Conservatives Since 1945 - The Drivers of Party Change

Zusatztext an extremely valuable addition to the academic literature, opening the door to further avenues for discussion which would provide important practical lessons for politicians and parties, not just academics. Informationen zum Autor Tim Bale graduated from Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge before going on to take a Masters degree at Northwestern University in the USA. He received his doctorate from Sheffield University. He joined the University of Sussex in 2003 after teaching at Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand. He has published widely on party politics, particularly in Britain and Europe. He is the author of the prize-winning book, The Conservative Party from Thatcher to Cameron and has written for the Financial Times and the Guardian, as well as contributing to television and radio shows both in the UK and overseas. Klappentext The Conservatives since 1945 is about how and why parties in general, and the Conservative Party in particular, make changes to the face they present to the electorate, the way they organize themselves, and the policies they come up with. This is an in-depth but comprehensive study based on original archival sources. Zusammenfassung The Conservatives since 1945 is about how and why parties in general, and the Conservative Party in particular, make changes to the face they present to the electorate, the way they organize themselves, and the policies they come up with. This is an in-depth but comprehensive study based on original archival sources. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1: Introduction 2: Disaster to Deliverance: 1945-1951 3: Anxiety, Appeasement, Affluence - and After: 1951-64 4: Amateur to Professional: 1964-1970 5: Betrayal: 1970-4 6: Confrontation and Consensus: 1974-1979 7: Messiah to Meltdown: 1979-1997 8: Conclusion Index

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• Authors: Tim Bale, Tim (Professor of Politics Bale, Bale Tim
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 24.03.2016
• EAN: 9780198757900
• ISBN: 978-0-19-875790-0
• No. of pages: 394
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Political Parties, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / Political Parties, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / European, 21st Century, 21st century, c 2000 to c 2100, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, Political parties and party platforms, c 1945 to c 2000 (Post-war period), Conservatism & right-of-centre democratic ideologies, Right-of-centre democratic ideologies