The Labour Party and economic strategy, 1979-97 : the long road back / Richard Hill.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hill, Richard, 1968-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mixed economy.

Great Britain--Economic policy--1979-1997.

Great Britain.

Economic policy.

Great Britain--Economic conditions--1979-1997.

Economic conditions.

Mixed economy--Great Britain.

Labour Party (Great Britain).

Physical Description:

x, 261 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave, 2001.

Summary:

This book examines Labour's economic strategy as it developed through the party's opposition between 1979 and 1997. This history argues strongly that accounts of Labour's recent past, which claim that the Party was driven by a combination of Thatcherism and opinion polls, are flawed. It offers an alternative account which stresses the importance of debates within and around the Party, about how the economy should be understood, the role of markets and the state, and British industrial decline.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-257) and index.

ISBN:

0333920716

OCLC:

46634438