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OverviewThe 'sequel' to his best-selling Classes and Cultures, Ross McKibbin's latest book is a powerful reinterpretation of British politics in the first decades of universal suffrage. What did it mean to be a 'democratic society'? To what extent did voters make up their own minds on politics or allow elites to do it for them?Exploring the political culture of these extraordinary years, Parties and People shows that class became one of the principal determinants of political behaviour, although its influence was often surprisingly weak.McKibbin argues that the kind of democracy that emerged in Britain was far from inevitable-as much historical accident as design-and was in many ways highly flawed. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Ross McKibbin (Emeritus Research Fellow, St John's College, Oxford)Publisher: Oxford University Press Imprint: Oxford University Press Dimensions: Width: 14.60cm , Height: 1.90cm , Length: 22.40cm Weight: 0.408kg ISBN: 9780199584697ISBN 10: 0199584699 Pages: 220 Publication Date: 25 March 2010 Audience: General/trade , Adult education , General , Further / Higher Education Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order  Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of Contents1: Edwardian Equipoise and the First World War 2: Unstable Equilibrium, 1918-1929 3: The Crisis of Labour and the Conservative Hegemony, 1929-39 4: The Party System Thrown Off Course 5: The English Road to Socialism. 6: England: Social Change, Historical Accident and DemocracyReviews[A] subtly argued study. Paul Smith, Times Literary Supplement A model of careful scholarship Vernon Bogdanor, New Statesman The political history so readably, as well as convincingly, analysed by McKibbin has plenty of dramatic surprises and unexpected reversals of fortune. W. G. Runciman, London Review of Books Author InformationRoss McKibbin is Emeritus Research Fellow at St John's College, Oxford. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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