Civil liberties and human rights in twentieth-century Britain / Christopher Moores, University of Birmingham.
2017
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Civil liberties and human rights in twentieth-century Britain / Christopher Moores, University of Birmingham.
Imprint
Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2017.
Description
xv, 330 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Formatted Contents Note
Introduction : an age of rights
Decent citizens and agitators : civil liberties activism in the 1930s
From civil liberties to human rights : british civil liberties activism and universal human rights
The progressive professionals : civil liberties and the politics of activism in the 1960s
From progressive to radical : the 1970s and a crisis of civil liberties
The road to freedom? Civil liberties, Human rights and the evolution of the NGO in the age of Thatcher
The politics of vigilance : human rights and civil liberties activism during and beyond the Age of New Labour.
Decent citizens and agitators : civil liberties activism in the 1930s
From civil liberties to human rights : british civil liberties activism and universal human rights
The progressive professionals : civil liberties and the politics of activism in the 1960s
From progressive to radical : the 1970s and a crisis of civil liberties
The road to freedom? Civil liberties, Human rights and the evolution of the NGO in the age of Thatcher
The politics of vigilance : human rights and civil liberties activism during and beyond the Age of New Labour.
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 70s 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 mobilization throughout the twentieth century, changes in discourse about extensions and retreats of freedoms as well as the theoretical conceptualization and practical protection of rights and liberties"-- Provided by publisher.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 289-317) and index.
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KD4080 .M66 2017
Language
English
ISBN
9781107088610 hardback
1107088615 hardback
1107088615 hardback
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