
The Transformation of Urban Liberalism re-evaluates the dramatic and turbulent political decade following the 'Third Reform Act', and questions whether the Liberal Party's political heartlands - the urban boroughs - really were in decline. In contrast to some recent studies, it does not see electoral reform, the Irish Home Rule crisis and the challenge of socialism as representing a fundamental th...
Series: Historical Urban Studies
Hardcover: 336 pages
Publisher: Routledge; 1 edition (July 28, 2006)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0754650006
ISBN-13: 978-0754650003
Product Dimensions: 6.5 x 1 x 9.2 inches
Amazon Rank: 9243940
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integrity of the party. Instead this book illustrates, using parallel case studies, how the party gradually began to transform into a social democratic organisation through a re-evaluation of its role and policy direction. This process was not one directed from the centre - despite the important personalities of Gladstone and Rosebery - but rather one heavily influenced by 'grass roots politics'.