Description |
1 online resource (350 pages) |
Summary |
The National Council for Civil Liberties (NCCL) was formed in the 1930s against a backdrop of fascism and 'popular front' movements. In this volatile political atmosphere, the aim of the NCCL was to ensure that civil liberties were a central component of political discourse. Chris Moores's new study shows how the NCCL - now Liberty - had to balance the interests of extremist allies with the desire to become a respectable force campaigning for human rights and civil liberties. From new social movements of the 1960s and 1970s to the formation of the Human Rights Act in 1998, this study traces the NCCL's development over the last eighty years. It enables us to observe shifts and continuities in forms of political mobilisation throughout the twentieth century, changes in discourse about extensions and retreats of freedoms, as well as the theoretical conceptualisation and practical protection of rights and liberties. |
Contents |
Cover; Half-title ; Title page ; Copyright information ; Dedication ; Table of contents ; List of Figures ; List of Tables ; Acknowledgements ; List of Abbreviations ; Introduction: An Age of Rights ; Civil Liberties, Rights and Human Rights in the Twentieth Century |
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From Civil Liberties to Human Rights? Part I Civil Liberties in the Age of the Popular Front ; 1 Decent Citizens and Agitators: Civil Liberties Activism in the 1930s ; Building Civil Liberties Organizations in the 1930s |
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Against the Freak from the Pit: Liberalism and Socialism in the Age of the Dictators Reconciling Differences: The 'Very Mixed Up Popular Front' ; A Correct Party Line? The NCCL and the CPGB Heebie-Jeebies ; 'Protecting Our Own Members': The NCCL and Party Politics |
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Agitators and Innocents, Influential but Marginalized 2 From Civil Liberties to Human Rights: British Civil Liberties Activism and Universal Human Rights ; Combining Rights: Civil Liberties, Human Rights and the Second World War ; Another Wellsian Fantasy |
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The End of 'Popular Front' Alliances A Difficult Marriage: The NCCL and Soviet Brides ; Universalizing Rights ; Conclusions ; Part II Civil Liberties, a Rights Revolution and New Social Movements |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 289-317) and index. |
Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
Subject |
Liberty (Great Britain) -- History.
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Great Britain. Human Rights Act 1998.
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Liberty (Great Britain) |
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Human Rights Act 1998 (Great Britain) |
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Civil rights -- Great Britain -- History.
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Human rights -- Great Britain -- History.
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Great Britain -- Politics and government -- History.
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HISTORY -- Europe -- Western. |
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Civil rights. |
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Human rights. |
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Politics and government. |
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Great Britain. |
Genre/Form |
History.
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Other Form: |
Print version: Moores, Chris. Civil liberties and human rights in Twentieth-century Britain. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press 2017 9781107088610 (OCoLC)962330960 |
ISBN |
9781108125536 (electronic bk.) |
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1108125530 (electronic bk.) |
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9781316105085 |
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1316105083 |
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9781108125130 |
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1108125131 |
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1107459702 |
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9781107459700 |
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9781107088610 |
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1107088615 |
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9781107459700 (paperback) |
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