British Political History: 1640-1939.



Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences

Department of Economics and Politics

British Political History

1640-1999

Module Handbook 1999

Module Leaders: David Baker and Fraser King

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Aims and Objectives

This first year module introduces students to British political history between 1640 and 1999. Students will be introduced to key texts and perspectives that should enable them to critically assess the forces and events, which have shaped the course of British political history from 1640 and the historiographical and political debates surrounding them. The module will cover inter alia: the causes and consequences of the 'English' civil war; the role of empire; the rise of the Labour party and decline of the Liberals; industrialization and the political system; the rise and decline of the post war consensus; the rise of the right in British politics 1975-1990; The decline and rise of Labour in the 1980s and 1990s and salient case studies in British political history. On completion of this module students should understand the historical development of the modern British State and the associated political system and the debates and controversies surrounding this complex process. Students will also develop the skill to complete properly structured, analytically coherent, and fully referenced written argument explaining core aspects of British political history. In addition, students will develop the skills necessary to contribute clear, concise, and sustained arguments in seminar discussions on the subject.

Lectures

Lectures will be weekly and will be run prior to the seminar for which they are relevant. The lecture is designed to provide a background to each topic, with pointers to salient themes and events, and competing historical perspectives. They should not be regarded as providing direct answers to the seminar topics or essay questions, which will require further and more specialised reading.

Lecture Programme

1. Introduction and Orientation

2. 1640 – 1688: Civil war and Political Reconstruction

3. The British Aristocracy in 18th and 19th Century Britain

4. Industrialisation and Politics

5. Struggle and Reform 1760 - 1867

6. Parties and political reform in Britain 1832 - 1918

7. The Rise of the Labour Party

8. Empire and Home: British politics in the late 19th Century

9. Britain and the political impact of WW1

10. Conservative Britain: 1918 - 1939

11. Political extremism in the inter war period

12. The Second World War and the origins of the consensus

13. Labour in Power: 1945-51

14. Power regained, consensus confirmed: The Conservatives 1951-1960

15. ‘Thirteen Long Years’ or ‘Never had it so Good’: The Conservatives in Decline 1960-1964

16. Labour’s Britain, 1964-1970: ‘the commanding heights’

17. Political and Economic Disengagement: Britain under Heath 1970-1974

18. ‘Crisis what Crisis’: Labour’s Last Chance?

19. Video ‘The Downing St Years’ – A New Conservatism and the decline of Consensus

20. The left in the 1980s

21. ‘Majorism’, ‘Blairism’ and a New Consensus

22. Case Study: Constitutional Change in the UK

23. Structured Revision

Seminars

Seminars take place on a weekly basis. Consistent attendance at the seminar is vital not only for your own learning but also to contribute to the academic ‘ambience’ of the seminar. Seminars are especially useful for sharing ideas and resolving problems. The missing of two consecutive meetings without the tutor’s prior knowledge will be reported to the Course Leader. If you wish to move seminar groups, you must obtain the permission of the tutor first. Seminars will be run on the basis of small sub-groups with questions and themes to consider, which you will be given a week in advance.

Reading

As is usual there is no ‘course text’ that will adequately cover all the material in the module and students are encouraged to read widely for both seminars and essays. However, students are encouraged to purchase one of the following, all of which have good coverage and extensive bibliographies.

The recommended module texts are:

Essential:

*Williams, G. & Ramsden, J. Ruling Britannia: A Political History of Britain 1688-1988. Longman (1990) £17.99

*Martin Pugh, The Making of Modern British Politics 1867-1939 Edward Arnold, (1994). £13.99

The best books dealing with shorter but still quite lengthy periods include the following:

David Childs, (1997), Britain Since 1945: A Political History, London: Routledge £12.99

Peter Clarke, (1997), Hope and Glory: Britain 1900-1990. London: Penguin

Kenneth O. Morgan, (1992), The People’s Peace: British History 1945-90. Oxford University Press

