The British Conservative Party and One Nation Politics (Hardcover)

The British Conservative Party and One Nation Politics attempts to reveal the true nature of Conservative Party politics by examining the centrality of the myth of One Nation. The power and longevity of such a concept is crucial to any understanding of the success of the Conservative Party and this analysis of One Nation helps us to lay bare the kernel of Conservative party politics per se. The use of the term One Nation clearly matters for Conservative Party politics, not just in its 'ancestral' use emanating from Disraeli's 1840s novels and his late nineteenth century rhetoric, but also through Baldwin's speeches and to the failure of John Major to replicate such a serene and contented image of the Nation in the 1990s. But as a concept for the Conservatives it means so much more than mere imagery. It has been successfully utilized in their 'palaeontological' approach to their history in order to give the impression that only the Party puts 'Nation' before any sectional interest, that only the Conservative Party, as the national Party, has the ability to assuage and balance the plurality of competing interests on behalf of the Nation. It is because of this long and successful utilization of the term 'One Nation' that so many within the Party are so keen to lay claim to it.

General

Imprint:	Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd.
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	2010
First published:	November 2009
Authors:	David Seawright
Dimensions:	235 x 154 x 16mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	208
ISBN-13:	978-0-8264-8974-6
Languages:	English
Subtitles:	English
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political ideologies > Conservatism & right-of-centre democratic ideologies Promotions
LSN:	0-8264-8974-5
Barcode:	9780826489746

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