The Strange Death of Labour Scotland

ISBN-13: 9780748640027 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 368 str.

Gerry Hassan

Opis

Analyses the rise and fall of Labour in Scotland and asks: is Labour's decline irreversible? After being the leading party in Scotland for 50 years, Labour was shocked to lose an election and office to the SNP in the 2007 Scottish Parliamentary elections, and thunderstruck when the SNP won a majority government in the same elections in 2011. This book analyses the last 30 years of Scottish Labour, from the arrival of Thatcherism in 1979 right up to the results of the 2010 Westminster elections and 2011 Scottish Parliamentary elections.

Spis treści

List of Tables; Acknowledgements; Introduction: The Strange Death of ‘Labour Scotland’; 1. The ‘Myth’ of ‘Labour Scotland’; Part I: The Context of Scottish Labour: The Opposition Years; 2. Fighting for What Really Matters: The Politics of Scottish Labour 1979–87; 3. ‘What Do You Do When Democracy Fails You?’ – ‘The Scottish Dimension’ and Thatcherism; 4. Northern Discomfort: Scottish Labour, New Labour and the Coming of Blair; Part II: The Context of Scottish Labour: Devolution Days; 5. The High Tide of New Labour, New Scotland; 6. Scottish Labour and ‘the Early Days of a Better Nation’; 7. The Politics of Stability and the Slow Demise of New Labour; 8. A Different Political Landscape: Scottish Labour in a Cold Climate; Part III: Scottish Labour in Power; 9. How Distinctive is Scottish Labour? The Cases of Education and Health; 10. Ideology, Institutions and the Programmatic Trajectory of Scottish Labour; 11. The Paradox of Free Personal Care for the Elderly; Part IV: Dynamics of Scottish Labour; 12. Still the People’s Party? Scottish Voting Behaviour and the Scottish Party System; 13. The Evolution of Scottish Labour; 14. The Internal Politics of Scottish Labour; 15. Power and Policy-making; 16. Power in the Scottish Labour Party: The Case of Candidate Selection; 17. The Territorial Dimensions of Labour; Conclusion: The Forward March of Scottish Labour Halted?; References; Index.