B. Harrison, (1996), The Transformation of British Politics, 1860-1995, Oxford University Press £12.99

Linda Colley: Britons: Forging the Nation, 1707-1837, Yale University Press, (1992). £12.99

J. D. Clark: English Society 1688-1832, Ideology, Social Structure and Political Practice During the Ancien Regime. Cambridge UP, (1985). £14.95

M. Pearce & G. Stewart, British Political History 1867-1990: Democracy and Decline, Routledge, (1994), £14.99

M. Pugh, State and Society: British Political and Social History 1870-1992. (1994) £13.99

B. Harrison, The Transformation of British Politics, 1860-1995, Oxford, (1996), £14.99

S. J. Lee, Aspects of British Political History 1914-1995, Routledge, (1996), £9.99.

The best multi-Volume British political history series is Longman’s Foundations of Modern Britain At £19.99 each, which comprises:

The Emergence of the Nation State: 1529-1660, by A. G. R. Smith

The Making of a Great Power: 1660-1722, by Geoffrey Holmes

The Age of Oligarchy: 1722-1783, by Geoffrey Holmes & Daniel Szechi

The Forging of the Modern State: 1783-1870, by Eric J. Evans

The Eclipse of a Great Power: 1870-1992, by Geoffrey Holmes

Students wishing to review the modern verses post-modern history debate should consult the following texts:

K. Jenkins Re-Thinking History, Routledge, 1991

Richard J. Evans: In Defence of History (Granta, 1997)

Eric Hobsbawm: On History (Weidenfeld 1997).

Students should also make extensive use of the Journal section in the library where much useful material for the course can be found. Pay particular attention to the following Journals.

• The Journal of Contemporary History

• History Today

• Past & Present

• Parliamentary Affairs

• Political Quarterly

• Political Studies

• Government and Opposition

Assessment

2 Essays 50%

1 Examination 50%

The essays should be between 1500 and 2000 words based upon any of the seminar questions. Students can use alternative titles but must first clarify this with their tutor. The essay must be: (a) word processed (b) be based upon a wide reading of available literature (c) consistently referenced with a full bibliography.

The first essay is due no later than: Friday 19th November, 1999

The second essay is due no later than: Friday 17th March, 2000

It should be strongly noted that the failure to provide adequate references on your written work could mean the loss of up to 10 marks. Failure to submit the essay by the specified date will result in a maximum mark of 40% being awarded for the piece of work concerned. Failure to submit within two weeks of the original deadline will result in a mark of zero. All work should be submitted at the Central Faculty Office collection point on the third floor and not directly to the tutor concerned. Please ensure that you have completed a White Form for each piece of assessed work, and retain the submission slip at the bottom of the form signed by the receiver. If you require an extension to the submission date for any piece of assessed work, you must complete a Request for Extension of Module Assessment Deadline form and give a valid reason, with evidence, explaining why you require an extension (e.g. illness). You will then need the agreement of the year tutor and module leader prior to the submission date.

The examination will be based upon the material covered in the course and will strongly reflect the course of the seminar discussions. You will be required to answer any 2, out of a probable 10, questions in 2 hours.

Seminar Programme and Recommended Reading

Seminar 1.

The period from 1640 to 1688 contained ‘civil war, military dictatorship, religious schism, plots and rebellions, political executions and crowd violence’. (Williams, G. & Ramsden, J., 1990, p1.) Explain why was this so?

G. Williams & J. Ramsden, Ruling Britannia: A Political History of Britain 1688-1988, (1990) Ch 1.

A. Hughes, ‘A Social and Cultural Conflict?’ extract from The Causes of the English Civil War. (1991)

Robert Ashton ‘Gentlemen and Bourgeois’, ch 4 of The English Civil War: Conservatism and Revolution 1603-1649.)

