The language of progressive politics in modern Britain. ([2017])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Emily Robinson.
• Authors: Robinson, Emily
• Contents: Acknowledgements; Contents; List of Abbreviations; Chapter 1: Introduction: Being Progressive; Politics; Temporality; Consequences; Methods and Approach; Structure; … By Any Other Name?; Notes; Bibliography; Archival Sources; Newspapers, Periodicals and News Sites; Online Archives; Manifestos and Pamphlets; Secondary Sources; Chapter 2: Two Natural and Inevitable Parties?; Progress Itself; Progress and Politics; Time and Space; The Developmental Self; Two Parties; Liberty and Property; Progressive Conservatism; Tory Democracy; Conservative Socialism; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography Archival SourcesNewspapers and Periodicals; Online Archives; Speeches, Lectures and Talks; Manifestos and Pamphlets; Other Primary Sources; Secondary Sources; Chapter 3: Municipal Enterprise: Contesting the Liberal Tradition; Municipal Beginnings; Active Municipalism; Language in Context; Liberals and Socialists; Wise Government; Commerce and Enterprise; New Alliances; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Archival Sources; Newspapers and Periodicals; Online Archives; Speeches, Lectures and Talks; Manifestos and Pamphlets; Other Primary Sources; Secondary Sources Chapter 4: The Pageant of Parliament: Politics in the Time of ModernismThe Popular Front; The Pageant of Parliament; Getting Things Done; National Government; The Critique of Party; The Extra-Parliamentary Left; Entering the Narrative; The Race of Progress; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Archival Sources; Newspapers and Periodicals; Online Archives; Websites; Films; Speeches, Lectures and Talks; Manifestos and Pamphlets; Other Primary Sources; Secondary Sources; Unpublished Papers and Theses; Chapter 5: Puzzled People: Making Sense of Modernity; The Whirr of Progress; Progressive People Self-DevelopmentCan Britain Make It?; Left or Right?; 'Over There'; Trendy Liberalism; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Archival Sources; Newspapers and Periodicals; Online Archives; Films; Speeches, Lectures and Talks; Manifestos and Pamphlets; Other Primary Sources; Secondary Sources; Unpublished Papers and Theses; Chapter 6: Party Games: Realignments and Revisionism; The Affluent Society; Realignments; Wooing the Liberals; 'Red' Liberalism; Historical Revisionism; Alliance; History De-railed; Progressive Rock; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Archival Sources; Newspapers and Periodicals Online ArchivesSpeeches, Lectures and Talks; Manifestos and Pamphlets; Other Primary Sources; Secondary Sources; Chapter 7: The Rhetoric of Change: Modernisation and Its Discontents; Beyond Left and Right; Unceasing Modernisation; The Progressive Conservatism Project; New Progressives; Rethinking Labour; Rage Against the Establishment; The Regressive Left; Wasted Effort?90; No Future?; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Newspapers, Periodicals and News Sites; Online Archives; Websites; Speeches, Lectures and Talks; Manifestos and Pamphlets; Other Primary Sources; Secondary Sources
• Publisher Details: London : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 320.941; History; Political parties -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century; Political parties -- Great Britain -- History -- 21st century; Rhetoric -- Political aspects; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Essays; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Government / General; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Government / National; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Reference; Political parties; Politics and government; Rhetoric -- Political aspects; History -- Social History; Political Science -- History & Theory; History -- Europe -- General; Social & cultural history; Political science & theory; European history; Politics & government; World politics; History -- Europe -- Great Britain; British & Irish history; Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 20th century; Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 21st century; Great Britain; Electronic books; Electronic books; History
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781137506641; 1137506644
• Related ISBNs: 9781137506610; 113750661X
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and idex.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed February 21, 2017).
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