Stanley Baldwin: Conservative Leadership and National Values

By Philip Williamson

Book Overview

This book is both an examination of one of the dominant figures of twentieth-century British politics, and a contribution to the understanding of political leadership and Conservative ideology. It reinterprets the career of Stanley Baldwin, Conservative leader 1923-37 and three times prime minister, in terms of his construction of a public character, his exploitation of the new mass media, and his exposition of a distinctive Conservative doctrine and language. Baldwin's remarkable ascendancy is shown to have been based on his manipulation of widely-held national values.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521438128
• ISBN13: 9780521438124
• Release Date: December 2007
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 408 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"