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Author Kermode, D. G

Title Offshore island politics : the constitutional and political development of the Isle of Man in the twentieth century / David G. Kermode
Published Liverpool : Liverpool University Press, 2001

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 415 pages) : illustrations, maps
Series Centre for Manx studies monographs ; 3
Centre for Manx Studies monographs ; 3.
Contents Title Page; Contents; Acknowledgements; Figures; Tables; Photographs; Note on Sources; Abbreviations; 1: Introduction; 2: Nineteenth-Century Background; 3: The Raglan Era 1902-19; 4: The Interwar Years 1919-39; 5: War, Socialism and Devolution 1939-58; 6: Towards Island Self-Government 1958-81; 7: Devolution and Public Policy 1958-81; 8: The Advent of Ministerial Government 1981-2000; 9: Towards a Prosperous and Caring Society 1981-2000; 10: Conclusion; Bibliography; Appendices; Index
Summary Offshore Island Politics is a fascinating study of the constitutional and political development of the Isle of Man. The book analyses three broad aspects of twentieth-century political development: constitutional progress towards self-government, elections and public policy and the changing role of the state in Manx society. One of the most important political changes the study addresses is the gradual ascendancy of the directly elected House of Keys in Manx politics. Offshore Island Politics concludes with a look at the final two decades of the century, a period of population growth and unpre
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Constitutional history -- Isle of Man
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Process -- General.
Constitutional history
Politics and government
Politieke geschiedenis.
Staatsinrichting.
SUBJECT Isle of Man -- Politics and government
Isle of Man -- Politics and government -- 20th century
Subject Great Britain Miscellaneous Island Dependencies -- Isle of Man
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2002391203
ISBN 9781846313691
1846313694
9781781387993
1781387990