Foundations of the British Conservative Party

Richard Carr is a Research Fellow in history at Anglia Ruskin University.Bradley W. Hart is a lecturer at California State University, Fresno.

• AcknowledgementsForeword The Rt. Hon. The Lord Carrington KG GCMG CH MC PC DLContributor informationIntroductionBradley W. Hart Origins of modern conservatismFoundations of the modern Conservative PartySection 1: The Conservative IdealThe Principles of British Conservatism from Balfour to Heath, c.1910-1975Stuart Ball The Conservative Dialectic of Margaret Thatcher’s First TermKieron O’HaraSection 2: The Conservatives and the UnionTory Rebels and Tory Democracy: The Ulster Crisis, 1900-1914Robert SaundersThe Conservative Party and the Irish Question, c. 1885-2010Alan MacleodSection 3: Looking Beyond WestminsterMachinations of the centre-right and British Engagement with the Pan-European Ideal, 1929-1948Richard Carr and Bradley W. Hart The Conservatives and local government: reform, localism and the Big Society since 1888Steven Howell Section 4: Conservatism and Party PoliticsCoalition Blues: The Conservatives, the Liberals and Conservative-Liberal Coalitions in Britain since 1895Chris WrigleyHow to Put ‘the People First’: Conservative Conceptions of Reform Before and After the Second World WarRichard CarrSection 5: The future of ConservatismThe Limits of Power: Conservative Experience and OpportunityThe Rt. Hon. Sir John Major KG CH ACIB Neo-Orthodoxy: Conservative Economic Policy in the Twenty-First CenturyIrwin StelzerConclusion – Where next?Bradley W. Hart and Richard Carr Index

The subject of this work is of importance to all interested in British politics – whether supportive of the Conservatives or not. This book, in helping stimulate discussion about where the party has been, enriches our understanding of where the party may go next. I commend it to broad attention.