The postwar consensus: A debate not long enough?

Parliamentary Affairs

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 347-362

  Fraser, Duncan ^a  

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EID: 0034164550     PISSN: 00312290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pa/53.2.347     Document Type: Article

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1. 1 P. Addison, The Road to 1945: British Politics and the Second World War, Cape, 1975; D. Dutton, British Politics Since 1945, Basil Blackwell, 2 edn 1997; D. Kavanagh and P. Morris, Consensus Politics from Attlee to Thatcher, Basil Blackwell, 1989; D. Kavanagh and P. Morris, Consensus Politics from Attlee to Major, Basil Blackwell, 1994; A. Seldon, The Consensus Debate', Parliamentary Affairs, 1994/4.
2. 1 P. Addison, The Road to 1945: British Politics and the Second World War, Cape, 1975; D. Dutton, British Politics Since 1945, Basil Blackwell, 2 edn 1997; D. Kavanagh and P. Morris, Consensus Politics from Attlee to Thatcher, Basil Blackwell, 1989; D. Kavanagh and P. Morris, Consensus Politics from Attlee to Major, Basil Blackwell, 1994; A. Seldon, The Consensus Debate', Parliamentary Affairs, 1994/4.
3. 1 P. Addison, The Road to 1945: British Politics and the Second World War, Cape, 1975; D. Dutton, British Politics Since 1945, Basil Blackwell, 2 edn 1997; D. Kavanagh and P. Morris, Consensus Politics from Attlee to Thatcher, Basil Blackwell, 1989; D. Kavanagh and P. Morris, Consensus Politics from Attlee to Major, Basil Blackwell, 1994; A. Seldon, The Consensus Debate', Parliamentary Affairs, 1994/4.
4. 1 P. Addison, The Road to 1945: British Politics and the Second World War, Cape, 1975; D. Dutton, British Politics Since 1945, Basil Blackwell, 2 edn 1997; D. Kavanagh and P. Morris, Consensus Politics from Attlee to Thatcher, Basil Blackwell, 1989; D. Kavanagh and P. Morris, Consensus Politics from Attlee to Major, Basil Blackwell, 1994; A. Seldon, The Consensus Debate', Parliamentary Affairs, 1994/4.
5. 1 P. Addison, The Road to 1945: British Politics and the Second World War, Cape, 1975; D. Dutton, British Politics Since 1945, Basil Blackwell, 2 edn 1997; D. Kavanagh and P. Morris, Consensus Politics from Attlee to Thatcher, Basil Blackwell, 1989; D. Kavanagh and P. Morris, Consensus Politics from Attlee to Major, Basil Blackwell, 1994; A. Seldon, The Consensus Debate', Parliamentary Affairs, 1994/4.
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8. 2 B. Pimlott, 'The Myth of Consensus' in L.M. Smith (ed.), The Making of Britain: Echoes of Greatness, Macmillan, 1988; H. Jones and M. Kandiah (eds), The Myth of Consensus: New Views on British History 1945-64, Macmillan, 1996; N. Deakin, 'In Search of the Postwar Consensus', LSE Review, Spring 1989.
9. 3 B. Pimlott, 'The Myth of Consensus' in L.M. Smith (ed.), The Making of Britain: Echoes of Greatness, Macmillan, 1988, p. 136.
10. 4 D. Marquand, The Unprincipled Society, Cape, 1988; P. Kerr, 'The Postwar Consensus: A Woozle That Wasn't?' in D. Marsh et al, Postwar British Politics in Perspective, Polity Press, 1999; C. Crouch, The Politics of Industrial Relations, Fontana, 2 edn 1982; S. Beer, Britain Against Itself: The Political Contradictions of Collectivism, Faber, 1982.
11. 4 D. Marquand, The Unprincipled Society, Cape, 1988; P. Kerr, 'The Postwar Consensus: A Woozle That Wasn't?' in D. Marsh et al, Postwar British Politics in Perspective, Polity Press, 1999; C. Crouch, The Politics of Industrial Relations, Fontana, 2 edn 1982; S. Beer, Britain Against Itself: The Political Contradictions of Collectivism, Faber, 1982.
12. 4 D. Marquand, The Unprincipled Society, Cape, 1988; P. Kerr, 'The Postwar Consensus: A Woozle That Wasn't?' in D. Marsh et al, Postwar British Politics in Perspective, Polity Press, 1999; C. Crouch, The Politics of Industrial Relations, Fontana, 2 edn 1982; S. Beer, Britain Against Itself: The Political Contradictions of Collectivism, Faber, 1982.
