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The Making of Modern British Politics, 1867-1939 Martin Pugh

The Making of Modern British Politics, 1867-1939 By Martin Pugh

The Making of Modern British Politics, 1867-1939 by Martin Pugh


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This revised edition reflects the findings of recent research on, among other things, the role of religion in late Victorian politics, the role of women as parliamentary voters, and the debate over the extent to which state social welfare was popular amongst the working class.

The Making of Modern British Politics, 1867-1939 Summary

The Making of Modern British Politics, 1867-1939 by Martin Pugh

First published in 1982, The Making of Modern British Politics is a general analysis of the process of change in British political history between the 1860s and the outbreak of the Second World War. Martin Pugh concentrates on the problems of interpretation and analysis raised by recent work in the field. He shows how politics gradually came to revolve less around the moral-political issues of the Victorian era and more around the economic and social role of the state during the 20th century. He considers the eventual decline of the Victorian Liberal Party, the explanations for the rise of Labour and the reasons for the capacity of the Conservatives to survive in changing circumstances. Extensively revised, the book reflects the findings of recent research on, among other things, the role of religion in late Victorian politics, the importance of taxation in party loyalties, the Edwardian electorate and the franchise reforms of 1918, the role of women as parliamentary voters, and the debate over the extent to which state social welfare was popular amongst the working class.

Table of Contents

Part 1 1867-1900: party and participation, 1867-1900; the evolution of the Gladstonian Liberal Party, 1867-95; the Conservative revival, 1874-1900; the social roots of political change in late Victorian Britain. Part 2 1895-1914: the Edwardian crises, 1895-1914; Edwardian progressivism; the electoral struggle, 1906-1914. Part Three 1914-1920s: the impact of the Great War on British politics; a mass electorate at war; party, ideology and the state in the Great War. Part 4 1918-1939: the elevation of labour and the restoration of party politics, 1918-24; origins of the Conservative electoral hegemony, 1918-31; the eclipse of extremes, 1931-39.

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GOR001292665
9780631179283
0631179283
The Making of Modern British Politics, 1867-1939 by Martin Pugh
Used - Very Good
Paperback
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
19930304
384
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