Rational Choice and British Politics：An Analysis of Rhetoric and Manipulation from Peel to Blair

Thisengagingandoriginalstudy,byoneofBritain'sleadingscholarsofrationalchoicetheory,exploresthecourseofBritishparliamentarypoliticsoverthelast150years.McLeanmarriesanappealingcombinationofsocialscienceandanalyticalnarrativehistorytothegreatturningpointsinBritishpolitics-theRepealoftheCornLaw;theVictoriancrisisoftheLiberalandConservativeParties;theIrishQuestionandLloydGeorge'ssolutiontoit;theNewLiberaloriginsofthewelfarestate;thepoliticsofraceandempireunderChamberlainandPowell;andthepoliticsof'thereisnoalternative'underMargaretThatcher.