union. Drawing on interviews with leading politicians and political thinkers, the book examines Liberal ideas against the background of key historical events and controversies, including the period of coalition government with the Conservatives.
Autorentext
Tudor Jones is Honorary Research Fellow in the History of Political Thought at Coventry University
Klappentext
At the end of the Second World War, the Liberal Party was on the point of collapse. Once a major force in British politics, it had been relegated to the sidelines by the rise of Labour and a resurgent Conservative Party. But the distinctive principles of British Liberalism were to prove remarkably resilient, and subsequent decades would witness the Party's gradual revival and a dramatic struggle for its soul. This book charts the evolution of Liberal politics, starting with Jo Grimond's leadership during the Suez Crisis of 1956 and following the uneven path of the Liberal revival to the 2015 general election and the 2016 EU referendum two setbacks that threw British Liberalism into crisis once more. Drawing on interviews with leading politicians and thinkers, including Vince Cable, Paddy Ashdown, David Owen and Shirley Williams, the book examines Liberal ideas against the background of key historical events and controversies, including the period of coalition government with the Conservatives. With the Liberal Democrats emerging once again from a period of electoral disaster, this book provides an unparalleled account of the ideas and values that have made them a perennial force in British politics.
Inhalt
1 Survival of a creed, 1954562 The advent of Grimond: the creed revived, 1956593 Of progress, realignment and disappointed hopes, 1959674 The rise of community politics in uncertain times, 1967765 Liberalism in a cul-de-sac, 1976796 Liberalism within the Alliance: denting the mould, 1979887 Liberals, Owen and the social market economy, 1983888 Recovery after a painful infancy, 1988979 Ashdown's unfinished project, 19979910 Advance and debate, 1999200511 Crisis, consolidation and reaffirmation, 2005712 Into uncharted post-1945 territory: coalition government, 20101513 Electoral collapse, 2015 and the future of British LiberalismConclusionIndex
Titel
The uneven path of British Liberalism
Untertitel
From Jo Grimond to Brexit, second edition
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EAN
9781526143020
Format
E-Book (epub)
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Veröffentlichung
13.09.2019
Digitaler Kopierschutz
Adobe-DRM
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0.48 MB
Anzahl Seiten
464
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