ABSTRACT
This is Volume XV of eighteen in a series on Political Sociology. Originally published in 1963, this study looks at the political influence of British ex-servicemen, Cabinet decisions and cultural change from 1917 to 1957.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part |8 pages
Introduction
chapter |6 pages
The Universe of Groups
part |52 pages
The Formative Years (1917-21)
chapter |5 pages
The Objects and Modes of Government
chapter |10 pages
The Voluntary Principle
chapter |12 pages
A Changing Culture
chapter |10 pages
The Agents of Change
chapter |5 pages
Economic Factors
chapter |8 pages
Non-Economic Factors
part |14 pages
The Associations (1917-57)
chapter |12 pages
Character, Structure and Government
part |96 pages
Aims and Methods (1917-39)
chapter |4 pages
The Two Targets: Domestic Aims
chapter |7 pages
Removing a Target
chapter |6 pages
Sticking to One's Knitting
chapter |3 pages
External Aims: Party Lines
chapter |14 pages
Domestic Aims: (A) The Techniques of Influence (1917–39)
(2) The House of Commons (i) Elections
chapter |12 pages
Domestic Aims: (A) The Techniques of Influence (1917–39)
(2) The House of Commons (ii) After the Election
part |29 pages
Aims and Methods (1945-57)
chapter |4 pages
Domestic Aims
chapter |7 pages
(A) Techniques of Influence (1945-57)
chapter |17 pages
(B) The Strategy of Influence (1917–57)
part |27 pages
Aims and Methods Illustrated
chapter |8 pages
Federation: The Statutory Right to (War) Pensions (1918-19)
chapter |8 pages
The Legion: Retaining the Ministry of Pensions (1922 and 1953)
chapter |10 pages
Blesma: The ‘Age Allowance' Campaign (1948-56)
part |19 pages
The Assessment of Influence
chapter |18 pages
The British Legion (1921-57)
part |14 pages
Factors in Successful Influence
