About the book: 2017 / Collective monograph dedicated to the anniversary of the famous English scholar, specialist in the early history of political parties, Enlightenment culture, gender studies, Russian-British relations XVI –XVI-11th centuries, comparative studies, imagology Tatyana Leonidovna Labutina united the efforts of her friends, colleagues and like-minded people - Russian scientists from Moscow, St. Petersburg, Ryazan, Orel, Cherepovets, Yaroslavl, Vladimir, Kazan, Volgograd, Samara, Nizhny Novgorod, Nizhnevartovsk. The topic of the publication is the strategy and tactics of political parties in England since their formation in the 17th century. until modern times. The book traces the main stages of party building and presents historical portraits of famous party figures (R. Peel, M. Thatcher). Particular attention is paid to the controversial issues of creating parties and their formalization into a two-party system. The book will attract the attention of historians, political scientists, teachers and students of humanities universities, as well as a wide range of readers interested in the history of Great Britain.