To Save England from Decline The National Party of Common Sense: British Conservatism and the Challenge of Democracy (1885-1892)

by Cammarano, Fulvio

• ISBN13: 9780761819233
• ISBN10: 0761819231
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2001-03-07
• Publisher: UPA

Summary

This work aims to investigate the political and intellectual environment that Salisbury worked in following the death of Disraeli and the high mythical status he attained. An analysis will also be offered of his careful and patient reconstruction of the image of Conservatism. This analysis examines how he gave his party back an identity that had for so many years been uncertain and restored its pride in resisting the processes of democratization, without fear of a direct confrontation with opponents.

Table of Contents

Preface	v
Acknowledgements	vii
An European Transition	1	(136)
The Conservative Mind
From Community to Polity	17	(4)
The `Center Party': Transformism Revealed	21	(19)
Efficiency and Authority	40	(3)
Imperial Instinct or Conservative Democracy? The Dilemma of the Conservative Mind Faced with Victory	43	(20)
Innovation in Resistance. Salisbury and the Premises for Modern Conservatism
`Tory Men and Whig Measures': Unionists or Conservatives?	63	(11)
The `Kentish gang': Setting up New Loyalties	74	(7)
The Primrose League	81	(18)
Conservative Public Opinion and Political Engineering
In Search of an Artificial Community: the Electoral Maze	99	(7)
The National Union: a Faithful, Restless Servant	106	(9)
The Government of Transformation	115	(22)
References	137	(22)
Index	159	(6)
Author Biographical Sketch	165