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Civil Liberties and Human Rights in Twentieth-Century Britain
About this book
The National Council for Civil Liberties (NCCL) was formed in the 1930s against a backdrop of fascism and 'popular front' movements. In this volatile political atmosphere, the aim of the NCCL was to ensure that civil liberties were a central component of political discourse. Chris Moores's new study shows how the NCCL - now Liberty - had to balance the interests of extremist allies with the desire to become a respectable force campaigning for human rights and civil liberties. From new social movements of the 1960s and 1970s to the formation of the Human Rights Act in 1998, this study traces the NCCL's development over the last eighty years. It enables us to observe shifts and continuities in forms of political mobilisation throughout the twentieth century, changes in discourse about extensions and retreats of freedoms, as well as the theoretical conceptualisation and practical protection of rights and liberties.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Half-title
- Title page
- Copyright information
- Dedication
- Table of contents
- List of Figures
- List of Tables
- Acknowledgements
- List of Abbreviations
- Introduction: An Age of Rights
- Part I Civil Liberties in the Age of the Popular Front
- Part II Civil Liberties, a Rights Revolution and New Social Movements
- Part III NGOs and the Consolidation of Human Rights
- Bibliography
- Index