Robert Ashton The English Civil War: Conservatism and Revolution 1603-1649

B. Coward,‘The Making of the English Revolution: 1640-1649’, extract from The Stuart Age: England 1603-1714, (1994)

C. Hill, ‘The English Revolution and the Brotherhood of Man.’ Extract from: Puritanism and Revolution (1968)

C. Hill, The Century of Revolution 1603-1714. (1993) Ch 1 & 2

C. Hill, The World Turned Upside Down: (1984)

C. Hill, Reformation to Industrial Revolution 1530-1780. (1969)

L. Stone, Social Change and Revolution in England 1540-1640. (1965)

J. Miller, The Glorious Revolution (1983)

C. Wilson, England’s Apprenticeship 1603-1763. Ch 6.

F. D. Dow, Radicalism in the English Revolution: 1640-1660. (1985)

D.M. Loades, Politics and the Nation 1450-1660. (1992)

Robert Ashton, Counter-revolution: the second Civil War and its origins:1646-48.

A. Hughes, The Causes of the English Civil War. (1991)

I. Roots, The Great rebellion: 1642-1660. (1988)

L. Stone, The Causes of the English Revolution. (1986)

J. Morrill, The Nature of the English Revolution. (1994)

L. Stone, The Crisis of the Aristocracy: 1558-1641 (1965)

C. Russell, The Crisis of Parliaments: English History 1509-1660 (1983)

C. Russell, The Causes of the English Civil War (1990)

C. Russell, The Origins of the English Civil War (1973)

C. Russell, Unrevolutionary England 1603-1642. (1990)

C. Russell, ‘The British Problem and the English Civil War. extract from History, Vol 72, No 236, 1978

Seminar 2

Examine the political role of the landed aristocracy in 18th and early 19th century Britain.

G. Williams & J. Ramsden, Ruling Britannia: A Political History of Britain 1688-1988. Ch 2 & 9

J. A. Rosenheim, The Emergence of a Ruling Order: English Landed Society1650-1750. (1998)

H.T. Dickinson, The Politics of the People in 18th Century Britain. (1994) Ch 1 & 2

J. V. Beckett, ‘The Aristocracy and the State: The Consolidation of Power’, extract from: The Aristocracy in England: 1660-1914. (photocopy)

J. C. D. Clark, English Society 1688-1832. (1988)

H.T. Dickinson, Liberty and Property. (1977)

D. Marshall, ‘The Background of Political Life on the Accession of George 1.’extract from Eighteenth Century England. (1964)

P.K. O’Brien, ‘Political Preconditions for the Industrial Revolution’ Extract from P.K.O’Brien & R Quinault, The Industrial Revolution and British Society. Vol 1 (1993)

L. Stone, An Open Elite: England 1540-1880 (1984)

Peter Mathias, The First Industrial Nation 1700-1914. (1983) Ch 3

H. Perkin, The Origins of Modern English Society. (1974) Ch 2 & 3

P. Laslett, The World We Have Lost. (1971)

G.E. Mingay, The Gentry: The Rise and Fall of a Ruling Class. (1976)

G.E. Mingay, English Landed Society in the 19th Century (1963)

B. Hill, British Parliamentary Parties 1742-1832. (1985)

A. Briggs, A Social History of England. (1983)

C. Russell, The Crisis of Parliaments: English History 1550-1660 (1983)

P.K.O’Brien & R Quinault, The Industrial Revolution and British Society. (1995)

W.A. Speck, Stability and Strife: England 1714-1760. (1977)

L. Colley, Britons: the Nation: 1707-1837. (1992) Ch 4.

P. Laslett, The World We Have Lost.: Further Explained. (1983)

R. Porter, English Society in the 18th Century. (1990)

Seminar 3.

What was the political significance of industrialisation after 1760?

