The Labour Party and Electoral Reform
Autor Jasper Milesen Limba Engleză Hardback – 5 apr 2023
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780755640683
ISBN-10: 0755640683
Pagini: 248
Dimensiuni: 156 x 234 mm
Greutate: 0.53 kg
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Bloomsbury Academic
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
ISBN-10: 0755640683
Pagini: 248
Dimensiuni: 156 x 234 mm
Greutate: 0.53 kg
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Bloomsbury Academic
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
Caracteristici
Research based on elite-level interviews with those across the Labour movement who have a stake in the electoral reform debate, and archival research at the Labour Party History Museum, London School of Economics and the National Archives
Notă biografică
Jasper Miles is a Lecturer in Politics at the University of Lincoln. He specializes in British Politics and has written on the Labour Party's history and political thought, including Peter Shore: Labour's Forgotten Patriot and James Callaghan: An Underrated Prime Minister?
Cuprins
1. Introduction2. For and Against the Westminster Model: Labour's Theories of the British Constitution3. Making their Mind Up? Labour and the Electoral System4. The Slow Rise and the Quick Fall of the Plant Report5. Realigning the British Left and the Jenkins Commission6. The End of New Labour and the Alternative Vote Referendum, 20117. Opposition and Electoral Failure: Time for Proportional Representation?8. ConclusionIndex
Recenzii
Jasper Miles has produced the definitive historical account of the debate about electoral reform within the British Labour party. Readable and full of insight, this book is an essential guide to how constitutional and electoral reform has been perceived by Labour and the Left in UK politics.
Jasper Miles has written a thorough, balanced and splendidly researched study of the Labour Party's approach to electoral reform, charting the dilemmas the party has faced from its formation to the present day. He shows how the party came to embrace a constitutionally conservative approach, favouring a system that offers the prospect of the party winning office on its own and being able to enact a radical policy of social reform, but a system that more often than not has relegated the party to second place. The breadth and accessibility of the study make for an excellent read. This is an essential text for anyone interested in understanding the fortunes and dilemma of the Labour Party in British politics.
Jasper Miles has written a thorough, balanced and splendidly researched study of the Labour Party's approach to electoral reform, charting the dilemmas the party has faced from its formation to the present day. He shows how the party came to embrace a constitutionally conservative approach, favouring a system that offers the prospect of the party winning office on its own and being able to enact a radical policy of social reform, but a system that more often than not has relegated the party to second place. The breadth and accessibility of the study make for an excellent read. This is an essential text for anyone interested in understanding the fortunes and dilemma of the Labour Party in British politics.