Review of the hardback: 'Biagini's book is a detailed and fertile analysis of social and political reform in the United Kingdom on the eve of crisis. It sets the scene for the ensuing struggle between democracy and Imperialism as it came to dominate relations between Britain and Ireland down to the end of the 20th century.' The Times Literary Supplement

• 1. Home Rule as a 'crisis of public conscience'; 2. 'That great cause of justice': Home Rule in the context of domestic Liberal and radical politics; 3. Constitutional Nationalism and 'popular liberalism' in Ireland; 4. 'Giving stability to popular opinion'? Radicalism and caucus in Britain and Ireland; 5. Joseph and his brethren: the rise and fall of Radical Unionism; 6. Social radicalism and the revival of the 'popular front'; 7. Democracy and the politics of humanitarianism.

Review of the hardback: 'Biagini's book is a detailed and fertile analysis of social and political reform in the United Kingdom on the eve of crisis. It sets the scene for the ensuing struggle between democracy and Imperialism as it came to dominate relations between Britain and Ireland down to the end of the 20th century.' The Times Literary Supplement

• 1. Home Rule as a 'crisis of public conscience'; 2. 'That great cause of justice': Home Rule in the context of domestic Liberal and radical politics; 3. Constitutional Nationalism and 'popular liberalism' in Ireland; 4. 'Giving stability to popular opinion'? Radicalism and caucus in Britain and Ireland; 5. Joseph and his brethren: the rise and fall of Radical Unionism; 6. Social radicalism and the revival of the 'popular front'; 7. Democracy and the politics of humanitarianism.

Review of the hardback: 'Biagini's book is a detailed and fertile analysis of social and political reform in the United Kingdom on the eve of crisis. It sets the scene for the ensuing struggle between democracy and Imperialism as it came to dominate relations between Britain and Ireland down to the end of the 20th century.' The Times Literary Supplement

• 1. Home Rule as a 'crisis of public conscience'; 2. 'That great cause of justice': Home Rule in the context of domestic Liberal and radical politics; 3. Constitutional Nationalism and 'popular liberalism' in Ireland; 4. 'Giving stability to popular opinion'? Radicalism and caucus in Britain and Ireland; 5. Joseph and his brethren: the rise and fall of Radical Unionism; 6. Social radicalism and the revival of the 'popular front'; 7. Democracy and the politics of humanitarianism.