Ebook: The British Conservative Party and One Nation Politics

This book bestows academic light in place of disputed ideological heat emanating primarily from Conservative political polemicists on the role, influence and ideological trajectory of the One Nation Group of Conservative MPs. It contributes to the debates on policy and the role of ''think tanks'' in such policy formulation over the period 1950-2005; the debate over the existence and extent of ''consensus'' in post-war British politics; and to research on political parties in general and factions and tendencies in particular.;Acknowledgments; Foreword; Chapter One: Introduction: One Nation, Food for Thought; The Chapters and the Thesis; Mythical Origins: Disraeli on England; The Myth Incarnate; Blue Moods and Blackballs; The Context of Influence; Chapter Two: Ethos and Doctrine in the Conservative Party; Conservative Ideology; Conservative Principles; Political Recrudescence; Chapter Three: The Thracian Boxer and Ideological Movement; The Pamphlets: "Let the Dog See the Rabbit"; Forecast Is for Dry to Wet, Then Dry Again; Mapping Conservative Policy Preferences; Appendix to Chapter Three.