P. Hudson, The Industrial Revolution. (1992)

H. Perkin, The Origins of Modern English Society 1780-1880. (1994)

R. Quinault, ‘The Industrial Revolution and Parliamentary Reform.’ Extract from P.K. O’Brien & R Quinault, The Industrial Revolution and British Society. Vol 2. (1994) (photocopy)

B. A. Holderness, ‘The Role of Government’ Ch 7 of his Pre-Industrial England: Economy and Society from 1500-1750. (1976)

P. Mathias, The First Industrial Nation 1700-1914. (1983)

J. C. D. Clark, English Society 1688-1832.

E.J. Hobsbawm, Industry and Empire: (1968)

E.J. Hobsbawm, The Age of Revolution 1789-1848. (1969)

R. Brown, Society and Economy in Modern Britain: 1700-1850. (1991)

R. Brown, ‘A Social Revolution?’ Ch 16 of the above. (photocopy)

R. M. Hartwell, The Causes of the Industrial Revolution (1967)

C. Wilson, England’s Apprenticeship. 1603-1763. (1965)

M. W. Flinn, Origins of the Industrial Revolution. (1966)

S.G. Checkland, The Rise of Industrial Society in England (1965)

T.S. Ashton, The Industrial Revolution 1760-1830. (1968)

R. Floud, The People and the British Economy: 1830-1914 (1997)

Seminar 4.

What factors lay behind the struggle for parliamentary reform after 1760 culminating in the ‘Great Reform Acts’ of 1832 and 1867.

G. Williams & J. Ramsden, Ruling Britannia: A Political History of Britain 1688-1988. Ch 11-12.

H.T. Dickinson, The Politics of the People in 18th Century Britain. (1994) Ch 5-7

D. G. Wright, Popular Radicalism: 1780-1880 (1991)

D.G. Wright, Democracy and reform 1815-1885. (1970)

A. Sykes, The Rise and Fall of British Liberalism 1776-1988. (1997).

C. Hill, ‘The Norman Yoke’ Ch. 2. of his Puritanism and Revolution.

John Saville, The Consolidation of the Capitalist State: 1800-1850. (1991)

E. J. Evans, The Forging of the Modern State: 1783-1870. (1982)

E. J. Evans, The Great Reform Act of 1832. (1986)

J. C. D. Clark, English Society 1688-1832. (1989)

A. Briggs, ‘The Politics of Transition.’ extract from The Age of Improvement 1783-1867(1963)

S.G. Checkland, The Rise of Industrial Society in England 1815-1885 (1966) Ch 9

R. Quinalt, ‘The Industrial Revolution and Parliamentary Reform.’ Extract from P.K. O’Brien & R Quinault, The Industrial Revolution and British Society. Vol 2. (1994)

H. Perkin, The Origins of Modern English Society. (1974) Ch 6-8

A. Briggs, The Age of Improvement: 1783-1867. (1959)

R. C. Gammage, History of the Chartist Movement: 1837-1854.

H. T. Dickinson, Liberty and Property: Political Ideology in 18th Century Britain (1977)

N. Gash, Aristocracy and People: Britain 1815-1865. (1979)

Seminar 5.

How did the two great political parties of landed and urban wealth (Tory and Liberal) adapt to the progressive widening of the electorate between 1832 and 1918?

G. Williams & J. Ramsden, Ruling Britannia: A Political History of Britain 1688-1988. Ch 14-15.

M. Bentley, Politics Without Democracy: 1815-1914 (1984) Ch 4-6

M. Pugh, The Making of Modern British Politics 1867-1939 (1993)

M. Pugh, State and Society: British Political and Social History:1870-1992. (1994) Ch 2

M. Smith, British Politics, Society and the State Since the Late Nineteenth Century (1990) Ch 1

A Sykes, The Rise and Fall of British Liberalism 1776-1988. (1997).

J. Belchem, Class, Party and the Political System in Britain.

D. Cannadine, The Decline and Fall of the British Aristocracy.

H. J. Hanham, Elections and Party Management: Politics in the time of Disraeli and Gladstone

E. H. H. Green, The Crisis of Conservatism: The Politics, Economics and Ideology of the British Conservative party, 1880-1914.

