Deakin, Stephen (1987) Liberal values and New Commonwealth immigration, 1961-1981. PhD thesis, University of Warwick.

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Abstract

Immigration to Britain from the New Commonwealth began in
earnest in the late 1940s and the early 1950s. British
governments, both Socialist and Conservative, found the
issues raised by such immigration difficult to deal. with.
This is evident from the succession of immigration control
and race relations measures in the period 1961 to 1981.
These dates mark respectively the Parliamentary debates on
what became the 1962 Commonwealth Immigration Act and the
1981 British Nationality Act. As such these measures
delineate clearly the development of this major policy
area. One of the noticeable features of this policy area
is the recognition by participants of the existence and
importance of values and attitudes characterised by the
term "liberal". Such liberal values were commonly
associated with opinion formers in a wide variety of
institutions, but particularly amongst leaders of the
Labour and Liberal Parties, the churches and governmentsponsored
race relations bodies. This study examines the
values and attitudes of such people and suggests that
several themes have been predominant in the liberal
response to race politics. Five themes are identified and
discussed: a social determinist view of human behaviour
together with a desire for rationality, equality, pluralism
and community. These themes are examined for evidence of
any inconsistencies or conflict of values, both within
themselves and in relation to each other. The purpose
throughout is not to question or criticise such liberal
values; rather it is to study any inconsistencies within
them.

Item Type:	Thesis (PhD)
Subjects:	J Political Science > JN Political institutions (Europe) > JN101 Great Britain
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH):	Great Britain -- Emigration and immigration -- History -- 20th century, Great Britain -- Race relations -- Political aspects, Liberalism -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century, Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1964-1979
Official Date:	December 1987
Dates:	Date Event December 1987 Submitted
Institution:	University of Warwick
Theses Department:	Department of Politics and International Studies
Thesis Type:	PhD
Publication Status:	Unpublished
Supervisor(s)/Advisor:	Lively, Jack ; Layton-Henry, Zig
Extent:	396 p.
Language:	eng

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