The British Conservative Party and One Nation Politics

by Seawright, David

• ISBN13: 9781441123695
• ISBN10: 1441123695
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2011-12-22
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic

Summary

Table of Contents

Chapter One     Introduction: One Nation, Food For Thought1.    The Chapters and the Thesis2.    Mythical Origins: Disraeli On England3.    The Myth Incarnate4.    Blue Moods and Black-Balls 5.    The Context of InfluenceChapter Two    Ethos and Doctrine in the Conservative Party1.    Conservative ideology2.    Conservative Principles3.    Political RecrudescenceChapter Three    The Thracian Boxer and Ideological Movement1.    The Pamphlets: ‘Let the Dog See the Rabbit'2.    Forecast is for Dry to Wet, Then Dry Again3.    Mapping Conservative Policy Preferences4.    Appendix to Chapter ThreeChapter Four    Skilled Propaganda From Ill-Intentioned ‘Friends'1.    A Great Moving Left Show2.    Retrospective Procrustean Polemics3.    Concessionary ConservatismChapter Five    Factions, Tendencies and ‘Bondstones'?1.    Post-War: Reform and/or Progress?2.    No Turning Back to PEST3.    Conservative Typologies: towards ‘Topsy' Dimensions4.    ‘Bondstone Groups'Chapter Six    One Nation, but which?1.    The Devolution Dilemma of a Rebounding ‘Scottish Card'2.    The ‘English Question'3.    Civis Britannicus sum?4.    Cameron's One Nation ConundrumChapter Seven    ‘One Europe or No Nation'?1.    The Party of Europe and ‘One Europe'?2.    Merchant Shipping with a Malign Form of Maastricht3.    The Euro-Ratchet Halted or Withdrawal?Chapter Eight    Conclusion: Further Refreshment at the Springs of Doctrine1.    Back to the Future: The Responsible Society2.    In Conclusion: Cameron Conservatism.Bibliography