D. G. Wright, Democracy and Reform: 1815-1885

E. J. Feuchtwanger, Democracy and Empire: Britain 1865-1914

M. Pearce & G. Stewart, British Political History 1867-1990. (1992) Ch 2 & 3

R. Eccleshall, English Conservatism Since the Restoration. (1990) Ch 3 & 4

W. H. Greenleaf, The British Political tradition Vol 2 The Ideological Heritage (1983) Ch 5 & 7

D. Judge, The Parliamentary State. (1993) Ch 3

E. Hobsbawm, Industry and Empire. (1974)

M. Bentley, The Climax of Liberal Politics: 1868-1918. (1987)

M. Pugh, The Tories and the People 1880-1935. (1985)

Seminar 6.

Examine and account for the rise of the Labour Party between 1890 and 1914.

M. Pugh, The Making of Modern British Politics 1867-1939 (1994). Ch 6-7

M. Pugh, State and Society: British Political and Social History:1870-1992. (1994) Ch 2, 8 and 9.

K. Laybourn, The Rise of Socialism in Britain

K. Laybourn, The Rise of Labour. The British Labour Party 1890-1979 (1988)

R. Moore, The Emergence of the Labour Party: 1880-1924. (1978)

R. McKibbin, The Evolution of the Labour Party: 1910-1924. (1974)

M. Cowling, The Impact of Labour.

D. Callaghan, Socialism in Britain (1986)

M. Pearce & G. Stewart, British Political History 1867-1990. (1992) Ch 7.

P. Adelman, The Rise of the Labour Party 1880-1945. (1985)

W. H. Greenleaf, The British Political tradition Vol 2 The Ideological Heritage. (1983) Ch 5, 10 & 11.

R. Miliband, Parliamentary Socialism (1975).

Seminar 8

What impact did the British Empire have upon domestic affairs by the late 19th century?

E. J. Feuchtwanger, Democracy and Empire: Britain 1865-1914

J. M. Mackenzie, (ed.) Imperialism and Popular Culture (1984)

J. M. Mackenzie, Propaganda and Empire 1880-1960. (1984)

C. C. Eldridge, Imperialism in the Age of Disraeli and Gladstone (1972)

R. E. Robinson & J. Gallagher, Africa and the Victorians. The official Mind of Imperialism (1965)

W. R. Lewis, Imperialism and the Gallagher and Robinson Controversy. (1976)

P. J. Cain, The Economic Foundations of British Overseas Expansion 1880-1914. (1980)

B. Porter, The Lion’s Share: A Short History of British Imperialism 1850-1983. (1985)

Eric Hobsbawm, Industry and Empire (1968).

Davis and Huttenback, Mammon and the Pursuit of Empire: 1860-1912 (1986)

D. K. Fieldhouse, Economics and Empire (1974)

J. A. Gallagher and R. Robinson, ‘The Imperialism of Free Trade’: (1953)

P. J. Cain and A. G. Hopkins, British Imperialism: 1688-1914 (1993).

C. A. Bayly, Imperial Meridian: 1780-1831 (1989)

Paul Kennedy, The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers (1988)

M. Edelstein, The Economic History of Britain since 1700 (1981)

J. A. Hobson, Imperialism: A Study (1902)

V. I. Lenin, Imperialism: The Highest Stage of Capitalism (1916)

Seminar 9

Assess the impact of the First World War on British Politics.

M. Pugh, The Making of Modern British Politics 1867-1939 (1994). Ch 8-10

M. Pugh, State and Society: British Political and Social History:1870-1992. (1994) Ch 10-11.

M. Smith, British Politics, Society and the State Since the Late NineteenthCentury (1990) Ch 2

S. J. Lee, ‘The First World War and its Impact’ extract from British Political History 1914-1995. (1996) (photocopy)

A. Marwick, War and Social Change in the 20th Century. (1974).

A. Marwick,The Deluge. (1965)

A. Marwick, Britain in the Century of Total War. (1968)

P. Clarke, Hope and Glory: Britain 1900-1990. (Ch 3)

D. Callaghan, Socialism in Britain (1986)

J. Winter, Socialism and the Challenge of War. (1985)

T. Wilson, The Myriad Faces of War: Britain and the Great War. (1986)

J. Bourne, Britain and the Great War: 1914-18. (1989)

J. Turner, British Politics and the Great War. (1992)

Seminar 10.

