The Conservative Party in Wales, 1945-1997
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The Conservative Party in Wales, 1945-1997

  1. 320 pages
  2. English
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The Conservative Party in Wales, 1945-1997

About this book

Wales is often considered to be one of the most anti-Conservative parts of Britain, with the party unable to connect with voters. The Conservative Party in Wales, 1945–1997 offers a more nuanced perspective as the first book-length study of Wales's second political party in the decades after the Second World War. From the places where Conservatism was often successful, the book questions why it failed to find any purchase in other parts of Wales, discussing how the party communicated its policies, who its candidates were, and how the party deliberately crafted specific policies 'for the nation' – from introducing the first Minister for Welsh Affairs to making Welsh a compulsory subject in schools. Adopting an holistic approach to the party, the book scrutinises activists and prominent Tories at the grassroots, asking what they reveal about understudied aspects of Welsh history, particularly the lives of the Anglicised and socially conservative middle class.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Contents
  5. Series Editors’ Foreword
  6. Preface and Acknowledgements
  7. List of Figures
  8. List of Tables
  9. Abbreviations
  10. Note on Terms and Place Names
  11. Note on Interviews and Oral Contributions
  12. Introduction
  13. Chapter 1. Defeat and the response to Labour, 1945–1951
  14. Chapter 2. Affluence and a changing Wales, 1951–1964
  15. Chapter 3. Modernity and localism, 1964–1975
  16. Chapter 4. Thatcherism and its legacy, 1975–1997
  17. Conclusion
  18. Bibliography
  19. Endnotes