248 Pages
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Routledge
248 Pages
by
Routledge
248 Pages
by
Routledge
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First Published in 2004. The most striking change in British politics, during the seventies and early eighties, was the undermining and then the end of the post-war British consensus. That consensus had been long in decline before the final seals were set by Mrs Thatcher’s victories in 1979 and 1983. The consensus, and the end itself, had profound effects on the British polity: they unsettled the... Read more
Notes on the Contributors, Change in British Politics: An Introduction, The Labour Party: The Rise of the Left, The Conservative Party: From Pragmatism to Ideology—and Back?, The SDP-Liberal Alliance: The End of the Two-Party System?, The De-Nationalisation of British Politics: The Re-emergence of the Periphery, Confrontation, Incorporation and Exclusion: British Trade Unions in Collectivist and Post-Collectivist Politics, The Business Lobby: Political Attitudes and Strategies, The Electorate: Partisan Dealignment Ten Years On, Central-Local Government Relations: The Irresistible Rise of Centralised Power, The United Kingdom Election of 1983
Biography
Hugh Berrington is Professor and Head of Department of Politics, The University, Newcastle upon Tyne.
