The Labour Party: A Centenary History - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0333746503 ISBN 13: 9780333746509

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan, 2000

Synopsis

On 27 February 1900, the Labour Representation Committee was formed to campaign for the election of working class representatives to parliament.
One hundred years on Labour is in government with an overwhelming majority.

The Labour Party presents the latest thinking on the evolution of the Party during its first century. Trade unions, the parliamentary party and Labour's electoral strategy are considered alongside broader policy areas such as international relations and welfare. The process of modernization and change in the Labour Party under Neil Kinnock, John Smith and Tony Blair is discussed in many of the chapters, which combine work from contemporary historians, political scientists and sociologists.
This book is a unique opportunity both to celebrate and to assess critically the Labour Party's role in shaping the events of the twentieth century. It brings together academics from a variety of disciplines to examine the history of the Party's development and its impact on Britain in the 1900s. Contributions include commentaries and analyses from former Labour leaders, cabinet ministers and backbench MPs:

Denis Healey
David Owen
John Biffen
Calum MacDonald
Clare Short
Adrian Mitchell
Angela Eagle

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Review:

'...deserve a prominent place among other recent accounts of the Labour Party's development.' - Albion

From the Publisher:

Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Foreword; T.Blair - Preface; M. Foot - Introduction; B.Brivati & R.Heffernan - Out of the Bowels of the Movement: The Trade Unions and the Foundation of the Labour Party; R.Taylor - In and Out of Government, 1923-1935; K.Laybourn - The Attlee Years, 1935-1955; K.Jeffrey - A Natural Party of Government? 1955-1979; L.Baston - The Wilderness Years, 1979-1994; E.Shaw - From Old to New Labour, 1994-2000; M.J.Smith - Commentary 1; D.Healey - Commentary 2; D.Owen - Commentary 3; J.Biffen - Commentary 4; A.Eagle - Commentary 5; C.Short - Commentary 6; A.Mitchell - Labour and the Trade Unions 1945-1964; R.Taylor - Labour and the Trade Unions, 1964-Present; S.Ludlam - Organising Left and Right: Parliamentary Power Politics; R.Heffernan - Crimes and Misdemeanours: Managing Dissent in the Twentieth and Twenty-First Century Labour Party; T.Bale - Public Ownership and the Constitution: From 'Old' Clause Four to 'New' Clause Four; T.Jones - A 'Miracle of Politics': The Rise of Labour, 1900-45; A.Chadwick - Industrial Modernisation in Labour's Electoral Strategy, 1945-1997; B.Brivati - Labour's International Policy: A Story of Conflict and Contention; D.Keohane - Beyond Euro-Scepticism? Labour and the European Union Since 1945; R.Heffernan - Labour and Gender; C.Collette - Labour and Welfare Politics; N.Ellison - Labour and Local Government; L.Baston - Labour's Literary Dominance; B.Brivati - Bibliography - Index

About this edition

• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0333746503
• ISBN 13: 9780333746509
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 535
• Editor: Brian Brivati