Offshore Island Politics: The Constitutional and Political Development of the Isle of Man in the Twentieth Century (Centre for Manx Studies Monographs 3) (Volume 3)

Title Page......Page 4
Contents......Page 8
Acknowledgements......Page 10
Tables......Page 11
Photographs......Page 12
Note on Sources......Page 16
Abbreviations......Page 17
Offshore Island Politics......Page 18
Major Themes and Periods......Page 25
The Myth of Home Rule 1866–1902......Page 30
An Unrepresentative Tynwald......Page 38
The Foundations of a Welfare State......Page 43
Government Support for the Manx Economy......Page 47
Manx Finances at the Turn of the Century......Page 50
Constitutional Conflict......Page 56
The Elections of 1903, 1908 and 1913......Page 74
The Absence of Social Reform......Page 81
The Protection and Promotion of Manx Economic Interests......Page 87
Manx Finances 1900–19......Page 92
4: The Interwar Years 1919-39......Page 98
Limited Constitutional Progress......Page 102
The Four Interwar Elections......Page 112
Social Policy: Reform and Consolidation......Page 123
The Changing Role of the State in the Manx Economy......Page 135
Manx Finances 1919–39......Page 141
5: War, Socialism and Devolution 1939-58......Page 150
The Devolution of Power......Page 153
The Elections of 1946, 1951 and 1956......Page 162
The Welfare Revolution......Page 173
Radical Change in the Economic Role of the State......Page 183
Manx Finances 1939–58......Page 190
6: Towards Island Self-Government 1958-81......Page 198
The Confirmation of Special Status......Page 201
Towards Representative and Responsible Government......Page 211
The Elections of 1962, 1966, 1971 and 1976......Page 234
Expansion of the Welfare State......Page 248
Increased State Intervention and Support for the Economy......Page 256
Manx Finances 1958–81......Page 272
8: The Advent of Ministerial Government 1981-2000......Page 280
Devolution in an International Context......Page 283
Towards a More Democratic Tynwald?......Page 295
The Transition to Ministerial Government......Page 299
Executive Power and Political Accountability......Page 306
The Elections of 1981, 1986, 1991 and 1996......Page 326
A Caring Society: the Persistence of the Welfare State......Page 344
Public Investment for a Prosperous Society......Page 361
Manx Finances 1981–2000......Page 376
Constitutional Status......Page 386
Democracy and Policy Making......Page 389
Increased State Intervention in Manx Society......Page 390
Bibliography......Page 392
Appendices......Page 394
Index......Page 406