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The Conservative Party: From Thatcher to Cameron
Tim Bale
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Description for The Conservative Party: From Thatcher to Cameron
Hardcover. The Conservatives are back, and back with a bang two election wins in a row and, providing they can hold things together, in a pretty good position to win another. But many questions about their recent past, present, and future still remain. Num Pages: 472 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; JPFM; JPL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 162 x 33. Weight in Grams: 910.
The Conservatives are back, and back with a bang two election wins in a row and, providing they can hold things together, in a pretty good position to win another. But many questions about their recent past, present, and future still remain. Just why did the world's oldest and most successful political party dump Margaret Thatcher only to commit electoral suicide under John Major? And what stopped the Tories getting their act together until David Cameron came along? Did Cameron change his party as much as he sometimes liked to claim, or did his leadership, both in opposition and in ... Read more
The Conservatives are back, and back with a bang two election wins in a row and, providing they can hold things together, in a pretty good position to win another. But many questions about their recent past, present, and future still remain. Just why did the world's oldest and most successful political party dump Margaret Thatcher only to commit electoral suicide under John Major? And what stopped the Tories getting their act together until David Cameron came along? Did Cameron change his party as much as he sometimes liked to claim, or did his leadership, both in opposition and in ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Polity
Condition
New
Number of Pages
472
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780745687445
SKU
V9780745687445
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-50
About Tim Bale
Tim Bale is Professor of Politics at Queen Mary University of London, specialising in British and European party politics. His other books include The Conservatives since 1945 and Five Year Mission: the Labour Party under Ed Miliband. Tim has written for the Financial Times, the Guardian, the Observer and the Telegraph and appeared on radio and television to talk about ... Read more
Reviews for The Conservative Party: From Thatcher to Cameron
'This fully updated survey is, more than ever, the indispensable study on the recent history of the party, confirming Tim Bale as the best political historian writing today.' Matthew d'Ancona, columnist, The Guardian and the Evening Standard 'Tim Bale's study of the Conservatives is a closely argued account of the party's journey from Thatcher to the present day, and will ... Read more