The politics of influence : British ex-servicemen, Cabinet decisions and cultural change (1917-57)

Author(s)

• Wootton, Graham

Bibliographic Information

The politics of influence : British ex-servicemen, Cabinet decisions and cultural change (1917-57)

by Graham Wootton

（International library of sociology, 48 . Political sociology ; 15）

Routledge, 1998, c1963

Note

Reprint. First published in 1963 by Routledge and Kegan Paul

Includes indexes

Description and Table of Contents

Description

This is Volume XV of eighteen in a series on Political Sociology. Originally published in 1963, this study looks at the political influence of British ex-servicemen, Cabinet decisions and cultural change from 1917 to 1957.

Table of Contents

• Part 1a Introduction
• Chapter 1 The Universe of Groups
• Part 1 The Formative Years (1917-21)
• Chapter 2 The Objects and Modes of Government
• Chapter 3 The Voluntary Principle
• Chapter 4 A Changing Culture
• Chapter 5 The Agents of Change
• Chapter 6 Economic Factors
• Chapter 7 Non-Economic Factors
• Part 2 The Associations (1917-57)
• Chapter 8 Character, Structure and Government
• Part 3 Aims and Methods (1917-39)
• Chapter 9 The Two Targets: Domestic Aims
• Chapter 10 External Aims
• Chapter 11 External Aims
• Chapter 12 External Aims
• Chapter 13 Removing a Target
• Chapter 14 Sticking to One's Knitting
• Chapter 15 External Aims: Part y Lines
• Chapter 16 Domestic Aims: (A) The Techniques of Influence (1917-39)
• Chapter 17 Domestic Aims: (A) The Techniques of Influence (1917-39)
• Chapter 18 Domestic Aims: (A) The Techniques of Influence (1917-39)
• Chapter 19 Domestic Aims: (A) The Techniques of Influence (1917-39)
• Part 4 Aims and Methods (1945-57)
• Chapter 20 Domestic Aims
• Chapter 21 (A) Techniques of Influence (1945-57)
• Chapter 22 (B) The Strategy of Influence (1917-57)
• Part 5 Aims and Methods Illustrated
• Chapter 23 Federation: The Statutory Right to (War) Pensions (1918-19)
• Chapter 24 The Legion: Retaining the Ministry of Pensions (1922 and 1953)
• Chapter 25 Blesma: The 'Age Allowance' Campaign (1948-56)
• Part 6 The Assessment of Influence
• Chapter 26 The British Legion (1921-57)
• Part 7 Factors in Successful Influence
• Chapter 27 To Command Success
• Conclusions

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Details

• NCID: BA35656159
• ISBN:
  • 0415175542
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: London
• Pages/Volumes: xiv, 301 p.
• Size: 23 cm
• Classification:
  • DC18 : 322.5
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA0019440X