Conservatism for the Democratic Age
Conservative Cultures and the Challenge of Mass Politics in Early Twentieth Century England
1st Edition
Published on 16. May 2016
240 pages
978-1-5261-1077-0 (ISBN)
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Description
This book offers a new interpretation of the Conservative party's revival and adaptation to democratic politics in the early twentieth century. We cannot appreciate the Conservatives' unique success in British politics without exploring the dramatic cultural transformation which occurred within the party during the early decades of the century. This was a seminal period in which key features of the modern Conservative party emerged: a mass women's organisation, a focus on addressing the voter as a consumer, targeted electioneering strategies, and the use of modern media to speak to a mass audience.
This book provides the first substantial attempt to assess the Conservatives' adaptation to democracy across the early twentieth century from a cultural perspective and will appeal to academics and students with an interest in the history of political communication, gender and class in modern Britain. -- .
This book provides the first substantial attempt to assess the Conservatives' adaptation to democracy across the early twentieth century from a cultural perspective and will appeal to academics and students with an interest in the history of political communication, gender and class in modern Britain. -- .
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Scholars of the history of the Conservative Party cannot afford to ignore this book, which demonstrates just how much more we have to learn about the party's efforts to adapt to modern democracy. -- .More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Manchester
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
Digital original
Illustrations
Halftones, black & white|Tables, black & white
Halftones, black & white|Tables, black & white
ISBN-13
978-1-5261-1077-0 (9781526110770)
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David Thackeray
Conservatism for the Democratic Age
Conservative Cultures and the Challenge of Mass Politics in Early Twentieth Century England
Book
05/2013
Manchester University Press
€131.50
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David Thackeray is Lecturer in Modern History at the University of Exeter -- .
Content
Introduction: Politics in a democratic age
Edwardian politics
1. Responding to the Edwardian crisis of Unionism
2. The working man's pint and the housewife's budget
3. The challenge of class politics
4. Cultures of Unionism
The First World War
5. Rowdiness and respectability
6. Labour, civic associations and the new democracy
7. 'Country before party'
From the Armistice to Baldwin
8. The peaceable man and the prudent housewife
9. The multiple identities of anti-socialism
10. Baldwin's party?
Conclusion
Biographical Appendix
Bibliography -- .
Edwardian politics
1. Responding to the Edwardian crisis of Unionism
2. The working man's pint and the housewife's budget
3. The challenge of class politics
4. Cultures of Unionism
The First World War
5. Rowdiness and respectability
6. Labour, civic associations and the new democracy
7. 'Country before party'
From the Armistice to Baldwin
8. The peaceable man and the prudent housewife
9. The multiple identities of anti-socialism
10. Baldwin's party?
Conclusion
Biographical Appendix
Bibliography -- .
