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Humanities & Social SciencesApril 2018The Conservative Party and the nation
by Arthur Aughey, Richard Hayton
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Political partiesNovember 2014The Conservative Party and the extreme right 1945–1975
by Mark Pitchford
This book, newly available in paperback, reveals the Conservative Party's relationship with the extreme right between 1945 and 1975. For the first time, this book shows how the Conservative Party, realising that its well known pre-Second World War connections with the extreme right were now embarrassing, used its bureaucracy to implement a policy of investigating extreme right groups and taking action to minimise their chances of success. The book focuses on the Conservative Party's investigation of right-wing groups, and shows how its perception of their nature determined the party bureaucracy's response. The book draws a comparison between the Conservative Party machine's negative attitude towards the extreme right and its support for progressive groups. It concludes that the Conservative Party acted as a persistent block to the external extreme right in a number of ways, and that the Party bureaucracy persistently denied the extreme right within the party assistance access to funds and representation within party organisations. It reaches a climax with the formulation of a 'plan' threatening its own candidate if he failed to remove the extreme right from the Conservative Monday Club.
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Humanities & Social SciencesJanuary 2026Rethinking right-wing women
Gender and the Conservative Party, 1880s to the present
by Clarisse Berthezène, Julie Gottlieb
Rethinking Right-Wing Women explores the institutional structures for and the representations, mobilisation, and the political careers of women in the British Conservative Party since the late 19th century. From the Primrose League (est.1883) to Women2Win (est.2005), the party has exploited women's political commitment and their social power from the grass-roots to the heights of the establishment. Yet, although it is the party that extended the equal franchise, had the first woman MP to sit Parliament, and produced the first two women Prime Ministers, the UK Conservative Party has developed political roles for women that jar with feminist and progressive agendas. Conservative women have tended to be more concerned about the fulfilment of women's duties than the realisation of women's rights. This book tackles the ambivalences between women's politicisation and women's emancipation in the history of Britain's most electorally successful and hegemonic political party.
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Humanities & Social SciencesJuly 2009Conservative thinkers
The key contributors to the political thought of the modern Conservative Party
by Mark Garnett, Kevin Hickson
This book outlines and evaluates the political thought of the Conservative Party through a detailed examination of its principal thinkers from Harold Macmillan to the present. Traditionally, the Conservative Party has been regarded as a vote-gathering machine rather than a vehicle for ideas. This book redresses the balance through a series of biographical essays examining the thought of those who have contributed most to the development of ideas within the party. The chapters benefit from archival research and interviews with leading Conservatives. The recent revival of Conservative fortunes makes the book particularly timely. The book begins with an introductory chapter explaining the role of ideology in the Conservative Party. It then traces the political thought of the Conservative Party through its principal theorists since the 1930s. These are Harold Macmillan, R. A. Butler, Quintin Hogg, Enoch Powell, Angus Maude, Keith Joseph, the 'traditionalists' (Maurice Cowling, T. E. 'Peter' Utley, Peregrine Worsthorne, Shirley Letwin and Roger Scruton), Ian Gilmour, John Redwood and David Willetts. The book concludes with an overall assessment of the political thought of the Conservative Party and the relevance of past debates for contemporary Conservatism. The book will be of considerable interest to academics and non-academics alike; for those who have a special interest in the Conservative Party but also for any student of contemporary British Politics. ;
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Humanities & Social SciencesNovember 2025The lure of violence
The Right and the Edwardian crisis in Britain, 1901–14
by Alessandro Saluppo
This book provides a comprehensive examination of conservative and right-wing responses to the Edwardian crisis in Britain (1901-1914). It stresses how the upsurge of right-wing extremism within and outside the Conservative party was accompanied by the crystallization of a culture of violence. The preparation, instigation or threatening of violent acts against all those who appeared to threaten the organic nature and vigour of the national community found expression in a myriad of ultra-nationalist organisations, citizen policing groups, private military associations, and paramilitary formations. The book innovatively reconstructs the belief system and the practices of those right-wing actors, which pursued the goals of military preparedness, "racial regeneration" and imperial unity, while defending the amorphous goals of authority, order and 'national efficiency' against the forces of radicalism and socialism. The book helps to cast light on the bellicose and authoritarian reflexes that traversed British conservatism in the turbulent prewar years.
