Language of Progressive Politics in Modern Britain

Inbunden, Engelska, 2017

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Beskrivning

This book traces the word ‘progressive’ through modern British history, from the Enlightenment to Brexit. It also places this political language in its cultural context, asking how it relates to ideas about progressive social development, progressive business, and progressive rock music.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2017-02-20
Mått:148 x 210 x 24 mm
Vikt:554 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:308
Upplaga:17001
Förlag:Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN:9781137506610

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Emily Robinson is Senior Lecturer in Politics at the University of Sussex, UK, Commissioning Editor of Renewal, and a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society. Her previous work includes History, Heritage and Tradition in Contemporary British Politics: Past Politics and Present Histories (2012).

Innehållsförteckning

Acknowledgements.- List of abbreviations.- Chapter 1. Introduction: Being Progressive.- Chapter 2. Two Natural and Inevitable Parties?.- Chapter 3. Municipal Enterprise: Contesting the Liberal Tradition.- Chapter 4. The Pageant of Parliament: Politics in the Age of Modernism.- Chapter 5. Puzzled People: Making Sense of Modernity.- Chapter 6. Party Games: Realignments and Revisionism.- Chapter 7. The Rhetoric of Change: Modernisation and its Discontents.- Chapter 8. Conclusion: The Consequences of Progressive Thinking.- Bibliography