13. 4 D. Marquand, The Unprincipled Society, Cape, 1988; P. Kerr, 'The Postwar Consensus: A Woozle That Wasn't?' in D. Marsh et al, Postwar British Politics in Perspective, Polity Press, 1999; C. Crouch, The Politics of Industrial Relations, Fontana, 2 edn 1982; S. Beer, Britain Against Itself: The Political Contradictions of Collectivism, Faber, 1982.
14. 5 A. Seldon, loc. cit., p. 512.
15. 6 D. Dutton, op. cit., p. 155.
16. 7 A. Giddens, Beyond Left and Right: The Future of Radical Politics, Polity, 1994; The Third Way: The Renewal of Social Democracy, Polity Press, 1998.
17. 7 A. Giddens, Beyond Left and Right: The Future of Radical Politics, Polity, 1994; The Third Way: The Renewal of Social Democracy, Polity Press, 1998.
18. 8 D. Kavanagh and P. Morris, Consensus Politics from Attlee to Major, p. 116.
19. 9 B. Pimlott, loc. cit., p. 135.
20. 10 E.H. Carr, What is History?, Penguin, 1964, p. 39.
21. 11 A. Seldon, loc. cit., p. 508.
22. 12 D. Kavanagh and P. Morris, op. cit., p. 13.
23. 13 B. Pimlott, loc. cit., p. 130.
24. 14 P. Addison, op. cit.
25. 15 The adversary politics thesis appears to date back to the mid-1970s, notably with the work of S.E. Finer, Adversary Politics and Electoral Reform: Collected Essays, Wigram, 1975. It was continued by D. Robertson, A Theory of Party Competition, John Wiley & Sons, 1976; and P. Dunleavy and C.T. Husbands, British Democracy at the Crossroads, George Allen & Unwin, 1985. These works reflect the more adversarial nature of British politics in the 1970s and 1980s, and replaced the previous orthodoxy of a more consensually based system of party competition. If a more consensual period follows from the late 1990s onwards, the prevailing orthodoxy is once more likely to come under attack.
26. 15 The adversary politics thesis appears to date back to the mid-1970s, notably with the work of S.E. Finer, Adversary Politics and Electoral Reform: Collected Essays, Wigram, 1975. It was continued by D. Robertson, A Theory of Party Competition, John Wiley & Sons, 1976; and P. Dunleavy and C.T. Husbands, British Democracy at the Crossroads, George Allen & Unwin, 1985. These works reflect the more adversarial nature of British politics in the 1970s and 1980s, and replaced the previous orthodoxy of a more consensually based system of party competition. If a more consensual period follows from the late 1990s onwards, the prevailing orthodoxy is once more likely to come under attack.
27. 15 The adversary politics thesis appears to date back to the mid-1970s, notably with the work of S.E. Finer, Adversary Politics and Electoral Reform: Collected Essays, Wigram, 1975. It was continued by D. Robertson, A Theory of Party Competition, John Wiley & Sons, 1976; and P. Dunleavy and C.T. Husbands, British Democracy at the Crossroads, George Allen & Unwin, 1985. These works reflect the more adversarial nature of British politics in the 1970s and 1980s, and replaced the previous orthodoxy of a more consensually based system of party competition. If a more consensual period follows from the late 1990s onwards, the prevailing orthodoxy is once more likely to come under attack.
28. 16 See for instance P. Dunleavy and B. O'Leary, Theories of the State: The Politics of Liberal Democracy, Macmillan, 1987.
29. 17 D. Bell, The End of Ideology: On the Exhaustion of Political Ideas in the Fifties, Free Press, 1960, p. 373.
30. 18 S.M. Lipset, 'The Changing Class Structure and Contemporary European Polities' in S.G. Graubard (ed.), A New Europe?, Houghton Mifflin, 1964; S.M. Lipset, Political Man, Heinemann, 1963.
31. 18 S.M. Lipset, 'The Changing Class Structure and Contemporary European Polities' in S.G. Graubard (ed.), A New Europe?, Houghton Mifflin, 1964; S.M. Lipset, Political Man, Heinemann, 1963.
