Book review: The Conservatives since 1945: the drivers of party change

What do the periods spent in both opposition and government by the Conservatives since 1945 tell us about what drives parties to change their sales force, the way they organize, and the policies they come up with? Using internal papers, memos, and minutes of meetings from party archives, along with historical and contemporary accounts, memoirs and interviews, Tim Bale‘s recent book maps the extent of change and then explores what may have driven it. Timothy Heppell recommends the book to students of political history.