Sterilization and the British Conservative party
Rethinking the failure of the Eugenics Society's political strategy in the nineteen-thirties
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4558562 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Bradley W Hart (0000-0003-0667-0702, California State University, Fresno), Richard Carr (0000-0002-5612-4323, Anglia Ruskin University) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 88 |
| Issue | 242 |
| Pages | 716-739 |
| Publication date | 2015-11-01 |
| 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 | 10.1111/1468-2281.12084 |
| OpenAlex | W1816403746 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 7 |
| References cited | 18 |
This article argues for a revised view of the British eugenic sterilization campaign, proposing that a failure to maximize the contemporary political terrain significantly contributed to its lack of legislative success. The Eugenics Society's unwillingness to alienate Labour or overtly to link sterilization to concerns articulated by Conservative M.P.s rendered it somewhat rudderless when, actually, it could have been attached to broader concerns (including the economic depression). While there were key elements arguing for a more aggressively pro-Tory stance, the fact that the strongest advocate of this course, George Pitt-Rivers, was so sympathetic to Nazi Germany undermined this strategy's chances
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| Unique citing works | 7 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,7 |
| Citation span | 2016 - 2025 (10) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |