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Recovering Power

The Conservatives in Opposition Since 1867

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  • © 2005

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  1. Stuart Ball

    1. School of Historical Studies, University of Leicester, UK

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  2. Anthony Seldon

    1. Brighton College, UK

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Table of contents (11 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-ix
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  2. Factors in Opposition Performance: The Conservative Experience since 1867

    • Stuart Ball
    Pages 1-27

  3. The Disraelian Achievement: 1868–1874

    • Angus Hawkins
    Pages 28-46

  4. A New Style and Content: 1880–1885 and 1886

    • David Steele
    Pages 47-74

  5. Opposition from Strength: 1892–1895

    • David Steele
    Pages 75-91

  6. Faction and Failure: 1905–1910

    • Frans Coetzee
    Pages 92-112

  7. Conservatism in Crisis: 1910–1915

    • David Dutton
    Pages 113-133

  8. Democracy and the Rise of Labour: 1924 and 1929–1931

    • Stuart Ball
    Pages 134-168

  9. The New Conservatism? 1945–1951

    • David Willetts
    Pages 169-191

  10. Planning for Power: 1964–1970

    • Mark Garnett
    Pages 192-218

  11. The Making of Thatcherism: 1974–1979

    • Dennis Kavanagh
    Pages 219-242

  12. The Barren Years: 1997–2005

    • Anthony Seldon, Peter Snowdon
    Pages 243-275

  13. Back Matter

    Pages 276-287
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The Conservative Party's periods in opposition have been of crucial importance. They have seen major changes in direction, and often been the springboard for recovering power. There have also been leadership crises and bitter divisions, and recovery was never inevitable. In the first study to examine the topic as a whole, leading authorities present new evidence and interpretations. The book makes a significant contribution to our understanding of the Conservative Party and of opposition in modern British politics.

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'The best account of the historic causes of the Conservative Party's troubles...' - The Economist

Editors and Affiliations

  • School of Historical Studies, University of Leicester, UK

    Stuart Ball

  • Brighton College, UK

    Anthony Seldon

About the editors

STUART BALL is Reader in History at the University of Leicester. His publications include Baldwin and the Conservative Party (1988), The Conservative Party and British Politics 1902-1951 (1995), Winston Churchill (2003), and (with Anthony Seldon) Conservative Century: The Conservative Party since 1900 (1994).

ANTHONY SELDON is the Founding Director of the Institute of Contemporary British History and Headmaster of Brighton College, UK.

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