Popular politics and political culture : urban Scotland, 1918-1939 /
A fresh perspective on the history of the radical left in interwar Scotland. This book presents a distinctive reading of inter-war Scottish politics, reinterpreting the consequences of the expanded electorate after 1918 by focusing on changing perceptions of the radical political culture of urban Sc...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Edinburgh :
Edinburgh University Press,
[2018]
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| Summary: | A fresh perspective on the history of the radical left in interwar Scotland. This book presents a distinctive reading of inter-war Scottish politics, reinterpreting the consequences of the expanded electorate after 1918 by focusing on changing perceptions of the radical political culture of urban Scotland. It reevaluates the factors behind the decline of the Scottish radical left in the interwar years, demonstrating the role of changing conceptions of political representation and explores the extent to which national party loyalties replaced local class identities. Drawing upon a range of untapped sources including local newspapers, cartoons and contemporary accounts of demonstrations, the book illuminates the political perspectives of ordinary Scots in an age of mass democracy. It also examines the history of the radical left in Scotland from a new perspective, looking at the relationship between political legitimacy and identity, conduct and tactics, illuminates the electoral failure of the radical left between the wars, emphasising changing understandings of political participation, behavior and representation and deploys a range of untapped sources, including local newspapers, political literature, cartoons and contemporary accounts of rallies. |
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| Physical Description: | viii, 229 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages [193]-224) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781474425612 1474425615 |