Bogdanor, Vernon – The Bell Bookshop https://www.bellbookshop.co.uk Henley-on-Thames Thu, 27 Feb 2025 11:30:27 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 https://www.bellbookshop.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/cropped-Bell-Background-Blue-32x32.png Bogdanor, Vernon – The Bell Bookshop https://www.bellbookshop.co.uk 32 32 Making the weather https://www.bellbookshop.co.uk/product/making-the-weather/ Thu, 05 Sep 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.bellbookshop.co.uk/?post_type=product&p=42847 Making the Weather is the story of six post-war politicians, all of whom exerted an outsized influence on the political life of the UK: an influence greater than that of most prime ministers. Vernon Bogdanor’s cast includes three from the political Left – Aneurin ‘Nye’ Bevan, Roy Jenkins, and Tony Benn – and three from the Right – Enoch Powell, Keith Joseph, and Nigel Farage. Each study is a fascinating analysis that examines how these men achieved such prominence and influence and how, though very different figures in many ways, they came to dominate the political landscape, often for a period of years. Each of the six made fundamental contributions to the debate about Britain’s future and to the vibrancy of our democracy. From immigration to Europe, from the NHS to devolution, the issues and causes that brought these men to prominence are still of considerable contemporary relevance.

]]> Britain and Europe in A Troubled World https://www.bellbookshop.co.uk/product/britain-and-europe-in-a-troubled-world/ Tue, 22 Sep 2020 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.bellbookshop.co.uk/product/britain-and-europe-in-a-troubled-world/ The history of Britain’s complex relationship with Europe, untangled

“The best short introduction to both the political realignment that produced the 2016 Referendum result and the immense fallout since.”-CapX, “Books of the Year” (2020)

“[A] cool-headed, fair, and judicious analysis of Britain and the EU at a decisive period in history”- Thomas Gallagher, Brexit-Watch.org

Is Britain a part of Europe? The British have been ambivalent on this question since the Second World War, when the Western European nations sought to prevent the return of fascism by creating strong international ties throughout the Continent. Britain reluctantly joined the Common Market, the European Community, and ultimately the European Union, but its decades of membership never quite led it to accept a European orientation. In the view of the distinguished political scientist Vernon Bogdanor, the question of Britain’s relationship to Europe is rooted in “the prime conflict of our time,” the dispute between the competing faiths of liberalism and nationalism. This concise, expertly guided tour provides the essential background to the struggle over Brexit.

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