Download or read book RAB The Life of R A Butler written by Anthony Howard and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2013-02-07 with total page 559 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Richard Austin Butler remains the great enigma of post-war British politics. Independent, indiscreet and never anything but irreverent, Butler commanded the respect of both sides of the Commons and would have been, on several occasions, the people's choice for premier. From his entry into politics in 1929 to his retirement from that arena in 1965, Butler's story is also that of British political life through almost four decades. Scarred by his association with the appeasers of Munich, he won the respect of the nation as the architect of the 1944 Education Act. From the viewpoint of these times of Tory wets and dries, Butler appears the victim of the age that divided gentlemen from players. In these pages, one of our most distinguished political journalists offers a revealing portrait of 'the best Prime Minister we never had'.
Download or read book R A Butler Talks with You about the Industrial Charter written by Richard Austen Butler Baron Butler of Saffron Walden and published by . This book was released on 1947* with total page 19 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Rab Butler written by Michael Jago and published by Biteback Publishing. This book was released on 2015-10-20 with total page 349 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Despite his tenure of three of the four Great Offices of State, his popularity with the electorate and the truly revolutionary 1944 Education Act that bears his name, Richard Austen ‘Rab’ Butler narrowly missed out on the premiership on three separate occasions during his political career, earning him the sobriquet that has attached to his name ever since - The Best Prime Minister That Britain Never Had. Banished from the inner council of the War Cabinet for his support of appeasement, Butler used his time as Education Minister wisely to emerge as the progressive face of the post-war Tory Party, going on to spend four years at the Treasury before the gradual but relentless eclipse of his career after Anthony Eden’s accession. Was Butler an over-ambitious, condescending intellectual who had antagonised enough colleagues in the course of his career to ensure he would ultimately be thwarted? Or did he simply not want the leadership enough? Could this liberal Tory, in tune with the electorate, have led the Conservatives to victory in the 1964 election? In this robust and insightful biography of the great nearly-man of British politics, bestselling author Michael Jago looks to answer whether Rab Butler really was ‘The Best Prime Minister We Never Had’.
Download or read book R A Butler written by Patrick Cosgrave and published by . This book was released on 1983-04-01 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book R A Butler Talks with You about the Industrial Charter written by Richard Austen BUTLER (Baron Butler.) and published by . This book was released on 1947 with total page 19 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book R A Butler written by Susan M. Nash and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Southeastern Reporter written by and published by . This book was released on 1891 with total page 1244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Missing Stratum written by Michael Sanderson and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2015-11-19 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Starting with the creation of the early technical schools before the First Wold War and finishing with John Patten's policies as Secretary of State for Education in 1993, Sanderson examines the development of the technical school sector and the factors which weakened it and led to its demise. The book argues that the neglect of technical schools has resulted in poor levels of skill formation and industrial performance in Britain, especially since the Second World War.
Download or read book Philosophers and Kings written by Gary McCulloch and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2002-04-18 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Philosophers and Kings examines the theme of 'education for leadership' in English secondary education during the twentieth century.
Download or read book For God and Country written by Elizabeth "Libi" Sundermann and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2016-01-14 with total page 165 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This postsecular study on Conservative and Christian thinkers’ intellectual ferment leading to England’s 1944 Education Act examines how politicians and educationalists promoted Christian-civic humanism as the educational philosophy underlying the Act. It argues that Religious Education and secondary and further educational proposals were meant to go hand-in-hand to shape a national educational system that promoted an English national identity based on ideals of tradition and progress for the war-weary nation. The 1944 Act’s historic Religious Education mandate, however, was overshadowed by the hopes and fears for “secondary education for all” in the postwar, class-conscious English society. The book focuses on the work and collaborations of politicians, educationalists, and intellectuals with special attention to three men: Minister of Education R. A. Butler, educationalist Fred Clarke, and sociologist Karl Mannheim. As Christian, political, and social thinkers these men worked in public—and behind the scenes—to create the landmark Education Act in order to bolster postwar England through appeals to God and country.
Download or read book Constitutional Practice written by Rodney Brazier and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1999 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is intended for students of constitutional law and British politics and government, lawyers, politicians and government officials.
Download or read book Parliamentary Debates Hansard written by Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons and published by . This book was released on 1955 with total page 1346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contains the 4th session of the 28th Parliament through the session of the Parliament.
Download or read book British Parliamentary Election Results 1950 1964 written by Brian R. Mitchell and published by CUP Archive. This book was released on 1966 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The TUC and Education Reform 1926 1970 written by Dr Clive Griggs and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-09-05 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book covers a crucial period for the development of state education in Britain; the advent of the comprehensive debate before and during the Second World War; the War years themselves and the 1944 Education Act; the post-War Labour Government; and Churchill's last government in a time of education expansion. From the 1960s, the focus shifted to questions of social deprivation and educational opportunities, secondary school selection, the debate on standards, Robbins and higher education, and the continuing theme of the dominance of public schools. The book is divided into four sections, which are then divided into chapters. Each chapter takes as its main reference point a key issue within the chronological framework of the book, e.g. resistance to secondary education for all, politics and textbooks, multilateral and technical schools, pressure groups and the 1944 Education Act, Churchill and the Conservatives. Much new light is thrown on the topics by the author's use of new material and he has made a valuable contribution to the politics of education.
Download or read book Education Policy written by Ian Abbott and published by SAGE. This book was released on 2012-11-12 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ′A splendid read. Via interviews with several Secretaries of State for Education and a supporting analytical commentary, Education Policy provides a fascinating insight and historical appraisal of English policy rationale′ -Dr David Kitchener, Reader in Education, University of Bolton ′This book should be compulsory reading, not only for people interested in the history of education policy but also for policy makers, to remind them of what has gone before′ -Dr Andrew Townsend, University of Nottingham From Butler to Balls and beyond, this essential book illuminates educational issues in England and Wales since WWII, drawing on extensive documentary evidence. Inside you will find in-depth interviews with former Secretaries of State for Education and other key decision-makers, including: - Ed Balls - David Blunkett - Michael Gove - Alan Johnson - Ruth Kelly The interviews cover the historical context of their period of office and the lasting legacy of their policies. This is a must-read for Masters-level students on Education courses and PGCE programmes, and will be valuable to undergraduates studying modern history and social policy. Ian Abbott is Director of the Warwick Institute of Education. Mike Rathbone was previously Director of Continuing Professional Development in the Institute of Education. Phil Whitehead is the course leader for the secondary PGCE (Teach First). All are at the University of Warwick.
Download or read book After The Bomb written by M. Grant and published by Springer. This book was released on 2009-11-12 with total page 261 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Civil defence was an integral part of Britain's modern history. Throughout the cold war it was a central response of the British Government to the threat of war. This book will be the first history of the preparations to fight a nuclear war taken in Britain between the end of the Second World War and 1968.
Download or read book The Arts as a Weapon of War written by Jorn Weingartner and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2012-06-08 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1834, Lord Melbourne spoke the words that epitomised the British government's attitude towards its own involvement in the arts: 'God help the minister that meddles with Art'. However, with the outbreak of World War II, that attitude changed dramatically when 'cultural policy' became a key element of the domestic front. Not only a propaganda tool, it aimed to boost morale and prevent a wartime cultural blackout. "The Arts as a Weapon of War" traces the evolution of this policy from the creation of the Committee for the Encouragement of Music and the Arts, in 1939, to the drafting of the Arts Council's constitution in 1945. From the improvement of the National Gallery to Myra Hess' legendary concerts during the blitz, Jorn Weingartner provides a fascinating account of the powerful policy shift that laid the foundations for the modern relationship between government and the arts.
