Civil Liberties and Human Rights in Twentieth-Century Britain

The first comprehensive account of civil liberties activism throughout twentieth-century Britain, focusing primarily on the National Council for Civil Liberties.

List of contents

Introduction; Part I. Civil Liberties in the Age of the Popular Front: 1. Decent citizens and agitators: civil liberties activism in the 1930s; 2. From civil liberties to human rights: British civil liberties activism and Universal human rights; Part II. Civil Liberties, a Rights Revolution, and New Social Movements: 3. The progressive professionals: the National Council for Civil Liberties and the politics of activism in 1960s Britain; 4. From progressive to radical: the 1970s and a crisis of civil liberties; Part III. NGOs and the Consolidation of Human Rights: 5. The road to freedom: civil liberties, human rights and the evolution of the NGO in the age of Thatcher; 6. The politics of vigilance: human rights activism during and beyond the age of New Labour.

About the author

Chris Moores is a Birmingham Fellow at the University of Birmingham where he is Director of Modern British Studies. He has taught widely on British social and political history, global social movements, and the international human rights movement, and has published work within Twentieth Century British History, Contemporary European History and History Workshop Journal.

Summary

A history of civil liberties activism in twentieth-century Britain, focusing primarily on the National Council for Civil Liberties (NCCL). This study traces the NCCL's development over the past eighty years. It accounts for the emergence of human rights in political discourse and offers insights into Britain's changing political culture.

Product details

• Authors: Chris Moores, Chris (University of Birmingham) Moores, Christopher Moores
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 16.02.2017
• EAN: 9781107088610
• ISBN: 978-1-107-08861-0
• No. of pages: 344
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; European History, Human Rights, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Human Rights, 20th Century, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / European, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Civil Rights, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / 20th Century, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, British & Irish history, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Social and cultural history, Human rights, civil rights