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1. Leeds and Sheffield : economic, social and political change -- 2. Hospital provision : voluntary and municipal -- 3. Patients and access -- 4. Specialization and the challenges of modern medicine -- 5. Finance -- 6. The politics of hospital provision -- 7. Co-operation, competition and the development of hospital systems.

This book addresses the increasing regionalisation of urban governance and politics in an era of industrialisation, suburbanisation and welfare extension. It provides an important reassessment of the role, structure and activities of urban elites, highlighting their vitality and their interdependence and demonstrating the increasing regionalisation of municipal politics as towns sought to promote themselves, extend services and even expand physically onto a regional level. Moreover, it expl...

Si l'histoire des hôpitaux est un secteur dynamique de la recherche en France ou en Grande-Bretagne, les publications sur le sujet sont restées relativement rares lorsqu'il s'agit de l'est du continent. Le présent article entend remédier à cette lacune en étudiant les systèmes hospitaliers de trois États d'Europe centrale (Pologne, Tchécoslovaquie et Hongrie) après la Première Guerre mondiale. Se fondant sur un large éventail de sources nationales et transnationales (parmi lesquelles les archives des services de santé nationaux et locaux, les enquêtes menées par des organisations comme la Société des Nations, d'abondantes sources publiées et les rapports produits par la fondation Rockefeller sur les sujets les plus divers), il cherche notamment à évaluer l'efficacité des services hospitaliers, ainsi que la réussite de chacun des États concernés dans l'instauration d'un nouveau système hospitalier. Après un rapide exposé du contexte historique dans lequel ces pays durent se (re)construire, l'article aborde successivement trois grands thèmes : l'accroissement de l'offre hospitalière ; le mode de financement et de gestion des hôpitaux ; enfin le rôle des institutions sanitaires dans le projet politique d'affirmation de l'identité nationale.

Writing in the mid 1990s, Ewen Green suggested that the Edwardian Conservative Party was locked in a crisis which, after 1910, was leading towards a disintegration of Unionism. Recent research has challenged this view, contending that at constituency level, Conservative activists and parties were recovering, rebuilding around issues such as Ireland, land reform and opposition to National Insurance. However, there are few studies of the causes and consequences of the crisis of Conservatism in urban constituencies or the extent to which the party may have been recovering by the outbreak of the Great War. This article considers these issues in the city of Norwich. It assesses the profile of activists; the fortunes of the Conservatives in the parliamentary election contests of the period, addressing the ways the party used a variety of candidates to attempt to attract popular support; and the particular issues of tariff reform and socialism, to determine the extent to which voters and activists were willing to accept protection as part of a broader defence against socialism. These national issues are contrasted with the performance of the party in municipal elections, considering the basis of the growing appeal they evidenced in council elections after 1906, along with the continuing emphasis on organisational weakness evidenced by party leaders. Overall, it suggests that, despite their municipal strength, the continued commitment of the local party to tariffs prevented them from challenging effectively for the constituency against a Liberal‐Labour alliance with a shared belief in free trade.