Politics and Personalities [Paperback]

A study of power in British political parties. It asks what happened to consensus politics and looks at the ideology and sociology of Labour's strategy. It also questions the need for a centre party and discusses political figures such as Churchill, Enoch Powell and Tony Benn.On writing contemporary electoral history; power in British political parties - iron law or special pleading? whatever happened to consensus politics? is Thatcherism conservatism? making sense of Thatcher; must labour lose - again? ideology, sociology and labour's strategy; do we need a centre party? crisis - charisma and British political leadership the case of Winston Churchill; Enoch Powell - vision and waste; the rise and fall of Tony Benn - nuisance or conscience? the deferential English - a comparative critique; an American science of British politics; from gentlemen to players - changes in political leadership; the timing of electronics - fair play or fiddle? the monarchy in contemporary political culture.