The Labour Party de B. Brivati

The Labour Party: A Centenary History

B. Brivati

R. Heffernan

en Limba Engleză Paperback – 18 apr 2000

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.

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Cuprins

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

Notă biografică

TIM BALE Lecturer in Politics, Victoria University, WellingtonLEWIS BASTON Senior Research Fellow, Kingston UniversityJOHN BIFFIN Former Conservative Cabinet MinisterANDREW CHADWICK Lecturer in Politics, University of the West of EnglandCHRISTINE COLLETTE Lecturer in Politics, Edge Hill CollegeANGELA EAGLE Labour MP for WallaseyNICK ELLISON Lecturer in Sociology, University of DurhamMICHAEL FOOT Leader of the Labour Party, 1980-83DENIS HEALEY Deputy Leader of the Labour Party, 1980-83KEVIN JEFFREY Reader in History, University of PlymouthTUDOR JONES Senior Lecturer in Politics, Coventry UniversityDAN KEOHANE Senior Lecturer in International Relations, Keele UniversityKEITH LAYBOURN Department of History, Huddersfield UniversitySTEVE LUDLAM Lecturer in Politics, University of SheffieldAUSTIN MITCHELL Labour MP for GrimsbyDAVID OWEN Leader of the SDP, 1983-90ERIC SHAW Senior Lecturer in Politics, University of StirlingCLAIRE SHORT Secretary of State for International DevelopmentMARTIN J. SMITH Department of Politics, University of SheffieldROBERT TAYLOR Employment Editor, Financial Times