Civil Liberties and Human Rights in Twentieth-Century Britain

Chris Moores

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Chris Moores, University of Birmingham

Publisher:: Cambridge University Press
Online publication date:: March 2017
Print publication year:: 2017
Online ISBN:: 9781316105085
DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781316105085

Subjects:: Twentieth Century British History, Law, Human Rights, History

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The National Council for Civil Liberties (NCCL) was formed in the 1930s against a backdrop of fascism and 'popular front' movements. In this volatile political atmosphere, the aim of the NCCL was to ensure that civil liberties were a central component of political discourse. Chris Moores's new study shows how the NCCL - now Liberty - had to balance the interests of extremist allies with the desire to become a respectable force campaigning for human rights and civil liberties. From new social movements of the 1960s and 1970s to the formation of the Human Rights Act in 1998, this study traces the NCCL's development over the last eighty years. It enables us to observe shifts and continuities in forms of political mobilisation throughout the twentieth century, changes in discourse about extensions and retreats of freedoms, as well as the theoretical conceptualisation and practical protection of rights and liberties.

'… a revealing account of a long-lived NGO, with many insights into British politics and society through its lifetime. … Moores provides an excellent survey and analysis of the many, complex activities of NCCL/Liberty and its shifting fortunes over time.'

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Civil Liberties and Human Rights in Twentieth-Century Britain
pp i-ii

Civil Liberties and Human Rights in Twentieth-Century Britain - Title page
pp iii-iii

Copyright page
pp iv-iv

Dedication
pp v-vi

Contents
pp vii-viii

Figures
pp ix-ix

Tables
pp x-x

Acknowledgements
pp xi-xiii

Abbreviations
pp xiv-xvi

Introduction
pp 1-20

Part I - Civil Liberties in the Age of the Popular Front
pp 21-102

1 - Decent Citizens and Agitators
pp 23-70

2 - From Civil Liberties to Human Rights: British Civil Liberties Activism and Universal Human Rights
pp 71-102

Part II - Civil Liberties, a Rights Revolution and New Social Movements
pp 103-218

3 - The Progressive Professionals: Civil Liberties and the Politics of Activism in the 1960s
pp 105-143

4 - From Progressive to Radical: The 1970s and a Crisis of Civil Liberties
pp 144-218

Part III - NGOs and the Consolidation of Human Rights
pp 219-285

5 - The Road to Freedom? Civil Liberties, Human Rights and the Evolution of the NGO in the Age of Thatcher
pp 221-261

6 - The Politics of Vigilance: Human Rights and Civil Liberties Activism during and beyond the Age of New Labour
pp 262-285

Bibliography
pp 286-317

Index
pp 318-330

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