Titlebook: Liberal Government and Politics, 1905-15; Ian Packer Book 2006 Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 2006 colonia

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Liberalism and Democracy,the right of people to participate in legislation and government. When Gladstone’s second administration produced the Reform and Redistribution Acts of 1884–5, and extended the householder franchise that already existed in the boroughs to the counties, it was widely assumed that this work was comple

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A Nonconformist Party?,back to the late seventeenth century and the association of Toryism with the Church of England and Whiggery with religious toleration for dissenters. Many Victorians assumed the continuing connection between religion and political allegiance to be one of the fundamental aspects of their public life.

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The Economy and Finance,hose who denied such a thing existed; enthusiasts for Irish home rule and profound sceptics about this policy; passionate advocates and opponents of women’s suffrage; and those who felt the party should be the political expression of religious nonconformity, together with those who had no interest i

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Social Reform and Labour Relations,ecause it seemed to later twentieth-century eyes to be the most obvious way in which Edwardian Liberal governments created a lasting political legacy. It was relatively easy to portray these administrations’ achievements in the field of pensions and national insurance as precursors of the welfare st

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Epilogue: A Liberal War?,participation in a European conflict with trepidation. Some regarded it as inevitable if the continental powers went to war, while others saw it as something to be avoided at all costs. But few, if any, welcomed it as the kind of spiritual purging, Darwinian struggle or good fun that appealed to ele

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