Books written by Tim Bale
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European Politics: A Comparative Introduction
Burgoon, Brian, Koster, Ferry and van Egmond, Marcel (2012) 'Support for Redistribution and the Paradox of Immigration', Journal of European Social Policy. 22(3), pp. 288–304. Buruma, Ian (2007) Murder in Amsterdam: The Death of Theo ...
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European Politics
Meyer, Thomas (2013) Constraints on Party Policy Change (Colchester: ECPR Press). Meyer, Sarah and Sieglinde Rosenberger (2015) 'Just a Shadow? The Role of Radical Right Parties in the Politicization of Immigration, 1995–2009', ...
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The Conservatives Since 1945: The Drivers of Party Change
The Party's policy shifts, while significant (particularly when it came to accepting the NHS, responsibility for effectively full employment, the new status of trade unions, and a good deal of nationalisation), were balanced by a ...
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The Conservative Party: From Thatcher to Cameron
... heroines with a great deal of experience' but also 'its fair share of time-servers and political novices'.49 Even the Party's Treasurer, and Thatcher devotee, Alistair McAlpine, who had left his post that summer, thought 'the place ...
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Sacred Cows and Common Sense: The Symbolic Statecraft and Political Culture of the British Labour Party
His call for unity was to some extent assisted by the Conservatives ' budget decision to slash food subsidies ( Morrison , 1960 : 290 ; Gaitskell , 1983 : 314 , 21/3/52 ) . But it would seem reasonable to suppose that he was also ...
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The Conservative Party: From Thatcher to Cameron
In reality, however, that operation was shambolic.12 Morrison was drowning his demons in drink, and not all MPs were canvassed, let alone properly followed-up or cross-checked, meaning that Thatcher's numbers were hopelessly ...
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Five Year Mission: The Labour Party under Ed Miliband
Their position in the UK is nowhere near as weak as it is in Southern and Eastern Europe, but nor is at anywhere near as strong as it is in Northern Europe, especially Scandinavia. See Rebecca Gumbrell-McCormick and ...
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The Conservative Party: From Thatcher to Cameron
The Conservative Party: From Thatcher to Cameron is a must-read for anyone wanting to understand what makes the Tories tick. And it contains valuable lessons about what to do - and what not to do - for their Labour opponents.
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Riding the Populist Wave: Europe's Mainstream Right in Crisis
Reaccionarios y golpistas. La extrema derecha en España: del tardofraquismo a la consolidación de la democracia (1967–1982), Madrid: Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas. Rodríguez, J. and Barrio, A. (2018).
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Footsoldiers: Political Party Membership in the 21st Century
Whiteley, Paul and Seyd, Patrick (2002) High-Intensity Participation: The Dynamics of Party Activism in Britain (Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press), p. 112. 29 It also makes sense, incidentally for those with thoughts of a ...
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Modern British Party System
British party politics for most of the twentieth century . This was the socioeconomic conflict based on tensions between owners ( and senior controllers ) of capital and their employees . While the Liberal Party maintained its major ...
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The Modern British Party System
Webb , P. D. ( 1992b ) ' Election Campaigning , Organisational Transformation and the Professionalisation of the British Labour Party , European Journal of Political Research 21 : 267-88 . Webb , P. D. ( 1995 ) ' Reforming the Party ...
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European Politics: A Comparative Introduction
New to this Edition: - Updated throughout to provide coverage of developments such as the Eurozone crisis, the growth of left and right-wing populism, the rise of nationalism and Europe's on-going immigration challenge - Includes a short ...
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Left-of-Centre Parties and Trade Unions in the Twenty-First Century
This volume interrogates, qualifies, and even challenges that widespread assumption.
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Sacred Cows and Common Sense: The Symbolic Statecraft and Political Culture of the British Labour Party
First published in 1999, this volume is based on interviews and research from previously unavailable party, state and private archives, this insightful volume reflects on the interaction between institutional structure and world-view that ...
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The Conservative Party After Brexit: Turmoil and Transformation
In this compelling and persuasively argued book, Tim Bale, one of the country's foremost experts on contemporary British politics, takes us on a rollercoaster ride through the Conservatives' fortunes over the last decade.
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The Conservatives since 1945: The Drivers of Party Change
... 1951–1964', in Vernon Bogdanor and Robert Skidelsky (eds.), The Age of Affluence, 1951–1964 (London: Macmillan, 1970), p. 71. John Ramsden, The Age of Churchill and Eden, 1940–1957 (London: Longman, 1995), p. 235. John Ramsden, The ...
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The Conservative Party After Brexit: Turmoil and Transformation
From the bombshell Brexit referendum, through to the chaotic premierships of Theresa May, Boris Johnson, and Liz Truss, and all the way up to Rishi Sunak’s rise to power, Bale tells the fascinating tale of a party that, in just a few ...
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New Labour in Power: Precedents and Prospects
Addressing core themes such as Europe, the economy, welfare, education and the constitution, this volume assesses Labour's election victory both in its historical context and through the words of contemporary media commentators.
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The British General Election of 2019
... Party source claimed that the party's leadership believed a general election in September or October was a greater ... Cockroach Party: Britain's Lib Dems Cling on', The Economist, 12 May 2018, https://www.economist.com/britain/2018/05 ...