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020			_a9780191522451 _q(electronic bk.)
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050		4	_aDA566.7.M38 2001
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100	1		_aMcLean, Iain.
245	1	0	_aRational Choice and British Politics : _bAn Analysis of Rhetoric and Manipulation from Peel to Blair.
250			_a1st ed.
264		1	_aOxford : _bOxford University Press, Incorporated, _c2001.
264		4	_c©2001.
300			_a1 online resource (271 pages)
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
505	0		_aIntro -- Preface and Acknowledgements -- Contents -- List of Tables -- List of Figures -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Irish Potatoes and British Politics: Peel, Wellington, and the Repeal of the Corn Laws -- Appendix 2.1: Variables Used in the Rollcall Analysis -- 3. Dishing the Whigs: Disraeli, Salisbury, and the Relaunching of the Tory Party 1846-86 -- 4. The Great Victorian Realignment -- 5. The Failure of Imperialism: Joseph Chamberlain and Enoch Powell -- Appendix 5.1: Did Enoch Powell win the 1970 General Election for the Conservatives? Did he win the February 1974 General Election for Labour? -- 6. Lloyd George: Supreme Tactician and Ambitious Strategist -- 7. The Patriot Game: Rhetoric and Heresthetic in the Anglo-Irish Treaty Negotiations of 1921 -- Appendix 7.1: Articles of Agreement for a Treaty between Great Britain and Ireland, December 6, 1921 -- Appendix 7.2: Extracts from the Diary of Erskine Childers 1870-1922, Secretary to the Irish Delegation -- Appendix 7.3: Preference Orderings -- Appendix 7.4: The Irish Decision Sequence, 5 December 1921 -- 8. 'There is no alternative': Margaret Thatcher and Tony Blair -- 9. Conclusion -- References -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y.
520			_aThis engaging and original study, by one of Britain's leading scholars of rational choice theory, explores the course of British parliamentary politics over the last 150 years. McLean marries an appealing combination of social science and analytical narrative history to the great turning points in British politics.
588			_aDescription based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
590			_aElectronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
650		0	_aManipulative behavior -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century.
650		0	_aManipulative behavior -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century.
650		0	_aRhetoric -- Political aspects -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century.
650		0	_aRhetoric -- Political aspects -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century.
650		0	_aGreat Britain -- Politics and government -- 1837-1901.
650		0	_aGreat Britain -- Politics and government -- 20th century.
655		4	_aElectronic books.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _aMcLean, Iain _tRational Choice and British Politics _dOxford : Oxford University Press, Incorporated,c2001 _z9780198295303
797	2		_aProQuest (Firm)
856	4	0	_uhttps://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/orpp/detail.action?docID=3053277 _zClick to View
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