Despite the rise of the Labour Party the Conservative Party managed to dominate inter-war British politics. Explain why was this so?

M. Pugh, The Making of Modern British Politics 1867-1939 (1994).Ch. 11-12

M. Pugh, State and Society: British Political and Social History1870-1992. (1994) Ch 11-12.

M. Smith, British Politics, Society and the State Since the Late Nineteenth Century (1990) Ch 3

J. Ramsden, The Age of Balfour and Baldwin. (1978)

M. Pearce & G. Stewart, British Political History 1867-1990. (1992) Chs. 9 & 10

R. Skidelsky, Politicians and the Slump.

P. Clarke, Hope and Glory: Britain 1900-1990. (Ch 4-5)

D. Callaghan, Socialism in Britain (1986)

K. O. Morgan, Consensus and Disunity: The Lloyd George Coalition: 1918-22 (1979)

D. Butler, The Electoral System in Britain Since 1918. (1953)

J.E. Cronin, Labour and Society in Britain 1918-1939. (1984)

R. Miliband, Parliamentary Socialism (1975)

M. Cowling, The Impact of Labour (1971)

K. Laybourn, The Rise of Socialism in Britain

K. Young, Baldwin. (1976)

D. Marquand, J. Ramsay MacDonald. (1977)

Seminar 11.

In spite of severe social dislocation and the successes of Stalinism, Nazism and Italian Fascism, political extremism was unsuccessful in 1930s Britain. Explain why was this so?

M. Pugh, The Making of Modern British Politics 1867-1939 (1994). Ch 13

A. Thorpe, The Failure of Political Extremism in Inter-War Britain.

J. Stevenson & C Cook, The Slump: Society and Politics During the Depression. (1979)

P. Clarke, Hope and Glory: Britain 1900-1990. (Ch 6)

M. Cronin, The Failure of British Fascism , (1986), Intro. Chs. 1, 9 -10.

R. Thurlow, Fascism in Britain: A History, 1918-85. (1988)Ch. 2 & Conclusion.

B. Pimlott, Labour and the Left in the 1930s. (1977)

J. Jupp, The British Radical Left 1921-41. (1978)

R. Benewick & T. Smith, Direct Action and Democratic Politics (1972)

M. Cowling, The Impact of Hitler.

Seminar 12

‘Between the wars politics was under the spell of the Conservatives: World War II broke that pattern.’ Paul Addison, (1977:13). Why this was so?

P. Addison, The Road to 1945.

P Addison, ‘The Road from 1945’ in P Hennessy & A. Seldon, Ruling Performance: British Governments from Atlee to Thatcher

P. Clarke, Hope and Glory: Britain 1900-1990.

M. Smith, British Politics Society and the State (Ch 4, Photocopy)

M. Pugh, State and Society 1870 - 1992

D. Childs, Britain Since 1945

T. D. Burridge, British Labour and Hitler’s War

A. Marwick, Britain in the Century of Total War.

J. Callaghan, Socialism in Britain Since 1884

A. Calder, The People’s War: Britain 1939-45

D. Howell, British Social Democracy

Seminar 13

Outline and evaluate the achievements and failures of the 1945-51 Labour governments.

