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The third edition of this successful text has been revised to include a new chapter on the politics of the Second World War, and to reflect recent developments in research into the period. Third edition of this insightful survey of changes in British politics Now extended to cover the politics of the Second World War and the election of 1945 Extensively revised in the light of recent research Looks at the Labour Party's evolution into a national rather than sectional party Includes updated suggestions for further reading
List of Tables viii List of Illustrations x Preface xi Part One 1867-1900 1 1 Party and Participation 1867-1900 3 Voting and Non-voting 4 Electoral Practice and Malpractice 10 The Rise of the Party Activist 14 Party, Parliament and the 'Independent Member' 17 2 The Evolution of the Gladstonian Liberal Party 1867-1895 22 Liberalism, Reform and Religion 23 The Building Blocks of Liberalism 25 The Programme versus the Single Issue 30 1886: The Radicalization of the Party 35 3 The Conservative Revival 1874-1900 42 The Impact of Middle-class Conservatism 44 Organizing the Democracy 48 Tradition and Change 51 Salisbury and Liberal Unionism 54 The State and Social Reform 59 4 The Social Roots of Political Change in Late Victorian Britain 65 Trends and Issues 66 Rural Radicalism 70 Working-class Politics and Socialists 73 Women, Politics and Labour 78 Working-class Conservatism, Empire and Patriotism 80 The Lower Middle Class 86 Part Two 1895-1914 89 5 The Edwardian Crises 1895-1914 91 The Waning of Radicalism 91 Liberal Imperialism 96 'National Efficiency' and Tariff Reform 99 The Crisis of Conservatism 103 6 Edwardian Progressivism 107 Origins of the New Liberalism 107 The Politics of the Pact 1903-1914 115 Edwardian Labourism 123 The Workers and State Welfare 129 7 The Electoral Struggle 1906-1914 130 The Containment of Labour 131 The Franchise Factor 135 Regional Political Culture 138 The Unions, MacDonald and the Pact 1911-1914 141 Part Three 1914-1920s 147 8 The Impact of the Great War on British Politics 149 The Disintegration of the Progressive Alliance 1914-1916 151 Lloyd George and the Conservatives 1916-1918 153 Labour's Change of Course 158 The Coupon Election of 1918 161 9 Patriotism, Ideology and the State in the Great War 165 Laissez-faire and Interventionism 166 Labour's Socialist Commitment and the Liberal Inheritance 168 The Working Class, the State and Patriotism 171 Conservatism, Capitalism and the State 1914-1922 173 Part Four 1918-1945 179 10 The Elevation of Labour and the Restoration of Party Politics 1918-1931 181 The Fragmentation of the Coalition 181 The New Strategy 1922 183 Baldwin and Normality 1923 186 MacDonaldism and Socialism 188 The Rise and Fall of the Second Labour Government 194 11 Origins of the Conservative Electoral Hegemony 1918-1931 199 The Impact of the Electoral System 199 The Conservatives and the Constituencies 203 Labour's Grass Roots 1918-1929 207 Women in Inter-war Politics 211 The General Strike and the Realignment of the Working Class 213 The Election of 1931 220 12 From the National Government to the Popular Front 1931-1939 222 The National Government and Liberal Toryism 222 The Threat from the British Union of Fascists 229 Labour, Socialism and Keynesianism 233 The Left, Rearmament and Public Opinion 235 The General Election of 1935 238 Labour and the Popular Front 1936-1939 240 13 The Politics of the 'People's War' 1939-1945 243 The Churchill Coalition 243 Public Opinion and the Swing to the Left 247 Consensus Politics 249 The Labour Landslide of 1945 251 Conclusions 255 Notes 258 Guide to Further Reading 267 Index 283
