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"The Labour Party after Jeremy Corbyn is in search of new direction. Here, Nathan Yeowell has succeeded in pulling together a remarkable array of contributors who are actively engaged in research on twentieth-century British history and Labour politics. Reframing the last 100 years of Labour po...
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I.B. TAURIS,
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| Publisher Address: | New York, NY : |
| Publication Dates: | 2022. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Summary: |
"The Labour Party after Jeremy Corbyn is in search of new direction. Here, Nathan Yeowell has succeeded in pulling together a remarkable array of contributors who are actively engaged in research on twentieth-century British history and Labour politics. Reframing the last 100 years of Labour politics - the book covers key figures and battles in the party - such as the dropping of Clause 4, the formation of the welfare state and Corbyn's general election defeat of 2020. Contributions from leading historians such as Steven Fielding, Clare Griffiths, Ben Jackson,and Glenn O Hara are supplemented by those with experience of Labour electoral politics, such as Rachel Reeves MP and Patrick Diamond. The result is a revisionist, intellectually rich and politically relevant roadmap for Labour's future"-- |
| Carrier Form: | xvi, 342 pages ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9780755640171 0755640179 9780755640164 0755640160 |
| Index Number: | JN1129 |
| CLC: | D756.164-09 |
| Call Number: | D756.164-09/R438-1 |
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Cover -- Contents -- List of contributors -- Acknowledgements -- Foreword Rachel Reeves -- Part 1 -- 1 Introduction: Rethinking Labour's past Nathan Yeowell -- 2 The disenchantment of the Labour Party: Socialism, liberalism and progressive history Ben Jackson -- Part 2 -- 3 'A party not unlike the Democrats': Labour, the left and encounters with America from the New Deal to the New Frontier Richard Carr -- 4 The shifting significance of 'The Spirit of '45' Steven Fielding -- 5 The fall and rise of Harold Wilson Glen O'Hara 6 Crosland in the seventies: Revisionist social democracy in a cold climate Patrick Diamond -- Part 3 -- 7 Municipal socialism and municipal feminism: Women and local Labour politics from the 1900s to the 1980s Krista Cowman -- 8 Social democracy, the decline of community and community politics in postwar Britain Nick Garland -- 9 Linking up Labour: Place, community and buses in 1980s Sheffield Daisy Payling -- 10 Race and the left: From protest to power? The story of Black Sections Robin Bunce and Samara Linton 11 'This party is a moral crusade, or it is nothing': Foreign aid and Labour's ethical identity Charlotte Lydia Riley -- Part 4 -- 12 'What did the 1983 manifesto ever do for us?' Colm Murphy -- 13 Neil Kinnock: A reassessment Jonathan Davis and Rohan McWilliam -- 14 Past, present and future: Tony Blair and the political legacy of New Labour Andrew Hindmoor and Karl Pike -- 15 Renewal beyond New Labour: From the LCC to Corbynomics George Morris, Emily Robinson and Florence Sutcliffe-Braithwaite -- Part 5 -- 16 The Labour Party and aspiration Jeremy Nuttall 17 Conclusion: Shaping Labour's future Nick Thomas-Symonds -- Further Reading -- Index |