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New liberalism, new language? The use of collectivist concepts in the budget speeches of 1893–95 and 1906–14
Noel Thompson
Cogent Arts and Humanities, Volume: 2, Issue: 1, Pages: 1 - 22
Swansea University Author: Noel Thompson
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DOI (Published version): 10.1080/23311983.2015.1071689
Abstract
The article considers the Budget Speeches of Asquith and Lloyd George during the period of the Liberal social reforms of 1906–14. It examines how these Budget speeches conceptualised the debate surrounding these reforms and discusses the extent to which this conceptualisation can be seen as reflecti...
| Published in: | Cogent Arts and Humanities |
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2015
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| URI: | https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa23510 |
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The article considers the Budget Speeches of Asquith and Lloyd George during the period of the Liberal social reforms of 1906–14. It examines how these Budget speeches conceptualised the debate surrounding these reforms and discusses the extent to which this conceptualisation can be seen as reflecting the discursive character of a New Liberalism. The focus is on key collectivist concepts—“the state”, “the community”, “the people” and “the nation”. These were concepts which were very far from being the preserve of the Liberals but it is argued they were unpacked and used in ways that constituted a different conceptual terrain from that which had characterised previous Liberal budget speeches. The article considers the frequency of their usage but, more importantly, their collocation and rhetorical context and argues that these do indeed suggest that in important respects these budgets displayed a rhetorical character reflective of the ideology of New Liberalism. |
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Lloyd George, political economy, budget speeches, old liberalism, William Harcourt, new liberalism, Herbert Asquith, historical discourse analysis |
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Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences |
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1 |
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1 |
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22 |