AUGMENTING DEMOCRACY : political movements and constitutional reform during the rise of labour..., 1900-1924.: political movements and constitutional reform during the rise of labour..., 1900-1924. (2018)

• Record Type: Book
• Other Names: Chadwick, Andrew
• Contents: Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Part One: A Panoramic Approach; Introduction; Class, socialism and labour history; The nineteenth century and all that'; The influence of non-socialist ideas: some precursors; Radicalism and constitutionalism: revisionist approaches; 1. 'Left' and 'Constitution' in Early Twentieth-Century Britain; An inclusive definition; 'Constitutionalism' and the 'constitution'; Three studies; 2. Ideas, Communication and Public Political Discourse; Historical postmodernism revis(it)ed Ideas and communication practices: a taxonomyDesiderata for the public political discourse approach; Authors, texts, audiences and contexts; Print culture and the multiple, overlapping public spheres of oppositional politics; Part Two: Aristocracy or the People? The Edwardian Constitutional Crisis; 3. Constructing an Anti-Lords Alliance; The origins and context of the Edwardian constitutional crisis; Constructing the enemy; Radicalism, labourism and socialism; 4. Crisis and Reform; Constitutional innovation?; The single chamber option; The reformed chamber option; The 'smash the veto' option Part Three: Constitutionalism and Citizenship: the Struggle for the Vote5. First Wave Feminism and the Significance of the Vote; Prelude, 1912: the convergence of suffragists, radicals, labourists and socialists on the Election Fighting Fund; The significance of the vote; The political context: 'adultism', 'limited suffragism' and indifference; The divide and its points of weakness; 6. Constructing a Suffragist Alliance; The discourses of 'citizenship'; The appeal to history; Uncoupling 'liberalism' from 'Liberalism'; Reprise: the Election Fighting Fund, 1912-1914; Tensions caused by the EFF The WSPU's rejection7. War and Reform; War and the tacit continuation of the alliance; Citizens without citizenship; Reform; Part Four: 'Equality, Equity and Truth'? Proportional Representation; 8. Minorities, Parties and the Progressive Alliance; Electoral reform or electoral pact?; The revival of the Proportional Representation Society; MacDonaldite/Fabian rejection; 9. A Fragile, Partial Alliance; Radicals, labourists and socialists; Constitutionalism, 'fairness' and 'electoral justice'; The 1918 Reform Act, feminism and failure; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index
• Publisher Details: Place of publication not identified : ROUTLEDGE
• Publication Date: 2018
• Extent: 1 online resource (1 volume.)
• Subjects: 320.531094109041; Socialism -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century; Liberalism -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century; Liberalism; Politics and government; Socialism; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Essays; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Government / General; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Government / National; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Reference; Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1910-1936; Great Britain; History; Electronic books; History
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780429460432; 0429460430; 9780429863691; 0429863691; 0429863705; 9780429863707
• Related ISBNs: 1138607061; 9781138607064
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
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