Labours old and new : the parliamentary right of the British Labour Party 1970-79 and the roots of New Labour / Stephen Meredith.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Meredith, Stephen, author.

Series:

Critical labour movement studies series.

Critical labour movement studies series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Labour Party (Great Britain)--History--20th century.

Labour Party (Great Britain).

Center parties--Great Britain--History--20th century.

Center parties.

Great Britain--Politics and government--1964-1979.

Great Britain.

Great Britain--Politics and government--1997-2007.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (206 pages) : digital file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Parliamentary right of the British Labour Party 1970-79 and the roots of New Labour

Place of Publication:

Manchester ; New York : Manchester University Press, 2008.

Manchester, UK : Manchester University Press, [2013]

Language Note:

English

System Details:

data file

Summary:

This study is concerned with the 'Old' Labour right at a critical juncture of social democratic and Labour politics. It attempts to understand the complex transition from so-called 'Old Right' to 'New Right' or 'New Labour', and locates at least some of the roots of the latter in the complexity, tensions and fragmentation of the former during the 'lean' years of social democracy in the 1970's. The analysis addresses both the short and long-term implications of the emerging ideological, organisational and political complexity and divisions of the parliamentary Labour right and Labour revisionism

Contents:

Contents; Series editors' foreword; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction; 2 The parliamentary Labour right: views and perspectives; 3 Parliamentary Labour right factionalism and organisational fragmentation in the 1970's; 4 A prelude to secession? The parliamentary Labour right and Europe; 5 In Place of Strife? The parliamentary Labour right and the 'trade union question'; 6 The 'frontiers of social democracy': public expenditure, redistribution and divisions of social democratic political economy; 7 The parliamentary Labour right, Labour Party revisionism(s) and the roots of New Labour

8 Conclusion Bibliography; Index;

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 185-201) and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781847796486

1847796486

9781781701508

1781701504

9781847792242

1847792243

OCLC:

818847262