A Short History of the Liberal Party

The Road Back to Power
7th Auflage 2010
ISBN: 978-0-230-21044-8
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan

Buch, Englisch, 363 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 468 g

Chris Cook lifts the lid on the 'third Party;' charting their fascinating journey over the last century, from the landslide victory of 1906 under Asquith, via their descent into divisions and decline in the interwar years, to in-depth analysis of the 2010 British Election and their return to Government in the Conservative-Lib Dem coalition.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Cook, C.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgements Introduction The Liberal Tradition Liberalism in Eclipse The Liberals in Opposition: 1900-1906 The Liberal Ascendancy: 1906-1910 The Crisis of Liberalism: 1910-1914 Liberals at War: 1914-1918 A Party Divided: 1918-1923 Revival and Decline: 1923-1926 Lloyd George Again: 1926-1931 Dissension and Decline: 1931-1945 A Party in the Wilderness: 1945-1956 The Sound of Gunfire: 1956-1967 The Thorpe Leadership: 1967-1976 Pacts and Alliances: 1976-1983 A Tale of Two Leaders: 1983-1987 Merger Most Foul: 1987-1988 A New Agenda: 1988-1992 Voting for Change: 1992-1997 Living with Labour: 1997-2001 An Effective Opposition: 2001-2005 From Kennedy to Clegg: 2005-2010 Voting for Deadlock: The General Election of May 2010 Consenting Adults: The Liberal-Conservative Coalition Appendix I: Major Holders of Party Office, 1900-1988 Appendix II: Major Holders of Liberal Democrat Office, 1988-2010 Appendix III: The Liberal Vote, 1918-2001 Appendix IV: Liberal By-Election Victories since 1945 Appendix V: Liberal Democratic Seats (After May 2010) Appendix VI: The Continuing Liberal Party Bibliographical Note Index

Über Autor(innen)

CHRIS COOK was educated at St Catharine's College, Cambridge and Nuffield College, Oxford, UK. He has been director of successive surveys by the Modern Archives Unit at the London School of Economics, as well as Head of History at what is now London Metropolitan University. His many previous publications for Macmillan include the six-volume . A Fellow of the Royal Historical Society, he is also editor of the best-selling Pears . He has recently completed a new edition of (with John Stevenson).