Britain Since 1918: The Strange Career Of British Democracy
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Britain Since 1918: The Strange Career Of British Democracy
Britain Since 1918: The Strange Career Of British Democracy

Britain Since 1918: The Strange Career Of British Democracy

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David Marquand (Author)  

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A new political history of modern Britain - entertaining, instructive and thought-provoking. The history of democratic politics in Britain since the coming of universal male suffrage in 1918 is a dramatic one, crowded with events and colourful figures. As well as the great events of war and economic crises, and the quieter drama of constitutional change, this era has been studded with democratic protests of every sort. The story opens more than 350 years ago. The Levellers of the 17th century, 18th-century radicals, the Chartists and the Reform Acts are all part of the unsteady and fiercely contested progress towards a democratic constitution. Dreams, visions and ideals are important too - of George Orwell, and Enoch Powell, Milton, Thomas Paine and Edmund Burke, Churchill and Lord Salisbury, Aneurin Bevan and Tony Benn - for they have also shaped our outlook. 32
David Marquand is a leading authority on British politics. He has been a leader writer for the GUARDIAN, a Labour MP, a Chief Adviser in the European Commission, a founder member of the SPD, Professor of Politics at Salford and Sheffield Universities and Principal of Mansfield College, Oxford. He lives in Oxford.
  • Contributor: David Marquand
  • Imprint: Weidenfeld & Nicolson
  • ISBN13: 9780753826065
  • Number of Pages: 496
  • Packaged Dimensions: 171x220x33mm
  • Packaged Weight: 521
  • Format: Paperback
  • Publisher: Orion Publishing Co
  • Release Date: 2009-11-26
  • Binding: Paperback / softback
  • Biography: David Marquand is a leading authority on British politics. He has been a leader writer for the GUARDIAN, a Labour MP, a Chief Adviser in the European Commission, a founder member of the SPD, Professor of Politics at Salford and Sheffield Universities and Principal of Mansfield College, Oxford. He lives in Oxford.

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