British Political History, 1867}}}2001 Democracy and Decline [Hardcover]

This third edition of British Political History, 18672001 is an accessible summary of major political developments in British history over the last 140 years.

Analyzing the changing nature of British society and Britain's role on the world stage, Malcolm Pearce and Geoffrey Stewart also outline the growth of democracy and the growth in the power of the state against a background of party politics.

New coverage includes:

• domestic affairs from 1992 to 2001
• John Major's Government
• the creation of 'New' Labour and the 'Third Way'
• Blair's first ministry 
• developments in Northern Ireland from 1995 through the Easter Peace Deal into 2001
• the 2001 General Election results and implications.

Students of British politics and history will find this the perfect resource for their studies.

1. Introduction: Britain in 1867  2. The Gladstonian Liberal Party 186895  3. The Conservative Party 18681905: The Regaining of Power  4. Ireland 18681922: Province or Nation?  5. Britain and the World 18671905: The Onset of Decline  6. The Liberal Party After Gladstone: Recovery, Triumph and Death 18951935  7. The Rise of Labour 18671940  8. British Foreign Policy 190545: The German Question  9. Britain between the Wars  10. The Conservative Party of the Chamberlains 190640  11. Socialist Britain 194051: The Home Front  12. Consensus Britain 195179  13. Thatcher's Britain  120 Years on  197990  14. Towards the New Millennium: Britain 19902001  15. Britain and the World 19452001: The 'New Elizabethan Age'

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