Kevin Manton
Biographic Data
| ID | 3765946 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Kevin Manton |
| GIVEN NAMES | Kevin |
| FAMILY NAME | Manton |
| SIGNATURE | MANTON K |
| AFFILIATIONS | SOAS University of London |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 9 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 9 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2006 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Edwardian Conservatism and the Constitution
This article presents an analysis of the political thought of L ord H ugh C ecil. It argues that in order to understand C ecil's thought it is necessary to emphasize the role of the constitution in his thinking. There are three reasons for this. First, his opposition to C hamberlain's tariff reform campaign was rooted in a view of the detrimental effects the policy would have on politics, evidence for which C ecil saw in the tactics used by the t…
Labour and the 1949 Parliament Act
This article examines the reasons why the Attlee government passed the 1949 Parliament Act to reduce the House of Lords' power to delay legislation from two years to one year. It is argued that this was a departure from pre-war Labour policy and ideology on the upper house, which was located firmly within the progressive tradition, and that therefore this change needs explaining. The article argues that under Attlee the government's approach to t…
Labour Governments and Capital Punishment, 1924–1970
This article examines the attitudes of Labour governments towards capital punishment. It attempts to show why Labour governments before Harold Wilson's did not abolish capital punishment. Apart from the fact that some ministers were in favour of the death penalty in principle, it will highlight how a variety of factors ensured that all Labour governments (or at least some very important ministers in those governments) before Wilson's actively cam…
British Unionism, the constitution and the referendum, c.1907-14
This article examines Unionist constitutional thought in general, and Unionism's advocacy of the referendum in particular, in the period leading up to the 1911 Parliament Act. It argues that though the events around Lloyd George's budget in 1909 were crucial in focusing Unionist attention on the constitution, the adoption of the referendum was a product of a longstanding view of constitutional relationships. The article shows how Unionists sought…
Sir William Beveridge, The British Government and Plans for Food Control in Time of War, c. 1916–1941
This article presents an analysis of the ideas and work of Sir William Beveridge on developing a food policy for the British government in the build-up to the Second World War. Beveridge chaired a committee to enquire into the administrative arrangements for rationing set up by the Committee for Imperial Defence in 1936 and subsequent histories that cover government preparations for the wartime food defence policy assume that his report, which pl…
The Labour party and the Co-op, 1918-58
Journal Article The Labour party and the Co-op, 1918–58 Get access Kevin Manton Kevin Manton School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Historical Research, Volume 82, Issue 218, November 2009, Pages 756–778, https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-2281.2008.00461.x Published: 20 October 2009
The Labour Party and Retail Distribution, 1919–1951
This article attempts to show how, during the interwar period, Labour's ambivalent attitude to the retailing industry was born. This meant that, on the one hand, the party favoured big, consolidated businesses, but, on the other, it saw the advantages of small, local shops. Given that the Cooperative, perhaps surprisingly, was marginal to most Labour thinking on retailing, this ambivalence produced two broad policy vectors within the party. The f…
Playing Both Sides Against the Middle
Journal Article Playing Both Sides Against the Middle: The Labour Party and the Wholesaling Industry 1919–1951 Get access Kevin Manton Kevin Manton * SOAS * [email protected] Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Twentieth Century British History, Volume 18, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 306–333, https://doi.org/10.1093/tcbh/hwm015 Published: 24 July 2007
The Labour party and the land question, 1919-51
Through the first half of the twentieth century Labour held firm to the idea that the land system in Britain needed reforming. This article will attempt to present the Labour party's thinking on the land question. It will examine the changing nature of land-related policies brought forward by Labour during the inter-war period and indicate the different, and indeed contradictory, policy positions adopted by the party. It presents an outline of La…
Playing Both Sides Against the Middle
Journal Article Playing Both Sides Against the Middle: The Labour Party and the Wholesaling Industry 1919–1951 Get access Kevin Manton Kevin Manton * SOAS * [email protected] Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Twentieth Century British History, Volume 18, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 306–333, https://doi.org/10.1093/tcbh/hwm015 Published: 24 July 2007
The Labour Party and Retail Distribution, 1919–1951
This article attempts to show how, during the interwar period, Labour's ambivalent attitude to the retailing industry was born. This meant that, on the one hand, the party favoured big, consolidated businesses, but, on the other, it saw the advantages of small, local shops. Given that the Cooperative, perhaps surprisingly, was marginal to most Labour thinking on retailing, this ambivalence produced two broad policy vectors within the party. The f…
