G. Foote 
The Republican Transformation of Modern British Politics 

An original study of a major change in the political thought of modern Britain, arguing that the period between 1956 and 1968 saw a seminal change in political thinking which created the framework of today’s politics. A republican tradition of active citizenship, community and democracy was developed within the New Left and the radical Liberals around Jo Grimond. The Right, whose republican version of a property-owners democracy was developed by Michael Oakeshott and Enoch Powell, completed the new political framework.

Table of Content

Acknowledgements Introduction: The Republican Idea PART 1: REPUBLICAN SOCIALISM Socialist Humanism and Republican Theory The Transposition of Republican Thought The Radical Republicans PART TWO: THE REPUBLICAN MARKET Jo Grimond and the Unservile State A Republicanism of the Right The Importance of Enoch The Republic of the Suburbs Notes and References Index

About the author

GEOFFREY FOOTE is Senior Lecturer in History at the University of Teesside, UK. He is the author of
The Labour Party’s Political Thought: A History and
A Chronology of Postwar British Politics.