Outlining the historical context, and offering suggestions for contemporary thinkers, this comprehensive overview shows how all three major UK political parties have made a significant contribution to the One Nation agenda over the past century and a half. Re-asserting the One Nation tradition inherent in interventionist liberals like Keynes and Lloyd George, it encourages us to look beyond reformist high Tory politicians such as Benjamin Disraeli and sketches out precedents for current politicians in areas such as house building, local government, the living wage, a financial transaction tax, and the welfare state.…mehr
Outlining the historical context, and offering suggestions for contemporary thinkers, this comprehensive overview shows how all three major UK political parties have made a significant contribution to the One Nation agenda over the past century and a half. Re-asserting the One Nation tradition inherent in interventionist liberals like Keynes and Lloyd George, it encourages us to look beyond reformist high Tory politicians such as Benjamin Disraeli and sketches out precedents for current politicians in areas such as house building, local government, the living wage, a financial transaction tax, and the welfare state.
Richard Carr is a Research Fellow in History and a member of the Labour History Research Unit at Anglia Ruskin University. His latest book, Veteran MPs and Conservative Politics in the Aftermath of the Great War (Ashgate, 2013), surveys the post-1918 careers of 'One Nation' Tories such as Harold Macmillan and Anthony Eden who had fought in the First World War before assuming political prominence.
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Introduction Chapter 1 The One Nation Concept from Disraeli to Miliband Chapter 2 Beyond Beveridge: One Nation Welfare and Job Creation Chapter 3 Beyond Butler and Macmillan: The Missing Ingredients of the Postwar Economy Chapter 4 Beyond Keynes: Recalibrating the Relationship Between Finance and the Real Economy Chapter 5 Beyond Lloyd George: Wealth Taxation from the Surtax to the Mansion Tax Chapter 6 Beyond Westminster: Power, Community, and Engagement in the Twenty-first Century conclusion Conclusion
Introduction Chapter 1 The One Nation Concept from Disraeli to Miliband Chapter 2 Beyond Beveridge: One Nation Welfare and Job Creation Chapter 3 Beyond Butler and Macmillan: The Missing Ingredients of the Postwar Economy Chapter 4 Beyond Keynes: Recalibrating the Relationship Between Finance and the Real Economy Chapter 5 Beyond Lloyd George: Wealth Taxation from the Surtax to the Mansion Tax Chapter 6 Beyond Westminster: Power, Community, and Engagement in the Twenty-first Century conclusion Conclusion
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