From Tony Blair to Tonypandy, the BBC to the Bank of England, The Oxford Companion to 20th Century British Politics is an essential source of information on the full range of British political life during the last 100 years.
In this comprehensive and authoritative guide, more than 100 contributors--journalists, scholars, former cabinet secretaries, and other specialists-provide more than 3,000 entries on a wide variety of subjects. Organized alphabetically, the entries cover the important ideas, institutions, people and events that have defined modern British politics. The scope of the companion is necessarily wide, moving from formal politics to the political culture of films, television, and the media, and from domestic economic debates to Britain's changing role on the world stage. Major conflicts and economic events, slogans and sayings, clubs, charities, and societies--the complete world of British politics is captured in this unique reference source.
The companion also includes a wealth of additional resources: a list of office holders from 1900 to the present day, a table of election results up to and including the 2001 elections, the dates of ministries, and a topical table of contents.
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John Ramsden is professor of history at Queen Mary College, University of London. His other books include Ruling Britannia and An Appetite for Power-The History of the Conservative Party.
This guide to British politics in our most recently completed century provides 3,000 alphabetically arranged entries. More than 100 contributors represent a broad spectrum of experts including journalists, scholars, and former cabinet secretaries.
Entries cover ideas (Fascism, Imperialism); issues (Football hooliganism, Welsh language); economics (North Sea oil and gas, Poll tax); legislation (Clean Air Act, 1956; Secret ballot); organizations (Colonial Office, Oxfam); the media (BBC World Service, Morning Post); events (Blitz, General Strike); personalities (Major, John; Orwell, George); and more. Treatment ranges from short, dictionary-style entries to longer discussions of such topics as Arts policy, Immigration, and Liberal Party. Some of the longest entries are devoted to prime ministers. The detailed "Classified Contents List" allows the reader to browse entry headings in topical categories. For instance, "Political Biographies" is sorted by political party as well as by categories such as "Scottish Nationalists," "Private Secretaries to Royal Family," and "Judges." "Election Manifestos" and "Quotations and Phrases" are interesting categories under which entry headings such as Britain Belongs to You and "Jaw-jaw is better than war-war" can be found.
Three appendixes provide tabular data, including dates of the ministries (giving the prime minister, date of formation, and party); officeholders of each ministry; and results of the general elections from 1900 to 2001 with the number of candidates of each party, the number of Members of Parliament elected, and the number of votes.
This readable source would be a worthwhile purchase for academic and larger public libraries, particularly those with substantial British collections. RBB
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