The Labour Party: A Centenary History

ISBN-13: 9780333746509 / Angielski / Miękka / 2000 / 512 str.

Brivati, B.

Opis

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. This book is a unique opportunity both to celebrate and assess critically the Labour Party's role in shaping events of the twentieth century. It brings together academics from a variety of disciplines to examine the history of the Party's development. Each chapter includes contributions in the form of commentary and analysis from former Labour leaders, cabinet ministers and backbench MPs. Contributors include: Michael Foot, Denis Healey, David Owen, Keith Laybourn, Robert Taylor, Steve Ludlam, Nick Ellison, Clare Short and Austin Mitchell, among others.

Recenzje

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

Spis treści

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 Atlee 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

O autorze

TIM BALE Lecturer in Politics, Victoria University, Wellington LEWIS BASTON Senior Research Fellow, Kingston University JOHN BIFFIN Former Conservative Cabinet Minister ANDREW CHADWICK Lecturer in Politics, University of the West of England CHRISTINE COLLETTE Lecturer in Politics, Edge Hill College ANGELA EAGLE Labour MP for Wallasey NICK ELLISON Lecturer in Sociology, University of Durham MICHAEL FOOT Leader of the Labour Party, 1980-83 DENIS HEALEY Deputy Leader of the Labour Party, 1980-83 KEVIN JEFFREY Reader in History, University of Plymouth TUDOR JONES Senior Lecturer in Politics, Coventry University DAN KEOHANE Senior Lecturer in International Relations, Keele University KEITH LAYBOURN Department of History, Huddersfield University STEVE LUDLAM Lecturer in Politics, University of Sheffield AUSTIN MITCHELL Labour MP for Grimsby DAVID OWEN Leader of the SDP, 1983-90 ERIC SHAW Senior Lecturer in Politics, University of Stirling CLAIRE SHORT Secretary of State for International Development MARTIN J. SMITH Department of Politics, University of Sheffield ROBERT TAYLOR Employment Editor, Financial Times