Details

Subject(s)

• Great Britain—Politics and government—19th century [Browse]
• Great Britain—Politics and government—20th century [Browse]

Editor

• Brown, David, 1972- [Browse]
• Crowcroft, Robert [Browse]
• Pentland, Gordon [Browse]

Series

Oxford handbooks. [More in this series]

Summary note

Offering an authoritative view of British political history from 1800 to 2000, this book provides an engaging survey of the sweeping changes in the ways in which Britain was governed. It considers key issues such as the duties of the state and its role in the wider world, and suggesting avenues of future research.

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Target audience

Specialized.

Source of description

Description based on print version record.

Contents

• Devolution / James Mitchell
• War / Simon Ball
• Local Government / Benjamin Weinstein
• Ideology and doctrine in modern British politics / Jeremy Nuttall
• The Monarchy / Andrzej Olechnowicz
• Petitioning and Demonstrating / Henry Miller
• The economy / Jim Tomlinson
• 'Third' and Fringe Parties / Kevin Morgan
• Political Ideas and Languages / David Craig
• Political Communication / Laura Beers
• Epilogue: In Defence of Contemporary History / Anthony Seldon
• The Labour Party / Lawrence Black
• The Press / David Brown
• 'High' Politics / Steven Fielding
• Britain and Europe / Geoff Hicks
• Elections / Luke Blaxill
• 'Popular' Politics / Malcolm Chase
• Imperial Policy / Simon Smith
• Democracy / James Thompson
• Parliamentary Reform / Gordon Pentland
• Welfare and the State / Pat Thane
• Religion and Politics in Britain since c.1800 / S.J.D. Green
• Parliament / Philip Salmon
• Political Parties / Angus Hawkins
• Conservatives / John Charmley
• Prime Minister and Cabinet / Andrew Blick
• Introduction / David Brown, Robert Crowcroft, Gordon Pentland
• The Role of the Politician in the Democratic Regime / Robert Crowcroft
• Women and Politics / Jennifer Davey
• Whigs and Liberals / Ian Packer
• The Civil Service / Hugh Pemberton
• The State / Phil Harling
• Trade Unions and British Politics / Richard Whiting.

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Other title(s)

• Handbook of modern British political history, 1800-2000
• Modern British political history, 1800-2000

ISBN

• 9780191024276
• 0191024279
• 9780191024269
• 0191024260
• 9780191783104
• 0191783102

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