32. 19 See for example, A. Wright, 'Social Democracy and Democratic Socialism' in R. Eatwell and A. Wright (eds), Contemporary Political Ideologies, Pinter, 2 edn 1999.
33. 20 A.M. Schlesinger, The Vital Center, Houghton Mifflin, 1949; A.M. Schlesinger, 'The New Deal' in G.N. Grob and G.A. Billias (eds), Interpretations of American History: Patterns and Perspectives, Free Press, 1992.
34. 20 A.M. Schlesinger, The Vital Center, Houghton Mifflin, 1949; A.M. Schlesinger, 'The New Deal' in G.N. Grob and G.A. Billias (eds), Interpretations of American History: Patterns and Perspectives, Free Press, 1992.
35. 21 A. Marwick, 'Middle Opinion in the Thirties: Planning, Progress and Political "Agreement"', English Historical Review, 1964; H. Macmillan, The Middle Way, Macmillan, 1938. See also N. O'Sullivan, 'Conservatism' in R. Eatwell and A. Wright (eds), op. cit.
36. 21 A. Marwick, 'Middle Opinion in the Thirties: Planning, Progress and Political "Agreement"', English Historical Review, 1964; H. Macmillan, The Middle Way, Macmillan, 1938. See also N. O'Sullivan, 'Conservatism' in R. Eatwell and A. Wright (eds), op. cit.
37. 21 A. Marwick, 'Middle Opinion in the Thirties: Planning, Progress and Political "Agreement"', English Historical Review, 1964; H. Macmillan, The Middle Way, Macmillan, 1938. See also N. O'Sullivan, 'Conservatism' in R. Eatwell and A. Wright (eds), op. cit.
38. 22 A. Downs, An Economic Theory of Democracy (Harper & Row, 1957).
39. 23 M. Pugh, The Making of British Politics 1867-1939 (Blackwell, 2 edn 1993).
40. 24 K. Jefferys, 'British Politics and Social Policy During the Second World War', The Historical Journal, 1987/1.
41. 25 K. Jefferys, Retreat from the New Jerusalem, British Politics 1951-64, Macmillan, 1997.
42. 26 D. Marquand, The Unprincipled Society, Cape, 1988.
43. 27 R. Inglehart, The Silent Revolution: Changing Values and Political Styles amongst Western Publics, Princeton University Press, 1977.
44. 28 This development indicated that the assertion of Bell and others that the postwar era had experienced 'the end of ideology' was somewhat premature. More likely was the fact that they had mistaken a temporary, transient phase of consensus in the political process for a long-lasting or structural development.
45. 29 P. Norris, Electoral Change Since 1945, Blackwell, 1997.
46. 30 P. Norris, op. cit. See also I. Crewe, 'Has the Electorate become Thatchente?' in R. Skidelsky (ed.), Thatcherism, Chatto & Windus, 1988.
47. 30 P. Norris, op. cit. See also I. Crewe, 'Has the Electorate become Thatchente?' in R. Skidelsky (ed.), Thatcherism, Chatto & Windus, 1988.
48. 31 S. Fielding, 'What Did "The People" Want?: The Meaning of the 1945 General Election', The Historical Journal, 1992/3; S. Fielding, '"Don't Know and Don't Care": Popular Political Attitudes in Labour's Britain 1945-51' in N. Tiratsoo (ed.), The Attlee Years, Pinter, 1991; T. Mason and P. Thompson, 'Reflections on a Revolution'? The Political Mood in Wartime Britain' in N. Tiratsoo, op. cit.
49. 31 S. Fielding, 'What Did "The People" Want?: The Meaning of the 1945 General Election', The Historical Journal, 1992/3; S. Fielding, '"Don't Know and Don't Care": Popular Political Attitudes in Labour's Britain 1945-51' in N. Tiratsoo (ed.), The Attlee Years, Pinter, 1991; T. Mason and P. Thompson, 'Reflections on a Revolution'? The Political Mood in Wartime Britain' in N. Tiratsoo, op. cit.
50. 31 S. Fielding, 'What Did "The People" Want?: The Meaning of the 1945 General Election', The Historical Journal, 1992/3; S. Fielding, '"Don't Know and Don't Care": Popular Political Attitudes in Labour's Britain 1945-51' in N. Tiratsoo (ed.), The Attlee Years, Pinter, 1991; T. Mason and P. Thompson, 'Reflections on a Revolution'? The Political Mood in Wartime Britain' in N. Tiratsoo, op. cit.