By the end of the nineteenth century, reform and development of the
British electoral system had inaugurated a new style of mass
politics which fundamentally transformed the face of the British
party system. This book traces the evolution of recognisably modern
parties from their roots in the 1880s through half a century of
dramatic change in organisational structure, electoral competition
and constitutional thought. In the House of Commons the Labour
Party replaced the Liberals as the radical answer to the
Conservative Party. In the country at large the complex web of
Victorian social, regional and religious allegiances gave way to a
cruder but more dynamic model of modern political loyalties. The
transformation at Westminster and in the constituencies is surveyed
in relation to changes to the franchise (including the vote for
women), class consciousness, political organisation and doctrine.
The comprehensive account explains the varying fortunes of the
parties in the face of mass democracy, collectivism, the First
World War and economic uncertainty. It also provides a critical
insight into the debates and conflicts of interpretation which
surround this pivotal period in British political history.
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