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Conservative Thinkers - The Key Contributors to the Political Thought of the Modern Conservative Party (Hardcover)
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Conservative Thinkers - The Key Contributors to the Political Thought of the Modern Conservative Party (Hardcover)
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This book outlines and evaluates the political thought of the
Conservative Party through a detailed examination of its principal
thinkers from Harold Macmillan to the present. Traditionally, the
Conservative Party has been regarded as a vote-gathering machine
rather than a vehicle for ideas. This book redresses the balance
through a series of biographical essays examining the thought of
those who have contributed most to the development of ideas within
the party. The chapters benefit from archival research and
interviews with leading Conservatives. The recent revival of
Conservative fortunes makes the book particularly timely. The book
begins with an introductory chapter explaining the role of ideology
in the Conservative Party. It then traces the political thought of
the Conservative Party through its principal theorists since the
1930s. These are Harold Macmillan, R. A. Butler, Quintin Hogg,
Enoch Powell, Angus Maude, Keith Joseph, the 'traditionalists'
(Maurice Cowling, T. E. 'Peter' Utley, Peregrine Worsthorne,
Shirley Letwin and Roger Scruton), Ian Gilmour, John Redwood and
David Willetts. The book concludes with an overall assessment of
the political thought of the Conservative Party and the relevance
of past debates for contemporary Conservatism. The book will be of
considerable interest to academics and non-academics alike; for
those who have a special interest in the Conservative Party but
also for any student of contemporary British Politics. -- .
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