Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 415 pages) : illustrations, maps |
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Centre for Manx studies monographs ; 3 |
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Centre for Manx Studies monographs ; 3.
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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 |
Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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English |
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Print version record |
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Subject |
Constitutional history -- Isle of Man
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Process -- General.
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Constitutional history
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Politics and government
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Politieke geschiedenis.
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Staatsinrichting.
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SUBJECT |
Isle of Man -- Politics and government
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Isle of Man -- Politics and government -- 20th century
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Subject |
Great Britain Miscellaneous Island Dependencies -- Isle of Man
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Form |
Electronic book
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LC no. |
2002391203 |
ISBN |
9781846313691 |
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1846313694 |
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9781781387993 |
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1781387990 |
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