Popular Politics and Political Culture: Urban Scotland, 1918-1939
Malcolm Petrie
A fresh perspective on the history of the radical left in inter-war Scotland
Key Features
This book presents a distinctive reading of inter-war Scottish politics, reinterpreting the consequences of the expanded electorate after 1918 by focusing on changing perceptions of the radical political culture of urban Scotland. It re-evaluates the factors behind the decline of the Scottish radical left in the inter-war years, demonstrating the role of changing conceptions of political representation, and explores the extent to which national party loyalties replaced local class identities. Drawing upon a range of untapped sources including local newspapers, cartoons, and contemporary accounts of demonstrations, the book illuminates the political perspectives of ordinary Scots in an age of mass democracy.
Key Features
- Examines the history of the radical left in Scotland from a new perspective, looking at the relationship between political legitimacy and identity, conduct and tactics
- Illuminates the electoral failure of the radical left between the wars, emphasising changing understandings of political participation, behaviour and representation
- Deploys a range of untapped sources, including local newspapers, political literature, cartoons and contemporary accounts of rallies
წელი:
2022
გამომცემლობა:
Edinburgh University Press
ენა:
english
გვერდები:
240
ISBN 10:
1474425623
ISBN 13:
9781474425629
ფაილი:
PDF, 15.58 MB
IPFS:
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english, 2022