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Zusatztext It is pleasing that this volume provides a particularly insightful, readable and relevant collection of essays on the ideological and historical foundations of the British Conservative Party. Informationen zum Autor Bradley W. Hart is Assistant Professor at California State University, Fresno, USA and a former by-fellow of Churchill College, Cambridge, UK. His previous works include a co-edited volume entitled The Foundations of the British Conservative Party: Essays on Conservatism from Lord Salisbury to David Cameron (2013). Richard Carr is a Senior Lecturer in History and Politics at Anglia Ruskin University. His 2017 biography of Charlie Chaplin was longlisted for a Kraszna-Krausz book prize. In 2019-20 he serves as a Theodore C. Sorensen Fellow at the John F. Kennedy Library, Boston, and a Bordin-Gillette Fellow at the Bentley Historical Library, University of Michigan. Vorwort A concise survey of the ideology, structure, and evolution of the British Conservative Party from the 19th century to the Cameron administration. Zusammenfassung This book provides a range of essays on aspects of the British Conservative Party from the late 19th century to the present day. It offers fresh perspectives on Margaret Thatcher and Thatcherism; Britain and Europe; UK policy towards Ireland; Conservatism and reform, and the conservative ideology, to name only a few of the key issues explored. An accessible and concise overview, this book is an important primer for anyone studying British politics, history, or social and political theory. Included are contributions by leading scholars in British political history, think tank commentators, and a former Prime Minister. It offers insights into the Conservative Party's staying power in spite of great social and political changes in the UK and the world. It looks at how the party has functioned historically and what its future might be, discussing its ideology and identity with reference to both Labour and Liberal opponents. Fundamentally it considers the conservative appeal to the electorate, conservative policy in both theory and practice, and debates that have taken place within and outside the party itself. Whether interested in Winston Churchill and David Lloyd George, or David Cameron and Nick Clegg, this work is intended to inform and challenge scholars and political practitioners alike. Inhaltsverzeichnis AcknowledgementsForeword The Rt. Hon. The Lord Carrington KG GCMG CH MC PC DL Contributor informationIntroduction Bradley W. Hart Origins of modern conservatismFoundations of the modern Conservative Party Section 1: The Conservative Ideal The Principles of British Conservatism from Balfour to Heath, c.1910-1975 Stuart Ball The Conservative Dialectic of Margaret Thatcher’s First Term Kieron O’Hara Section 2: The Conservatives and the Union Tory Rebels and Tory Democracy: The Ulster Crisis, 1900-1914 Robert Saunders The Conservative Party and the Irish Question, c. 1885-2010 Alan Macleod Section 3: Looking Beyond Westminster Machinations of the centre-right and British Engagement with the Pan-European Ideal, 1929-1948 Richard Carr and Bradley W. Hart The Conservatives and local government: reform, localism and the Big Society since 1888 Steven Howell Section 4: Conservatism and Party Politics Coalition Blues: The Conservatives, the Liberals and Conservative-Liberal Coalitions in Britain since 1895 Chris Wrigley How to Put ‘the People First’: Conservative Conceptions of Reform Before and After the Second World War Richard Carr Section 5: The future of Conservatism The Limits of Power: Conservative Experience and Opportunity The Rt. Hon. Sir John Major KG CH ACIB Neo-Orthodoxy: Conservative Economic Policy in the Twenty-First Century Irwin Stelzer Concl...
