Myth of Consensus

New Views on British History, 1945–64

AvHarriet Jones,Michael D. Kandiah

Häftad, Engelska, 1996

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Beskrivning

This groundbreaking collection of essays challenges the notion that early postwar Britain was characterised by a consensus between the major political parties arising out of the experiences of the wartime coalition government.

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Utgivningsdatum:1996-01-01
Mått:140 x 216 x 12 mm
Vikt:268 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Contemporary History in Context
Antal sidor:186
Upplaga:1996
Förlag:Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN:9781349249442

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Notes on the Contributors - Preface; P.Catterall - Introduction; H.Jones - A Bloodless Counter-Revolution: the Conservative Party and the Defence of Inequality, 1945-51; H.Jones - Consensus here, Consensus there...but not Consensus everywhere: the Labour Party, Equality and Social Policy in the 1950s; N.Ellison - 'Not Reformed Capitalism, but...Democratic Socialism': the Ideology of the Labour Leadership, 1945-51; M.Francis - Conservative Elites, Strategy - and 'Consensus'?; M.D.Kandiah - Consensus and Consumption: Rationing, Austerity and Controls after the War; I.Zweiniger-Bargielowska - Butskellism, the Postwar Consensus and the Managed Economy; N.Rollings - The Politics of the 'Social' and the 'Industrial' Wage, 1945-60; N.Whiteside - Industrial Organisation and Ownership, and a New Definition of the Postwar 'Consensus'; H.Mercer - Decolonisation and Postwar Consensus; N.Owen - Index