Strange Survival of Liberal England - Political Leaders, Moral Values and the Reception of Economic Debate

Klappentext An examination of the imperatives that have helped to shape political values. Zusammenfassung These essays are concerned with the way that cultural values! individual moral sentiments and politicians' interpretation of economic and other imperatives have helped to shape political values. Focusing on the nineteenth and twentieth centuries! themes are developed through studies of recognisably important events and figures. Inhaltsverzeichnis Abbreviations; Notes on contributors; Introduction Ewen Green and Duncan Tanner; Part I. Economic Ideas and Political Leaders: 1. Utilitarian or neo-Foxite Whig? Robert Lowe as Chancellor of the Exchequer Boyd Hilton; 2. Political economy, the Labour movement and the minimum wage James Thompson; 3. Economic interpretations of war: American liberals and US entry into World War I John A. Thompson; 4. Political leadership, intellectual debate and economic policy during the Second Labour Government 1929-31 Duncan Tanner; Part II. The Use and Abuse of Economic Ideas: Keynes and his Interpreters: 5. The Labour party and Keynes Richard Toye; 6. The Conservative party and Keynes Ewen Green; 7. Keynesian ideas and the recasting of Italian democracy, 1945-53 Eugenio Biagini; Part III. Economic Forces and their Significance: 8. Where did it all go wrong? Cultural critics and 'modernity' in inter-war Britain Stefan Collini; 9. Moral choice and economics: British political economy in the twentieth century Barry Supple.

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• Authors: E. H. H. Green, E. H. H. (Magdalen College Green, E. H. H. Tanner Green
• Assisted by: E. H. H. Green (Editor), D. M. Tanner (Editor), Tanner D. M. (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.06.2011
• EAN: 9780521329613
• ISBN: 978-0-521-32961-3
• No. of pages: 328
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political theories and the history of ideas; European History, Political Ideologies, HISTORY / Europe / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / European, Political leaders & leadership, British & Irish history, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Political leaders and leadership, Political ideologies and movements