The liberal party in britain (1906-1924)
IMPRESSION A LA DEMANDEédition en anglais
Richard Davis - Collection Cned ; serie anglais
176 pages, parution le 06/11/2010
Résumé
The Liberal Party was one of the great political parties that emerged from the social and economic changes that transformed Britain in the 19th century and its record in office was of the greatest importance, never more so than in the years immediately prior to 1914 which saw major constitutional reforms of the House of Lords and the introduction of radical new social welfare measures. The period 1906-24 also witnessed the controversial break up of the Union between Britain and Ireland and, above all, the cataclysm of the Great War. Yet despite its prestigious legislative record, and the fact that it was under Liberal Prime Ministers that the War was fought and won, by 1924 the Liberal Party had ceased to be a serious contender for government. This book will consider how and why this happened and attempt to summarise its record as one of the great reforming governments of the 20th century.
Sommaire
IntroductionPart I. — The Achievements, Decline and Debacle of the Liberal PartyThe Challenges and CrisesSome Causes of Death: Social Changes and the Rise of LabourSome Causes of Death: the Demands of Total WarSome Causes of Death: the Guilty MenSome Causes of Death: Liberals, Labour and ConservativesConclusion: Natural Causes or a Strange Death?Part II. — The Liberal Party: Origins, Philosophy and StructuresOrigins, Traditions and the Legacy of GladstoneForeign Policy, Free Trade and EmpireNew Liberalism, Self-Help, Laissez-Faire and the StateLiberals and Labour: the Progressive AllianceThe Liberal Party StructuresA Liberal Electorate: Nonconformity, Class and the RegionsConclusion: a Broad Liberal ChurchPart III. — The Liberal Party in Office, 1905-1914The Return to PowerA Slow Start: Limits and Frustration, 1905-1908The Radical Reforms: Old Age Pensions, National InsuranceThe People's BudgetThe Constitutional Crisis, House of Lords Reform and the Irish ProblemConclusion: The Liberal Party on the Eve of WarPart IV. — The Impact of War and the Coalitions, 1914-1918Britain Goes to WarThe Challenge of Total WarThe Wartime Coalition, May 1915-December 1916The Fall of Asquith and the Liberal Party SplitLloyd George, the Coalition Liberals and AsquithPart V. — The Liberals Divided. Decline, False Dawns and Debacle, 1918-1924The "Coupon" ElectionCivil War in the Liberal PartyReforms, Retrenchment and Coalition with the ConservativesAn Indian Summer or a Party in No-Man's-Land?The End of the RoadPostscript: The Liberal Party in the late 1920s and 1930sConclusion. — How, when and why the liberal party diedBibliographyChronologyGovernments and principal ministers
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| PAPIER | |
| Éditeur(s) | Belin |
| Auteur(s) | Richard Davis |
| Collection | Cned ; serie anglais |
| Parution | 06/11/2010 |
| Nb. de pages | 176 |
| Format | 14.7 x 20 |
| Couverture | Broché |
| Poids | 274g |
| EAN13 | 9782130581802 |
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