D. Childs, Britain Since 1945.

K. O. Morgan Labour in Power: 1945 - 1951

P Hennessy, ‘The Atlee Governments 1945 - 1951’ in P Hennessy & A. Seldon, Ruling Performance: British Governments from Atlee to Thatcher

P. Clarke, Hope and Glory: Britain 1900-1990

R. Miliband, Parliamentary Socialism

J. Callaghan, Socialism in Britain.

M. Pearce & G Stewart, British Political History 1867-1990 (Ch11 Photocopy)

R. Eatwell, The 1945 - 51 Labour Governments

D Coates, The Labour Party and the Struggle for Socialism

D. N. Pritt, The Labour Government 1945 -51

F. Boyd, British Politics in Transition: 1945-63

J. Saville, The Labour Movement in Britain (Ch 5 Photocopy)

J. E. Cronin, Labour and Society in Britain 1918 - 1979

D. Coates, The Labour Party and the Struggle for Socialism

Seminar 14

To what extent did the 1951-61 Conservative governments represent a triumph for ‘One-Nation’ Conservatism?

D. Childs, Britain Since 1945

A. Seldon & S Ball (eds), Conservative Century

P. Clarke, Hope and Glory: Britain 1900-1990

R. Lamb, The Macmillan Years: 1957-1963

R. Blake, The Conservative Party from Peel to Thatcher

A. Seldon, ‘The Churchill Administration 1951 - 1955’ in P Hennessy & A. Seldon Ruling Performance: British Governments from Atlee to Thatcher

J. Barnes, ‘From Eden to Macmillan 1955-1959’ in P Hennessy & A. Seldon, Ruling Performance: British Governments from Atlee to Thatcher

T. F. Lindsay & M. Harrington The Conservative Party 1918 - 1979

Seminar 15

The period from 1961-64 has often been characterized as one of doubt and uncertainty in British politics. Why is this so?

K. O. Morgan, The People’s Peace: British History 1945-90

D. Childs, Britain Since 1945.

P. Clarke, Hope and Glory: Britain 1900-1990

M. Pugh, State and Society 1870 - 1992

M. Pinto-Duschinsky ‘From Macmillan to Home 1959-64’ in P Hennessy & A. Seldon Ruling Performance: British Governments from Atlee to Thatcher

R. Lamb, The Macmillan Years: 1957-1963

V. Bogdanor & R. Skidelsky, The Age of Affluence 1951 - 1964

R. Blake, The Conservative Party from Peel to Thatcher

T. F. Lindsay & M. Harrington, The Conservative Party 1918 - 1979

Seminar 16

Evaluate the performance of the 1964 to 1970 Labour Governments.

David Childs, Britain Since 1945

David Walker, ‘The First Wilson Governments’ in P Hennessy & A. Seldon Ruling Performance: British Governments from Attlee to Thatcher

P. Clarke, Hope and Glory: Britain 1900-1990.

M. Holmes, The Labour Government, 1974 - 79

D Coates, The Labour Party and the Struggle for Socialism

J. Callaghan, Socialism in Britain (Ch 13 photocopy)

J. E. Cronin, Labour and Society in Britain 1918 - 1979

Seminar 17

Evaluate the performance of the 1970-74 Heath government.

M. Holmes, The Failure of the Heath Government.

M. Holmes, The Failure of the Heath Government (Intro to Second Ed Photocopy)

D. Childs, Britain Since 1945

D. Kavanagh, ‘The Heath Government 1970-1974’ in P Hennessy & A. Seldon Ruling Performance: British Governments from Atlee to Thatcher

A. Seldon & S Ball, (eds), Conservative Century

P. Clarke, Hope and Glory: Britain 1900-1990

R. Blake, The Conservative Party from Peel to Thatcher

T. F. Lindsay & M. Harrington, The Conservative Party 1918 - 1979

C. Cook & I Taylor, The Labour Party - History Structure & Politics

Seminar 18

Did the ‘post-war consensus’ break down between 1970 and 1979?

