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British Library of Political and Economic Science

BASSETT, Reginald, 1901-1962, Professor of Political Science


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0097 BASSETT

Held at: British Library of Political and Economic Science

Title: BASSETT, Reginald, 1901-1962, Professor of Political Science

Date(s): c1920-c1960

Level of description: Collection (fonds)

Extent: 40 boxes

Name of creator(s): Bassett, Reginald, 1901-1962, Professor of Political Science

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

Reginald Bassett was born in 1901. On leaving school he entered a solicitor's office, but at the age of twenty five he took up a scholarship at Ruskin College, Oxford and later at New College, Oxford. For fifteen years he was a lecturer under the Extra-Mural Studies Delegacy of the University of Oxford, working mainly in Sussex. When the London School of Economics started a course for students from trade unions in 1945, Bassett was appointed as a tutor. He was a tutor in trade union studies 1945-1950, lecturer in Political Science 1950-1953, Reader in Political Science 1953-1961, and Professor of Political Science from 1961 until his death in 1962. Bassett's main interests were politics and parliamentary government. He joined the Independent Labour Party at an early age and was an active member for many years. However by 1931 he had become a MacDonaldite and ceased to be a member of a political party. His first book The Essentials of Parliamentary Democracy (1935) discussed the conduct of parliamentary government, and he remained convinced that this was the best political system. His other works are Democracy and Foreign Policy (1952) and Nineteen Thirty-one: Political Crisis (1958).

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

This collection contains the personal papers of Reginald Bassett, and consists of notes for addresses and speeches on politics, articles on politics, and lectures on political theory, international relations and economics. There are also smaller quantities of correspondence, Labour Party material, press cuttings, and essays on politics and social problems.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English

System of arrangement:

This collection has been box listed. There is no system of arrangement.

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Conditions governing reproduction:

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DESCRIPTION NOTES

Note:

Archivist's note: Output from CAIRS using template 14 and checked by hand on February 1, 2000

Rules or conventions: Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

Date(s) of descriptions: 1 Feb 2000; revised 26 Feb 2002


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Parliament | Internal politics
Political theory | Political science
Politics | Political science
Trade unions | Labour relations
Economics
International relations

Personal names
Bassett | Reginald | 1901-1962 | Professor of Political Science

Corporate names
Labour Party
LSE | London School of Economics and Political Science x London School of Economics and Political Science

Places