Postwar British Politics in Perspective

Introduction: Explaining Change in the Postwar Period. (David Marsh).

Part One: Key Themes of Postwar British Political Development.

1. Continuity and Discontinuity in British Political Development. (Colin Hay).

2. Britain's Economic Decline: Cultural Versus Structural Explanations. (Jim Johnston).

3. The Post-War Consensus: A Woozle That Wasn't? (Peter Kerr).

4. Crisis and Political Development in Postwar Britain. (Colin Hay).

5. Britain's Relations with the European Union in Historical Perspective. (Jim Buller).

6. Globalization and the Development of the British Political Economy. (Matthew Watson).

Part Two: Key Narratives of Postwar British Political Development.

7. Questions of Change and Continuity in Attlee's Britain. (Jim Johnston).

8. Explaining Thatcherism: Towards a Multidimensional Approach. (Peter Kerr and David Marsh).

9. The Post-Thatcher Era. (Stuart McAnulla).

Conclusion: Analysing and Explaining Postwar British Political Development. (Colin Hay and David Marsh).

Bibliography.

Index.