Political economy and the Labour Party : the economics of democratic socialism, 1884-2005 / Noel Thompson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Thompson, Noel W., 1951-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Labour Party (Great Britain).

History.

Great Britain--Economic policy.

Great Britain.

Economic policy.

Labour Party (Great Britain)--History.

Socialism--Great Britain--History.

Socialism.

Great Britain--Politics and government--20th century.

Politics and government.

Great Britain--Politics and government--1837-1901.

Physical Description:

xi, 340 pages ; 24 cm

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 2006.

Contents:

1884-1929

Marxism, state socialism and anarcho-communism

Fabian political economy

Guild socialism

Liberal socialism and the challenge of Fabianism

R. H. Tawney and the political economy of ethical socialism

Political economy in the early Labour Party : Ramsay MacDonald and Philip Snowden

The economic literature of the Labour Party, 1918-29

1929-45

Labour in office, 1929-31

Socialist economic management and the stabilizaiton of capitalism, 1931-40

Building a socialist economy : the market, planning and public ownership, 1931-40

1945-70

Theory into practice, 1945-51

Socialism in an age of affluence, 1945-64

Party thought and party policy, 1951-70

1970-present

Rethinking socialism : left-wing revisionism in the 1970s

Liberal socialism revised : the 1970s

The alternative economic strategy and after, 1972-86

Liberal socialism rejuvenated : the 1980s

Supply-side socialism : the 1990s

From stakeholderism to the third way.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [287]-330) and index.

ISBN:

0415328802

0415328810

OCLC:

61278493

Publisher Number:

9780415328807

9780415328814