Politics and Personalities
Published on 1. September 1990
Book
Paperback/Softback
XX, 340 pages
978-0-333-51580-8 (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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Edition
1990 edition
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Illustrations
XX, 340 p.
Dimensions
Height: 215 mm
Width: 141 mm
Thickness: 27 mm
Weight
473 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-333-51580-8 (9780333515808)
DOI
10.1007/978-1-349-20961-3
Schweitzer Classification
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Dennis Kavanagh
Politics and Personalities
Book
09/1990
Palgrave Macmillan
€52.71
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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.