Between Europe and America : The Future of British Politics

by Gamble

• ISBN13: 9780333555705
• ISBN10: 0333555708
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2004-03-04
• Publisher: Red Globe Pr

Summary

British politics has been crucially shaped by England's role as pioneer of capitalism, by the experience of Empire, and by the particular form of its union with Scotland, Ireland and Wales. With the decline of Empire the attempt to bridge Europe and America has become ever more central to Britain's identity, political economy and ideology.In this major new book, Andrew Gamble assesses the major transformations of British politics under Thatcher and Blair and the stark choices for the future at the start of the 21st century.

Author Biography

Andrew Gamble is Professor of Politics, University of Sheffield.

Table of Contents

Preface	ix
English Questions	1	(16)
British Politics and Decline	5	(4)
Identity and Political Economy	9	(3)
The English Model	12	(2)
Left and Right	14	(1)
Plan of the Book	15	(2)
The World Island	17	(23)
England and Britain	18	(4)
The Constitutional Question	22	(3)
Decline	25	(5)
The Four Circles of England	30	(4)
England as a World Island	34	(6)
State of the Union	40	(21)
The Construction of Britishness	42	(6)
Empire and Socialism	48	(4)
Ireland	52	(4)
Devolution and Self-government	56	(5)
The Empire Within	61	(22)
Race and Empire	62	(6)
The Expansion of England	68	(5)
Patriotism and Empire	73	(3)
The State and the Empire	76	(1)
The Political Economy of Empire	77	(6)
Anglo-America	83	(25)
The Meaning of Anglo-America	86	(3)
The Rise of Global Hegemony	89	(8)
The Special Relationship	97	(5)
The Anglo-American Model of Capitalism	102	(6)
The Reluctant Europeans	108	(24)
English or European?	109	(4)
The European Question	113	(2)
European Cooperation after 1945	115	(1)
Entry to the European Community	116	(2)
Early Membership	118	(4)
Ever Closer Union	122	(3)
Political Economy	125	(7)
The English Model	132	(29)
English Capitalism	134	(7)
Critics of English Capitalism	141	(5)
The English Constitution	146	(4)
Critics of the English Constitution	150	(4)
British socialism	154	(3)
Critics of British Socialism	157	(2)
Conclusion	159	(2)
Conservative Schisms	161	(28)
The Conservative Century	162	(2)
Conservative Political Hegemony	164	(6)
Thatcherism	170	(1)
The Unionists' Last Stand	171	(3)
Empire, Anglo-America and Europe	174	(5)
Capitalism and Decline	179	(4)
Self-government and Public Service	183	(3)
Welfare to Workfare	186	(1)
Conclusion	187	(2)
Labour Old and New	189	(30)
New Labour	191	(4)
Social Democracy and Democratic Socialism	195	(7)
Class and Progress	202	(4)
Union and Empire	206	(4)
Anglo-America and Europe	210	(3)
Labour and the English Model	213	(6)
The Future of British Politics	219	(14)
After Empire	220	(5)
After Decline	225	(8)
Notes and References	233	(26)
Index	259