A Short History of the Labour Party
11th Edition
Published on 5. June 1996
VII, 211 pages
978-0-230-37610-6 (ISBN)
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Now in its eleventh edition, this book provides a concise introductory account of the Labour Party from its foundation up to Tony Blair's leadership, and the subsequent redrafting of the party's statement of aims in its constitution. It describes the main groups involved in the foundation of the party and the main influences on its changes of policy. It also describes the role of the trade unions within the party and their relations with the parliamentary leadership and the rank-and-file members. It concludes by discussing the problems Labour has faced in gaining an effective parliamentary majority, and the solutions which have been devised by successive generations of the party's leadership. This book thus provides the essential background for an understanding of current politics.
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Content
List of Illustrations - The New Party: Ideals and Reality (to 1906) - A Pressure-Group under Pressure (1906-14) - Henderson's Party: War and Reconstruction (1914-22) - The MacDonald Leadership (1922-31) - Convalescence: The General Council's Party (1931-40) - Office and Power under Attlee and Bevin (1940-50) - Dissension and Decline (1950-60) - The Road Back to Power (1960-66) - Wilson and the Vicissitudes of Economic Insolvency (1966-70) - The Common Market and the Social Contract (1970-79) - The SDP Secession and the Dream Ticket (1979-84) - Revival under Kinnock, Smith and Blair (1985-95) - Conclusion: The Past and the Future - Appendix A: Party Membership - Appendix B: General Election Results - Appendix C: Chairmen and Leaders of the Parliamentary Party - Appendix D: Party Secretaries - Index
