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In 1945, Winston Churchill, fresh from winning World War Two for Britain, called an election. Within days, he was thrown out, and a completely new form of government took hold. What followed was a revolutionary period in British history, in which centuries of tradition were questioned. Socialism appeared to be waiting in the wings. This book traces the origins of this transformation in the long history of British democracy. It examines the ideas and actions which began in the 1930s that enabled this revolution and the new society that emerged beyond its origins and into the 21st Century. The problems that this revolution sought to solve remain to this day, as the British government in 2024 wrestles with strikes, social disorder, and massive economic headwinds. Understanding the history of the present dilemmas is essential if we are to grapple successfully with the enduring problems Britain still faces to this day.

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Chris Wilkes was educated at Dulwich College in London, after which he left Britain for New Zealand at 19, where he completed a biology degree at Victoria University. A Fulbright fellowship allowed him to complete a PhD at Stanford University, USA. He returned to New Zealand and taught sociology at Massey University for 12 years. In 1993, he moved to the United States, where he taught at Stanford, the University of California, Davis, Lewis and Clark College, Portland, and Pacific University. He has authored seven academic books, four novels and over 80 articles. These include books focused on Jane Austen (2013), the State (2018), and socialism in Britain. (2024) He is now Emeritus Professor of Sociology at Pacific University.

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