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Humanities & Social SciencesAugust 2008Democratising Conservative leadership selection
From grey suits to grass roots
by Andrew Denham, Kieron O'Hara
Democratising Conservative leadership selection traces the effects of democracy on the British Conservative Party, specifically looking at how changes in the ways the Conservatives elect their leaders have altered their mandate to lead. The book includes analysis of the original undemocratic 'system' whereby a leader 'emerged' from a shadowy process of consultation, and of the six elections between 1965 and 1997 where the parliamentary Conservative Party alone chose the Party leader. This historical perspective is followed by in-depth analysis of the three contests since 2001 that have taken place under the 'Hague rules', according to which ordinary Party members have the final say. This is the most comprehensive account yet published of the operation of those rules on the Conservative Party and the legitimacy of its leadership, and of the 2005 election of David Cameron. This book will be essential reading for students, academic specialists and anyone interested in the recent history and contemporary practice of British Conservatism. ;
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Humanities & Social SciencesJuly 2016The territorial Conservative Party
by Alan Convery, Richard Hayton
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Business, Economics & LawJune 2024The labour movement in Lebanon
Power on hold
by Lea Bou Khater
The labour movement in Lebanon: Power on hold narrates the history of the Lebanese labour movement from the early twentieth century to today. Bou Khater demonstrates that trade unionism in the country has largely been a failure, for reasons including state interference, tactical co-optation, and the strategic use of sectarianism by an oligarchic elite, together with the structural weakness of a service-based laissez-faire economy. Drawing on a vast body of Arabic-language primary sources and difficult-to-access archives, the book's conclusions are significant not only for trade unionism, but also for new forms of workers' organisations and social movements in Lebanon and beyond. The Lebanese case study presented here holds significant implications for the wider Arab world and for comparative studies of labour. This authoritative history of the labour movement in Lebanon is vital reading for scholars of trade unionism, Lebanese politics, and political economy.
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Humanities & Social SciencesSeptember 2021Nostalgia and the post-war Labour Party
by Richard Jobson
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Humanities & Social SciencesJuly 2020The modernisation of the Labour Party, 1979–97
by Christopher Massey
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August 2020Die Olchis feiern Geburtstag
by Erhard Dietl
In "Die Olchis feiern Geburtstag" steht die Olchi-Familie vor einer besonderen Herausforderung: Der blaue Olchi möchte seinen Geburtstag auf dem heimischen Müllberg feiern, und das ausgerechnet mit einem Hang zur Ordnung, der den anderen Olchis eher fremd ist. Mit viel Witz und Einfallsreichtum macht sich die Familie daran, eine unvergessliche Party vorzubereiten, die selbst den peniblen blauen Olchi begeistern soll. Erhard Dietl gelingt es einmal mehr, die Leser in eine Welt voller Schmutz und Chaos zu entführen, in der jedoch Herzlichkeit und Familienzusammenhalt an erster Stelle stehen. Die humorvolle Geschichte wird von liebevollen Illustrationen begleitet, die den einzigartigen Charme der Olchis unterstreichen und Kinder wie Erwachsene gleichermaßen zum Lachen bringen. Neuestes Abenteuer der beliebten Olchis: Ein Muss für alle Olchi-Fans und solche, die es werden wollen. Lebendige und humorvolle Illustrationen: Erhard Dietls unverwechselbarer Zeichenstil macht das Buch zu einem visuellen Vergnügen. Werte wie Familienzusammenhalt und Toleranz: Die Geschichte vermittelt auf unterhaltsame Weise die Botschaft, dass Unterschiede bereichern und gemeinsame Anstrengungen belohnt werden. Perfektes Geschenk für Geburtstage: Ein Buch, das sich ideal als Geschenk eignet und bei Geburtstagskindern ab 4 Jahren für strahlende Augen sorgen wird. Einfach zu lesen und zu verstehen: Die klare und einfache Sprache macht das Buch zugänglich und fördert die Lesefreude bei jungen Lesern. Die Bilderbuch-Geschichte ist ebenfalls gut zum Vorlesen geeignet.
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Humanities & Social SciencesMay 2004A history of the Ulster Unionist Party
Protest, pragmatism and pessimism
by Graham Walker
This is the first substantial history to trace the political development of the Ulster Unionist Party through the years of protest and opposition to Irish Home Rule to the half-century as a governing party within Northern Ireland, and beyond to the current attempts to bring peace to the Province. It demonstrates why the Party is so central to efforts to reach a political settlement, and explains why it has for so long been the main political voice of the pro-Union electorate in Northern Ireland. An important and scholarly work based on extensive primary source research, it brings to light forgotten historical episodes of contemporary political significance, and provides new angles on old controversies and debates. The book discusses the evolution of the Ulster Unionist Party with reference to competing ideological currents, class and social tensions within the Unionist movement, and the role of leadership figures and maverick personalities. This is a book that maps the party's historical journey from the dramatic days of Carson to the current predicaments of Trimble. ;
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Humanities & Social SciencesSeptember 2020
The end of the small party?
