Politics and Personalities
Published in September 1990
Book
Hardback
284 pages
978-0-333-51579-2 (ISBN)
Description
A study of power in British political parties. It asks what happened to consensus politics and looks at the ideology and sociology of Labour's strategy. It also questions the need for a centre party and discusses political figures such as Churchill, Enoch Powell and Tony Benn.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Basingstoke
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
index
Dimensions
Height: 222 mm
Width: 148 mm
Weight
500 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-333-51579-2 (9780333515792)
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Content
On writing contemporary electoral history; power in British political parties - iron law or special pleading? whatever happened to consensus politics? is Thatcherism conservatism? making sense of Thatcher; must labour lose - again? ideology, sociology and labour's strategy; do we need a centre party? crisis - charisma and British political leadership the case of Winston Churchill; Enoch Powell - vision and waste; the rise and fall of Tony Benn - nuisance or conscience? the deferential English - a comparative critique; an American science of British politics; from gentlemen to players - changes in political leadership; the timing of electronics - fair play or fiddle? the monarchy in contemporary political culture.