Roy Jenkins' ‘Liberal Hour[s]’: Ministerial power, the ‘Liberal tradition,’ and the redefinition of British race relations legislation

Marc Collinson

Roy Jenkins' ‘Liberal Hour[s]’: Ministerial power, the ‘Liberal tradition,’ and the redefinition of British race relations legislation

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In an accessible write up of the Institute of Race Relations report ‘Colour, Citizenship and British Society,’ the social scientist Nicholas Deakin described the passing of 1960s race relations legislation as a ‘liberal hour’...

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	10-21
Number of pages	16
Journal	Journal of Liberal History
Volume	126
Publication status	Published - 30 Apr 2025

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Roy Jenkins' ‘Liberal Hour[s]’: Ministerial power, the ‘Liberal tradition,’ and the redefinition of British race relations legislation

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Roy Jenkins' ‘Liberal Hour[s]’: Ministerial power, the ‘Liberal tradition,’ and the redefinition of British race relations legislation

Abstract

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Research output

JENKINS, ROY HARRIS Baron Jenkins of Hillhead (1920 - 2003), politician and author

'Carefully packed with liberal opinion'? Political tension, agenda politics, and developing an immigration policy in 1960s Britain’

Roy Jenkins, the tolerant tradition, and the campaign for racial equality

Activities

Colonialism and Political Reputation: A case study of Patrick Gordon Walker

The Road to Smethwick's 1964 contest: Activism, candidates, and elections

Press/Media

‘Roy Jenkins, a more civilised society and Labour’s ‘moral crusade’

Student theses

Commonwealth Immigration, Policymaking, and the Labour party, c. 1960-1980

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