Rational choice and British politics : an analysis of rhetoric and manipulation from Peel to Blair /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	McLean, Iain.
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Imprint:	Oxford [England] ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2001.
Subjects:	19th century 20th century 1837-1901 Manipulative behavior. History. Rhetoric > Political aspects. Politics and government. Rhetoric > Political aspects > Great Britain > History > 20th century. Rhetoric > Political aspects > Great Britain > History > 19th century. Manipulative behavior > Great Britain > History > 20th century. Manipulative behavior > Great Britain > History > 19th century. Great Britain > Politics and government > 20th century. Great Britain. Great Britain > Politics and government > 1837-1901.

Table of Contents:

rational Choice and British Politics
Rational Choice and British Politics
Preface and Acknowledgements
List of Tables
List of Figures
1. Introduction
2. Irish Potatoes and British Politics: Peel, Wellington, and the Repeal of the Corn Laws
Appendix 2.1
3. Dishing the Whigs: Disraeli, Salisbury, and the Relaunching of the Tory Party 1846-86
4. The Great Victorian Realignment
5. The Failure of Imperialism: Joseph Chamberlain and Enoch Powell
Appendix 5.1
6. Lloyd George: Supreme Tactician and Ambitious Strategist
7. The Patriot Game: Rhetoric and Heresthetic in the Anglo-Irish Treaty Negotiations of 1921
Appendix 7.1
8. 'There is No Alternative': Margaret Thatcher and Tony Blair
9. Conclusion
Index

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