Rational Choice and British Politics
Home > Society and Social Sciences > Politics and government > Political science and theory > Rational Choice and British Politics: An Analysis of Rhetoric and Manipulation from Peel to Blair
Rational Choice and British Politics: An Analysis of Rhetoric and Manipulation from Peel to Blair

Rational Choice and British Politics: An Analysis of Rhetoric and Manipulation from Peel to Blair


     0     
5
4
3
2
1



International Edition


X
About the Book

This engaging and original study, by one of Britain's leading scholars of rational choice theory, explores the course of British parliamentary politics over the last 150 years. McLean marries an appealing combination of social science and analytical narrative history to the great turning points in British politics - the Repeal of the Corn Law; the Victorian crisis of the Liberal and Conservative Parties; the Irish Question and Lloyd George's solution to it; the New Liberal origins of the welfare state; the politics of race and empire under Chamberlain and Powell; and the politics of 'there is no alternative' under Margaret Thatcher.

Table of Contents:
1: Introduction 2: Irish Potatoes and British Politics: Peel, Wellington and the Repeal of the Corn Laws 3: Dishing the Whigs: Disraeli, Salisbury, and the relaunching of the Tory Party 1846--86 4: The great Victorian realignment 5: The failure of imperialism: Joseph Chamberlain and Enoch Powell 6: Lloyd George: supreme tactician and ambitious strategist 7: The patriot game: rhetoric and heresthetic in the Anglo-Irish Treaty negotiations of 1921 8: 'There is no alternative': Margaret Thatcher and Tony Blair 9: Conclusion

About the Author :
Iain McLean, Professor of Politics, Nuffield College, Oxford University

Review :
`Iain McLean's book is a magisterial examination of selected political quakes and tremors in modern UK history, the politicians who sought to precipitate or prevent them, and the rhetorical and heraestetical devices that attended their appearance. His work offers perhaps the most coherent and theoretically unified way of thinking about 'critical realignments' and other transformative events in politics enerally--but certainly in the important case of the UK. ' Gary W. Cox, Professor of Political Science, University of California, San Diego


Best Sellers


Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780198295303
  • Publisher: Oxford University Press
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Sub Title: An Analysis of Rhetoric and Manipulation from Peel to Blair
  • Width: 162 mm
  • ISBN-10: 0198295308
  • Publisher Date: 05 Apr 2001
  • Height: 242 mm
  • No of Pages: 272
  • Spine Width: 19 mm
  • Weight: 607 gr


Similar Products

Add Photo
Add Photo

Customer Reviews

REVIEWS      0     
Click Here To Be The First to Review this Product
Rational Choice and British Politics: An Analysis of Rhetoric and Manipulation from Peel to Blair
Oxford University Press -
Rational Choice and British Politics: An Analysis of Rhetoric and Manipulation from Peel to Blair
Writing guidlines
We want to publish your review, so please:
  • keep your review on the product. Review's that defame author's character will be rejected.
  • Keep your review focused on the product.
  • Avoid writing about customer service. contact us instead if you have issue requiring immediate attention.
  • Refrain from mentioning competitors or the specific price you paid for the product.
  • Do not include any personally identifiable information, such as full names.

Rational Choice and British Politics: An Analysis of Rhetoric and Manipulation from Peel to Blair

Required fields are marked with *

Review Title*
Review
    Add Photo Add up to 6 photos
    Would you recommend this product to a friend?
    Tag this Book Read more
    Does your review contain spoilers?
    What type of reader best describes you?
    I agree to the terms & conditions
    You may receive emails regarding this submission. Any emails will include the ability to opt-out of future communications.

    CUSTOMER RATINGS AND REVIEWS AND QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS TERMS OF USE

    These Terms of Use govern your conduct associated with the Customer Ratings and Reviews and/or Questions and Answers service offered by Bookswagon (the "CRR Service").


    By submitting any content to Bookswagon, you guarantee that:
    • You are the sole author and owner of the intellectual property rights in the content;
    • All "moral rights" that you may have in such content have been voluntarily waived by you;
    • All content that you post is accurate;
    • You are at least 13 years old;
    • Use of the content you supply does not violate these Terms of Use and will not cause injury to any person or entity.
    You further agree that you may not submit any content:
    • That is known by you to be false, inaccurate or misleading;
    • That infringes any third party's copyright, patent, trademark, trade secret or other proprietary rights or rights of publicity or privacy;
    • That violates any law, statute, ordinance or regulation (including, but not limited to, those governing, consumer protection, unfair competition, anti-discrimination or false advertising);
    • That is, or may reasonably be considered to be, defamatory, libelous, hateful, racially or religiously biased or offensive, unlawfully threatening or unlawfully harassing to any individual, partnership or corporation;
    • For which you were compensated or granted any consideration by any unapproved third party;
    • That includes any information that references other websites, addresses, email addresses, contact information or phone numbers;
    • That contains any computer viruses, worms or other potentially damaging computer programs or files.
    You agree to indemnify and hold Bookswagon (and its officers, directors, agents, subsidiaries, joint ventures, employees and third-party service providers, including but not limited to Bazaarvoice, Inc.), harmless from all claims, demands, and damages (actual and consequential) of every kind and nature, known and unknown including reasonable attorneys' fees, arising out of a breach of your representations and warranties set forth above, or your violation of any law or the rights of a third party.


    For any content that you submit, you grant Bookswagon a perpetual, irrevocable, royalty-free, transferable right and license to use, copy, modify, delete in its entirety, adapt, publish, translate, create derivative works from and/or sell, transfer, and/or distribute such content and/or incorporate such content into any form, medium or technology throughout the world without compensation to you. Additionally,  Bookswagon may transfer or share any personal information that you submit with its third-party service providers, including but not limited to Bazaarvoice, Inc. in accordance with  Privacy Policy


    All content that you submit may be used at Bookswagon's sole discretion. Bookswagon reserves the right to change, condense, withhold publication, remove or delete any content on Bookswagon's website that Bookswagon deems, in its sole discretion, to violate the content guidelines or any other provision of these Terms of Use.  Bookswagon does not guarantee that you will have any recourse through Bookswagon to edit or delete any content you have submitted. Ratings and written comments are generally posted within two to four business days. However, Bookswagon reserves the right to remove or to refuse to post any submission to the extent authorized by law. You acknowledge that you, not Bookswagon, are responsible for the contents of your submission. None of the content that you submit shall be subject to any obligation of confidence on the part of Bookswagon, its agents, subsidiaries, affiliates, partners or third party service providers (including but not limited to Bazaarvoice, Inc.)and their respective directors, officers and employees.

    Accept

    New Arrivals


    Inspired by your browsing history


    Your review has been submitted!

    You've already reviewed this product!