British Social Movements Since 1945 - Sex, Colour, Peace and Power

Since 1945, Britain's political and cultural landscape has been transformed by social movements campaigning on issues of gender, race, disability, sexuality, the environment and peace. Yet until now there has been no methodical attempt to chart the histories of these movements alongside one another. From early attempts to decriminalise gay sex to the movement against globalisation, Sex, Colour, Peace and Power takes a comprehensive approach to social movements that allows fresh insight into a neglected side of British history.

List of contents

Preface Acknowledgements List of Abbreviations Introduction Parallel Universe: Social Movements before 1970 The Long Explosion I: Women's and Gay Liberation The Long Explosion II: The Environment, Race, Disability and Peace The Fragments: The Descent into Division in the Late 1970s and Early 1980s Quenching the Flames: Professionalisation and Integration in the 1980s Passions Re-ignited: Sexuality, The Poll Tax and Radical Environmentalism in the 1990s Conclusion References Index

About the author

ADAM LENT is ESRC Research Fellow in the Department of Politics at Sheffield University. He has written widely on social movements and has edited two books covering the politics and values of movements.

Summary

Since 1945, Britain's political and cultural landscape has been transformed by social movements campaigning on issues of gender, race, disability, sexuality, the environment and peace. Yet until now there has been no methodical attempt to chart the histories of these movements alongside one another. From early attempts to decriminalise gay sex to the movement against globalisation, Sex, Colour, Peace and Power takes a comprehensive approach to social movements that allows fresh insight into a neglected side of British history.

Product details

• Authors: A Lent, A. Lent, Adam Lent
• Publisher: Palgrave UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 14.01.2014
• EAN: 9781349650569
• ISBN: 978-1-349-65056-9
• No. of pages: 265
• Series: Contemporary History in Context; Contemporary History in Contex; Contemporary History in Context; Contemporary History in Contex
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; B, Sociology, Cultural Studies, European History, European Politics, Political science & theory, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Regional and Cultural Studies, Regional Cultural Studies, Communication Studies, Sociology, general, Regional Studies, Culture—Study and teaching, Palgrave Political & Intern. Studies Collection, History of Britain and Ireland, Great Britain—History, Great Britain—Politics and government, British Politics, Political Communication, environment;gender;globalization;Integration;Sex