Change UK and the challenges of parliamentary politics
by Louise Thompson
For a brief moment in 2019 Britain's politics looked like it might be transformed. Just when it seemed that the divisions within and across British political parties over Brexit could not get any more intense, 7 Labour and 3 Conservative MPs broke away to form The Independent Group (TIG) - later Change UK. This is the first book to explore the meteoric lifespan of that party, within the wider context of the experiences of other small political groupings in the House of Commons. Ultimately, it shows why the party failed and disbanded after just a few months. Timely and thoroughly researched, Louise Thompson's book takes us deep inside the struggles facing MPs who leave behind the comforts of the large political parties. Drawing on interviews with current and former politicians, it explores the practicalities of being a small party MP in the Commons. What challenges face you? Who can you turn to? And just how can you make an impact? Crisply written for the non-specialist reader, this fascinating book opens a window onto the perilous world of parliamentary politics.
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Humanities & Social SciencesFebruary 2026New Labour, new Britain
How the Blair governments reshaped the country
by Glen O’Hara
A bold and balanced re-appraisal of New Labour in power. Rewriting the story of New Labour, Glen O'Hara challenges the prevailing narrative to present a more balanced and positive assessment. New Labour, new Britain is the first book to examine both the intentions behind New Labour's domestic policies and their real-world effects, moving beyond the entrenched left-right debates that have dominated the party's legacy. The period from 1997 to 2007 marked a pivotal moment in modern British history, as New Labour sought to reshape Britain into a more cohesive and forward-thinking society. It saw the rise of socially liberal attitudes and flourishing public services under a government committed to rebuilding and investing in them. Yet New Labour's track record was far from flawless and its legacy remains complicated and contested. Through interviews with key players and rigorous archival research, O'Hara offers a new perspective on Tony Blair's years in power. Painting a fuller picture of New Labour's successes and challenges, he highlights its lasting impact on Britain and offers a thoughtful reassessment of its place in history.
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March 2024Donnie & Jan – Ziemlich beste Brüder (2). Party-Hotspot Hühnerstall
Witziger Comicroman für alle ab 9. Von der Bestsellerautorin von „Hugo“ und „Collins geheimer Channel“
by Sabine Zett, Daniel Stieglitz
Witziger Comicroman für alle ab 9. Von der Bestsellerautorin von „Hugo“ und „Collins geheimer Channel“; mit urkomischen Bildern von Daniel Stieglitz. „Boah Leute, wie lame ist das denn: Unsere Lehrerin will nächste Woche eine Mathearbeit schreiben. Am Tag nach unserer Party! Als wäre es nicht schon schlimm genug, dass ich mit meinem Stiefbruder Jan zusammen feiern soll. Der ist zwar ganz nett, aber wie man eine fette Party auf die Beine stellt, davon hat er echt keine Ahnung. Alles, was der im Kopf hat, sind Muffins. Dabei gibt es doch noch so viel mehr zu organisieren: eine coole Location, Unterhaltungsprogramm mit einem Promi oder einer YouTuberin, die Deko und die Gästeliste. Natürlich habe ich unsere ganze Klassenstufe eingeladen! Wie sich die Dorfkids wohl mit meinen alten Kumpels aus der City verstehen?!“ Stadtkind Donnie hat einige äußerst turbulente Wochen Landleben mit seiner neuen Patchworkfamilie hinter sich. Doch inzwischen hat er sich einigermaßen auf dem Dorf eingelebt und versteht sich auch ganz gut mit seinem Stiefbruder Jan. Die beiden planen sogar eine gemeinsame Party. Doch da zeigt sich: Noch immer trennen die beiden Welten. Jan will in der Scheune feiern, Donnie auf einer Kartbahn. Jan möchte selbstgebackenen Kuchen, Donnie unbedingt ein Sushi-Buffett. Und wer darf über die Musik bestimmen? In nichts werden sie sich einig … Wenn das so weitergeht, wird die ganze Party ins Wasser fallen! Ob Donnie und Jan es schaffen, sich zusammenzuraufen? „Donnie & Jan. Ziemlich beste Brüder“ erzählt vom turbulenten Alltag einer Patchwork-Familie und zwei ziemlich ungleichen Stiefbrüdern. Voll witziger Ideen von der mehrfach ausgezeichneten Erfolgsautorin Sabine Zett und rasend komisch illustriert von Karikaturist Daniel Stieglitz. Für Kinder ab 9 und alle, die Spaß an lustigen Büchern haben. ** Die Arena-Fun-Bücher ** Altersübergreifende Geschichten Für alle von 8-11 Jahren Ansprechendes Text-Bild-Leseerlebnis Kurze Kapitel, überschaubare Textmenge Fördert die Lesebegeisterung und Lesekompetenz Beschert schnell Erfolgserlebnisse
