Transformation of Urban Liberalism : Party Politics and Urban Governance in Late Nineteenth-Century England.
Title:
Transformation of Urban Liberalism : Party Politics and Urban Governance in Late Nineteenth-Century England.
Author:
Moore, James R, Dr.
ISBN:
9780754687993
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (336 pages)
Contents:
Cover -- Contents -- General Editors' Preface -- Acknowledgements -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction: The Slow Death of Liberal England? -- Part I: Reform and the Urban Radical Tradition -- 1 The Rise of Manchester Radicalism -- 2 Leicester Liberalism: An Uneasy Alliance -- Part II: The Home Rule Crisis in the Towns -- 3 Manchester and the Home Rule Crisis -- 4 Leicester: Unionism Marginalised? -- Part III: Municipal Government Transformed? -- 5 Municipal Scandals and Realignment -- 6 The 'Politicisation' of the Town Hall -- Part IV: The Town and the Suburbs -- 7 Manchester's Suburban Radicalism -- 8 Incorporation - An Agent of Radicalism? -- Part V: The Challenge of Progressivism -- 9 Manchester and the Rise of Progressivism -- 10 The Labour Challenge in Leicester -- Conclusion: The Road to New Liberalism -- Appendices -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W.
Abstract:
The Transformation of Urban Liberalism re-evaluates the dramatic and turbulent political decade following the 'Third Reform Act', and questions whether the Liberal Party's political heartlands - the urban boroughs - really were in decline. Using parallel case studies, James Moore illustrates how the party gradually began to transform into a social democratic organisation through a re-evaluation of its role and policy direction. This process was heavily influenced by 'grass roots politics', suggesting that late Victorian politics was more democratic and open than sometimes thought.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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