The British Conservative Party and One Nation Politics 9781441161116, 9781441147615, 1441147616
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English Pages 206 pages Year 2010
Table of contents :
Acknowledgments
Foreword
Chapter One: Introduction: One Nation, Food for Thought
The Chapters and the Thesis
Mythical Origins: Disraeli on England
The Myth Incarnate
Blue Moods and Blackballs
The Context of Influence
Chapter Two: Ethos and Doctrine in the Conservative Party
Conservative Ideology
Conservative Principles
Political Recrudescence
Chapter Three: The Thracian Boxer and Ideological Movement
The Pamphlets: "Let the Dog See the Rabbit"
Forecast Is for Dry to Wet, Then Dry Again
Mapping Conservative Policy Preferences
Appendix to Chapter Three. Chapter Four: Skilled Propaganda from Ill-Intentioned "Friends"A Great Moving Left Show
Retrospective Procrustean Polemics
Concessionary Conservatism
Chapter Five: Factions, Tendencies and "Bondstones"?
Postwar: Reform and/or Progress?
No Turning Back to PEST
Conservative Typologies: Toward "Topsy" Dimensions
"Bondstone Groups"
Chapter Six: One Nation, but Which?
The Devolution Dilemma of a Rebounding "Scottish Card"
The "English Question"
Civis Britannicus Sum?
Cameron's One Nation Conundrum
Chapter Seven: "One Europe or No Nation"?
The Party of Europe and "One Europe"? Merchant Shipping with a Malign Form of MaastrichtThe Euro-Ratchet Halted or Withdrawal?
Chapter Eight: Conclusion: Further Refreshment at the Springs of Doctrine
Back to the Future: The Responsible Society
In Conclusion: Cameron Conservatism
Bibliography
Index
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