Ideologies of Conservatism: Conservative Political Ideas in the Twentieth Century

✍ Scribed by E. H. H. Green

• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Year: 2004
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 320
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Ideologies of Conservatism charts developments and changes in the nature of Conservative political thought and the meaning of Conservatism throughout the twentieth century. Ewen Green's penetrating study explores the Conservative mind from the Edwardian certainties of Balfour to the Thatcherite 1980s and beyond. It examines how Conservative thinkers, politicians, and activists sought to define the problems they faced, what they thought they were arguing against, and what audiences they were seeking to reach. This is the only study which blends the history of Conservative thought with the party's political action, and it offers significant new insights into the political culture of the 'Conservative Century'.

✦ Table of Contents

Title Page......Page 3
Acknowledgements......Page 7
Contents......Page 9
Introduction......Page 11
1: ‘No Settled Convictions’? Arthur Balfour, Political Economy, and Tariff Reform: A Reconsideration......Page 28
2: English Idealism, Conservatism, and Collectivism, 1880– 1914......Page 52
3: An Intellectual in Conservative Politics: The Case of Arthur Steel-Maitland......Page 82
4: Conservatism, Anti-Socialism, and the End of the Lloyd George Coalition......Page 124
5: The Battle of the Books: Book Clubs and Conservatism in the 1930s......Page 145
6: Searching For the Middle Way: The Political Economy of Harold Macmillan......Page 167
7: The Treasury Resignations of 1958: A Reconsideration......Page 202
8: Thatcherism: A Historical Perspective......Page 224
9: Conservatism, the State, and Civil Society in the Twentieth Century......Page 250
10: Conclusion......Page 290
Bibliography......Page 301
Index......Page 315