British Unionism, the constitution and the referendum, c.1907-14
This article examines Unionist constitutional thought in general, and Unionism's advocacy of the referendum in particular, in the period leading up to the 1911 Parliament Act. It argues that though the events around Lloyd George's budget in 1909 were crucial in focusing Unionist attention on the constitution, the adoption of the referendum was a product of a longstanding view of constitutional relationships. The article shows how Unionists sought…
The Labour party and the Co-op, 1918-58
Journal Article The Labour party and the Co-op, 1918–58 Get access Kevin Manton Kevin Manton School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Historical Research, Volume 82, Issue 218, November 2009, Pages 756–778, https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-2281.2008.00461.x Published: 20 October 2009
Playing Both Sides Against the Middle
Journal Article Playing Both Sides Against the Middle: The Labour Party and the Wholesaling Industry 1919–1951 Get access Kevin Manton Kevin Manton * SOAS * [email protected] Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Twentieth Century British History, Volume 18, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 306–333, https://doi.org/10.1093/tcbh/hwm015 Published: 24 July 2007
The Labour party and the land question, 1919-51
Through the first half of the twentieth century Labour held firm to the idea that the land system in Britain needed reforming. This article will attempt to present the Labour party's thinking on the land question. It will examine the changing nature of land-related policies brought forward by Labour during the inter-war period and indicate the different, and indeed contradictory, policy positions adopted by the party. It presents an outline of La…
The Labour Party and Retail Distribution, 1919–1951
This article attempts to show how, during the interwar period, Labour's ambivalent attitude to the retailing industry was born. This meant that, on the one hand, the party favoured big, consolidated businesses, but, on the other, it saw the advantages of small, local shops. Given that the Cooperative, perhaps surprisingly, was marginal to most Labour thinking on retailing, this ambivalence produced two broad policy vectors within the party. The f…
Sir William Beveridge, The British Government and Plans for Food Control in Time of War, c. 1916–1941
This article presents an analysis of the ideas and work of Sir William Beveridge on developing a food policy for the British government in the build-up to the Second World War. Beveridge chaired a committee to enquire into the administrative arrangements for rationing set up by the Committee for Imperial Defence in 1936 and subsequent histories that cover government preparations for the wartime food defence policy assume that his report, which pl…
The Labour party and the Co-op, 1918-58
Journal Article The Labour party and the Co-op, 1918–58 Get access Kevin Manton Kevin Manton School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Historical Research, Volume 82, Issue 218, November 2009, Pages 756–778, https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-2281.2008.00461.x Published: 20 October 2009
Labour Governments and Capital Punishment, 1924–1970
This article examines the attitudes of Labour governments towards capital punishment. It attempts to show why Labour governments before Harold Wilson's did not abolish capital punishment. Apart from the fact that some ministers were in favour of the death penalty in principle, it will highlight how a variety of factors ensured that all Labour governments (or at least some very important ministers in those governments) before Wilson's actively cam…
British Unionism, the constitution and the referendum, c.1907-14
This article examines Unionist constitutional thought in general, and Unionism's advocacy of the referendum in particular, in the period leading up to the 1911 Parliament Act. It argues that though the events around Lloyd George's budget in 1909 were crucial in focusing Unionist attention on the constitution, the adoption of the referendum was a product of a longstanding view of constitutional relationships. The article shows how Unionists sought…
Labour and the 1949 Parliament Act
This article examines the reasons why the Attlee government passed the 1949 Parliament Act to reduce the House of Lords' power to delay legislation from two years to one year. It is argued that this was a departure from pre-war Labour policy and ideology on the upper house, which was located firmly within the progressive tradition, and that therefore this change needs explaining. The article argues that under Attlee the government's approach to t…
Edwardian Conservatism and the Constitution
This article presents an analysis of the political thought of L ord H ugh C ecil. It argues that in order to understand C ecil's thought it is necessary to emphasize the role of the constitution in his thinking. There are three reasons for this. First, his opposition to C hamberlain's tariff reform campaign was rooted in a view of the detrimental effects the policy would have on politics, evidence for which C ecil saw in the tactics used by the t…
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