D. Kavanagh & P. Morris, Consensus Politics from Atlee to Thatcher,

D. Kavanagh & P. Morris, Consensus Politics from Atlee to Thatcher (Ch 1 Photocopy)

E. Dell, The Chancellors: A History of the Chancellors of the Exchequer, 1945-90. (Ch 14 photocopy)

D. Kavanagh, Thatcherism and British Politics: The End of Consensus?

B. Pimlot et al ‘Is the Postwar Consensus a Myth?’ Contemporary Record

Summer 1979, (pp. 12-15 photocopy)

D. Marquand, ‘The Decline of the Post-War Consensus’ in A. Gorst et al (eds.) Post-War Britain, 1945-64 (Photocopy)

P. Whitehead, The Labour Governments 1974-79’ in P Hennessy & A. Seldon, Ruling Performance: British Governments from Attlee to Thatcher

P. Clarke, Hope and Glory: Britain 1900-1990.

Martin Pugh, State and Society 1870 - 1992

B. Jones et al, Politics UK

D. Marquand, ‘Callaghan’s Leadership and Legacy.’ Times Literary Supplement

28th November 1997.

A. Seldon, ‘Consensus: A Debate too Long? in F. F Ridley & M. Rush (eds), British Government and Politics Since 1945 (photocopy)

D. Childs, Britain Since 1945

A. Gamble, ‘Economic decline and the crisis of legitimacy’, Ch 2 in C. Graham & T Prosser, Waving the Rules: The Constitution under Thatcher (Photocopy)

A. Gamble, The Free Economy and the Strong State

A. Gamble, Britain in Decline

D. Dutton, British Politics Since 1945: The Rise and fall of Consensus

Seminar 19

“In 1979, everything changed”. Discuss

M Pugh, State and Society 1870 - 1992

D. S King, The New Right: Politics, Markets & Citizenship

P. Clarke, Hope and Glory: Britain 1900-1990.

D. Kavanagh & A. Seldon, The Thatcher Effect: A Decade of Change

D. Marquand, ‘The Paradoxes of Thatcherism’ in R. Skidelsky (ed.), Thatcherism (Photocopy)

A. Gamble, The Free Economy and the Strong State

A. Gamble, Britain in Decline

A Gamble, ‘Thatcherism and Conservative Politics’ in S. Hall & M Jacques, The Politics of Thatcherism, 1983

D. Childs, Britain Since 1945

S. Ludlam & M. J. Smith (Eds.) Contemporary British Conservatism

Seminar 20

Did ‘Thatcherism’ end with Mrs. Thatcher’s fall from office?

John Vincent, ‘The Thatcher Governments 1979-1987 ‘in in P Hennessy & A. Seldon Ruling Performance: British Governments from Atlee to Thatcher

M Pugh, State and Society 1870 - 1992

D. Childs, Britain Since 1945

B. Jones et al (eds), Politics UK

S. Ludlam & M. J. Smith, (eds), Contemporary British Conservatism

A. Gamble, Britain in Decline 4th Edition

Seminar 21

Why has radical constitutional change proven to be so difficult in post war Britain?

D. Childs, Britain since 1945: A political history

V. Bogdanor, Devolution

R. Blackburn (ed), Constitutional Studies: Contemporary Issues and Controversies

J. Cornford (IPPR), The Constitution of the United Kingdom

F. Vibert, (ed), Britain's Constitutional Future

T. Nairn, The Enchanted Glass: Britain and its Monarchy

A. Barnett, C. Ellis & P. Hirst, Debating the Constitution: New Perspectives on Constitutional Reform

D. Oliver, (ed), The Changing Constitution, 2nd Edition

C.Painter ‘Thatcherite Radicalism and Institutional Conservatism’, Parliamentary Affairs, 1989

J. Cornford, (1991), ‘Towards a Constitutional Equation’ in B. Crick, (ed.), National Identities: The Constitution of the United Kingdom

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S. Haseler, The English Tribe, 1996

Seminar 22

Structured Revision

EPP102 Module Evaluation Questionnaire

Please hand this in to Fraser King or David Baker by week twenty of the module

This questionnaire is completely anonymous and confidential. Please answer the following questions by placing an X in the boxes provided (One X per question). If you wish to make further comments, please do so on the back of this sheet.

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