UID:
almahu_9949880589502882
Format:
1 online resource.
Edition:
Second edition.
ISBN:
9781351693073
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1351693077
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1315170841
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9781351693080
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1351693085
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9781351693066
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1351693069
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9781315170848
Series Statement:
Routledge studies in British politics
Content:
The election of the most left-wing Labour Party Leader since 1945, followed by the Party's third consecutive general election defeat and the ongoing cultural divisions around Brexit present an ideal opportunity for a thorough re-evaluation of the state of the Party within its broader ideological and historical context. This second edition of this highly respected book analyses the current developments and places them in their historical setting through a clear three-part framework of Ideological Positions, Struggles and Commentaries. Thoroughly updated and featuring contributions by leading academics and politicians, it continues to represent one of the most ground-breaking and thorough analyses of Labour's political thought in a generation and will be of key interest to scholars, students and observers of British Politics, British History, Party Politics, and the Labour Party.
Note:
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; List of contributors; Acknowledgements; Foreword; Introduction; Positions; Struggles; Commentaries; Notes; PART 1: Positions; 1. The Old Left; Labour in power: 1945-51; The rise of Revisionism; The Old Left's alternative; Assessment; Notes; 2. Labour's New Left: Then and now; The Bennite Left; The Corbynite Left; Continuity and change on the Labour Left; Notes; 3. The Centre; The Attlee years; Gaitskell and the centre; The Wilson years; The centre cracks from side to side; Kinnock and Smith; New Labour
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The centre restored?Notes; 4. The Old Right; Introduction; Revisionist antecedents during the Attlee years: 1935-55; The triumph of revisionism? Gaitskell as leader: 1955-63; The disintegration of social democracy under Wilson and Callaghan: 1963-80; Post-revisionist social democracy: 1980-94; New Labour and after: the old right since 1994; Notes; 5. The Progressives; The high watermark 1997-2007; Diminishing supply 2007-10; Evaporation 2010-15; Drought conditions: 2015 and beyond; Conclusion; Notes; PART 2: Struggles; 6. Culture and character; Attlee to Callaghan; Thatcher to Corbyn; Notes
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7. Social classIntroduction; The ambivalence of the Labour Party's project; The Labour Party's uses of its working-class credentials; Labour's working-class vote problem; Conclusion; Notes; 8. Gender politics; Labour Party gender politics before 1945; 1945 to the late 1970s: growing undercurrents; From the late 1970s to the 2000s -- women assert themselves; Conclusion; Notes; 9. Political economy; Introduction; The road to 1945; The apotheosis of Keynesian social democracy; The demise of Keynesian social democracy; Rethinking Labour's political economy; From stakeholderism to New Labour
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CorbynomicsThe shape of things to come?; Notes; 10. Sovereignty and the state; The Westminster model and sovereignty; Marxism and the Labour Party; Labour, elitism and the Westminster model; Labour's pluralist tradition; Conclusion; Notes; 11. European integration; 1945-63; 1964-83; 1983 to present; Conclusion; Notes; 12. Defence; Defence reviews; War; Nuclear weapons; Conclusion; Notes; PART 3: Commentaries; 13. The Old Left: The Bevanites; Notes; 14. The New Left: Daring to be a Daniel; After the illusions; Another world is possible; In search of an ecological New Deal; Note
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15. The Centre: The need for unity16. The Old Right: Promoting growth and tackling globalisation; Promoting growth; Tackling globalisation; A four-point action programme; Notes; 17. New Labour; Index
Additional Edition:
Print version: The struggle for Labour's soul London ; New York : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2018. ISBN 9781138047358 (hardback : alk. paper)
Language:
English
Keywords:
History
DOI:
10.4324/9781315170848
URL:
https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9781315170848
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