Nostalgia and the post-war Labour Party : prisoners of the past / Richard Jobson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jobson, Richard, author.

Series:

Manchester University Press

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Great Britain--Politics and government--1945-.

Great Britain.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (viii, 217 pages) : digital file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Manchester, UK : Manchester University Press, 2018.

Language Note:

In English.

System Details:

data file

Summary:

This book examines the impact that nostalgia has had on the Labour Party's political development since 1951. It argues that nostalgia has defined Labour's identity and determined the party's trajectory. Nostalgia has hindered policy discussion, determined the form and parameters of party modernisation, shaped internal conflict and cohesion and made it difficult for the party to adjust to socioeconomic changes. It has frequently left the party out of touch with the modern world. In this way, this study offers an assessment of Labour's failures to adapt to the changing nature of post-war Britain and will be of interest to both students and academics and to those with a more general interest in Labour's history and politics.

Contents:

1. Introduction - Labour, nostalgia and 'nostalgia-identity'

2. Revisionism and the battle over clause IV - 1951-63

3. White heat and the Labour party 1963-70

4. Labour's alternative economic strategy 1970-83

5. Reinventing the Labour party 1983-92

6. The New Labour era 1992-2010

7. Back to the past? 2010 to the present

8. Conclusion

Notes:

Previously issued in print: 2018.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 194-208) and index.

Description based on print record.

ISBN:

9781526113313

1526113317

9781526136039

1526136031

9781526113320

1526113325

OCLC:

1164782905