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Reassessing Britain’s ‘Post-war consensus’: the politics of reason 1945–1979 (2017)
Journal Article
Blackburn, D. (2018). Reassessing Britain’s ‘Post-war consensus’: the politics of reason 1945–1979. British Politics, 13(2), 195-214. https://doi.org/10.1057/s41293-017-0049-5

Since the late-1970s, scholars have been engaged in a vibrant debate about the nature of post-war British politics. While some writers have suggested that the three decades that succeeded the Second World War witnessed a bi-partisan consensus on key... Read More about Reassessing Britain’s ‘Post-war consensus’: the politics of reason 1945–1979.

Still the stranger at the feast?: ideology and the study of twentieth century British politics (2017)
Journal Article
Blackburn, D. (2017). Still the stranger at the feast?: ideology and the study of twentieth century British politics. Journal of Political Ideologies, 22(2), 116-130. https://doi.org/10.1080/13569317.2017.1298549

This article explores the way in which scholars of twentieth-century British politics have engaged with the concept of ideology. It begins by revisiting Michael Freeden’s seminal intervention on the subject before going on to assess the way in which... Read More about Still the stranger at the feast?: ideology and the study of twentieth century British politics.