Popular Politics and Political Culture

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Popular Politics and Political Culture is written by Malcolm Petrie and published by Edinburgh University Press. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 1474425631 (ISBN 10) and 9781474425636 (ISBN 13).

This book presents a distinctive reading of inter-war Scottish politics, reinterpreting the consequences of the expanded electorate after 1918 by focusing on changing perceptions of the radical political culture of urban Scotland. It re-evaluates the factors behind the decline of the Scottish radical left in the inter-war years, demonstrating the role of changing conceptions of political representation, and explores the extent to which national party loyalties replaced local class identities. Drawing upon a range of untapped sources including local newspapers, cartoons, and contemporary accounts of demonstrations, the book illuminates the political perspectives of ordinary Scots in an age of mass democracy.