What About the Workers?
The Conservative Party and the Organised Working Class in British Politics
1st Edition
Published on 27. April 2021
280 pages
978-1-5261-0362-8 (ISBN)
Description
The relationship between the Conservative Party and the organised working class is fundamental to the making of modern British politics. The organised working class, though always a minority, was perceived by Conservatives as a challenge and many union members dismissed the Conservatives as the bosses' party.
Why, throughout its history, was the Conservative Party seemingly accommodating towards the organised working class that it ideology would seem to permit? And why, in the space of a relatively few years in the 1970s and 1980s, did it abandon this heritage? For much of its history party leaders calculated they had more to gain from inclusion but during the 1980s Conservative governments marginalised the organised working class to a degree that not so very long ago would have been thought inconceivable. -- .
Why, throughout its history, was the Conservative Party seemingly accommodating towards the organised working class that it ideology would seem to permit? And why, in the space of a relatively few years in the 1970s and 1980s, did it abandon this heritage? For much of its history party leaders calculated they had more to gain from inclusion but during the 1980s Conservative governments marginalised the organised working class to a degree that not so very long ago would have been thought inconceivable. -- .
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Language
English
Place of publication
Manchester
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
Digital original
Illustrations
5 tables
5 tables
ISBN-13
978-1-5261-0362-8 (9781526103628)
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Content
Introduction
1 A strong taste for the despotism of numbers?
2 Peace and good will?
3 We shall get their help
4 War, conservatism and union power
5 Milk and water socialism?
6 The smack of firm government?
7 Confronting the British disease?
8 The enemy within
Conclusions
Bibliography
Index -- .
1 A strong taste for the despotism of numbers?
2 Peace and good will?
3 We shall get their help
4 War, conservatism and union power
5 Milk and water socialism?
6 The smack of firm government?
7 Confronting the British disease?
8 The enemy within
Conclusions
Bibliography
Index -- .
