Politics and Society in Twentieth-Century Britain offered by Oxford University
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Politics and Society in Twentieth-Century Britain
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Gain a comprehensive overview of the politics and society principles and concepts
Duration | 1 week |
Total fee | ₹72,300 |
Mode of learning | Online |
Course Level | UG Certificate |
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What are the course deliverables?
- The key social, political and intellectual changes and continuities that shaped British history between 1918 and 1991
- How and why social and political movements rose and/or fell during this period
- The complex relationship between socio-economic, cultural, intellectual and political changes
- The key historiographical debates about these developments
More about this course
- Covering the period between the end of the First World War and the fall of Margaret Thatcher, students will explore several key political, social, cultural, economic and intellectual developments, including the creation of the welfare state, post-war Commonwealth migration, and the rise and decline of mass trade unionism
- They will also engage with wider debates about race, gender, ideology, sexuality and social class
- This course aims to explore key social, political and intellectual developments in Britain in the twentieth century, with a special focus on how ?ordinary? people analysed and attempted to redress their grievances during this period
Politics and Society in Twentieth-Century Britain at Oxford University Curriculum
Politics and Society in Twentieth-Century Britain
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Session 1
The First World War and its aftermath
Session 2
Political change in interwar Britain
Session 3
Society and culture in interwar Britain
Session 4
The ?rise? of extremism
Session 5
The Second World War
Session 6
Post-war reconstruction
Session 7
The post-war consensus
Session 8
An Affluent Society?
Session 9
Race and decolonization
Session 10
Feminism and the sexual revolution
Session 11
Political change in post-war Britain
Session 12
The end of consensus?
Politics and Society in Twentieth-Century Britain at Oxford University Faculty details
Politics and Society in Twentieth-Century Britain
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Dr Matthew Kidd
Matthew Kidd is an early career researcher whose research focuses on issues of class, identity and ideology in modern Britain. He has published articles and book chapters on wartime socialism and the conceptual framework of labourist ideology, and his first book, The renewal of radicalism: politics, identity and ideology in England, 1867-1924, was published in 2020 by Manchester University Press.
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