Rethinking a progressive moment
The Liberal and Labour parties in the 1945 general election
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4558232 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Peter Sloman (0000-0002-6087-0476, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2011 |
| Volume | 84 |
| Issue | 226 |
| Pages | 722-744 |
| Publication date | 2011-11-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Historical Research (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0950-3471 • E-ISSN: 1468-2281 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1468-2281.2010.00560.x |
| OpenAlex | W2141277055 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
Revisionist writing on the 1945 general election has suggested that the Labour victory largely reflected voters' hostility to the Conservative party, and a general enthusiasm for social reforms such as the Beveridge scheme, rather than widespread support for Labour's socialist agenda. This article argues that the Liberal party's poor performance in the 1945 election, and the low incidence of tactical voting against Conservative candidates, suggest that 1945 was more than just a reaction against Conservative rule. Instead, many voters appear to have been positively attracted to the identity which Labour projected, as the only party which grounded its promises of social reform in a vision of a planned economy
Communism · Economics · Enthusiasm · General election · Hostility · Liberal Party · Liberalism · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Realigning election · Socialism · Victory · Voting · Irish and British Studies · Law · Political and Economic history of UK and US · Social Psychology
| Unique citing works | 3 |
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| Citations per year | 0,21 |
| Citation span | 2012 - 2016 (5) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |