How Tory Governments Fall by Anthony Seldon

How Tory Governments Fall by Anthony Seldon

This study compares the ways in which periods of Tory domination come to an end. It tries to assess if there are factors common to the decline and fall of each Conservative administration in British history since the beginnings of the modern party-based political system. Each period is examined by a leading political historian: Norman Gash writes on the Wellington-Liverpool era; Martin Pugh on Salisbury; John Turner on the Macmillan years; Jeremy Black on anti-Napoleonic Torydom; Dennis Kavanagh on the Heath regime; and John Vincent on Disraeli's reign. Each essay examines the nature of government, the basis of victory, the unifying themes, the interests represented, the quality of leadership, the prevailing ideology, and the reasons for decline and decay - manifest disunity, policy confusion, depleted finances, hostile climate, credible opposition, useless leadership and loss of economic competence.

Anthony Seldon is Founding Director of the Institute of Contemporary British History.

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ISBN 10	0006863663
Titre	How Tory Governments Fall
Auteur	Anthony Seldon
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Type de reliure	Paperback
Éditeur	HarperCollins Publishers
Année de publication	1996-10-07
Nombre de pages	320
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