{"product_id":"whatever-happened-to-tory-liverpool-success-decline-and-irrelevance-since-1945-9781837641451","title":"Whatever happened to Tory Liverpool?: Success, decline, and irrelevance since 1945","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cblockquote\u003eThe Liverpool Conservatives won 62% of the vote and 78% of the seats on Liverpool City Council in the 1968 local elections, but lost their last two MPs and final councillor in 1983 and 1998. Success, Decline, and Irrelevance since 1945 explores the history of Conservative electoral performance in Liverpool from the end of the Second World War to the present day, challenging myths regarding the city's political history. It proposes a tripartite framework to explain the periods of success, decline, and irrelevance. \u003c\/blockquote\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat\u003c\/strong\u003e: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLength\u003c\/strong\u003e: 296 pages\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublication date\u003c\/strong\u003e: 01 August 2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e: Liverpool University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhatever happened to Tory Liverpool? Success, decline, and irrelevance since 1945 explores the history of Conservative electoral performance in Liverpool from the end of the Second World War to the present day, and challenges a number of myths regarding the city's political history. Conservative post-war success was not due to sectarian tensions or false consciousness, and neither was Conservative decline due to Margaret Thatcher. The book takes a multi-method approach to the study of Conservative Party history in Liverpool. It proposes a tripartite framework, which separates the periods of success (1945–1972), decline (1973–1986), and irrelevance (1987 onwards), and argues that each period should be explained by recourse to different phenomena. Only in this way can the complex post-war history of the Conservative Party in Liverpool truly be understood.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhatever happened to Tory Liverpool? Success, decline, and irrelevance since 1945 explores the history of Conservative electoral performance in Liverpool from the end of the Second World War to the present day, and challenges a number of myths regarding the city's political history. Conservative post-war success was not due to sectarian tensions or false consciousness, and neither was Conservative decline due to Margaret Thatcher. The book takes a multi-method approach to the study of Conservative Party history in Liverpool. It proposes a tripartite framework, which separates the periods of success (1945–1972), decline (1973–1986), and irrelevance (1987 onwards), and argues that each period should be explained by recourse to different phenomena. Only in this way can the complex post-war history of the Conservative Party in Liverpool truly be understood.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWeight\u003c\/strong\u003e: 482g\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDimension\u003c\/strong\u003e: 156 x 234 x 19 (mm)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13\u003c\/strong\u003e: 9781837641451\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"David Jeffery","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":44515906420986,"sku":"9781837641451","price":30.33,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0522\/4297\/2845\/products\/noImage_1_e3210a7e-56f9-4eac-a6ab-fb28e69ed59a.jpg?v=1692886880","url":"https:\/\/shulphink.com\/products\/whatever-happened-to-tory-liverpool-success-decline-and-irrelevance-since-1945-9781837641451","provider":"Shulph Ink","version":"1.0","type":"link"}