Education and Labour Party ideologies, 1900-2001 and beyond / Denis Lawton.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lawton, Denis.

Series:

Woburn Education Series

Woburn education series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

Labour Party (Great Britain).

Education--Political aspects--Great Britain--History--20th century.

Education.

Education and state--Great Britain--History--20th century.

Education and state.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (185 p.)

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : RoutledgeFalmer, 2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In 1997 Tony Blair broke with tradition by naming education as a major priority for the General Election Manifesto. In the past, Labour leaders had tended to give education a much lower priority. Despite this, Blair has been greatly criticised for his educational programme 1997-2001. Was he taking education away from traditional labour values of fairness and equality? Was Blair's 'Third Way' just 'Thatcherism in Trousers'?Denise Lawton approaches such questions by analysing labour education policies since 1900 and shows that from the very beginning the labour Party lacked unity and ideolog

Contents:

Nineteenth-century background

The early years 1900-39 : ideas and contradictions

World War II 1939-45

The Attlee governments 1945-51 : missed opportunities in education

Labour in opposition 1951-64 : a chance to theorise and revise

The Wilson governments 1964-70

Heath and a taste of Thatcher 1970-74

Wilson and Callaghan 1974-79

Thatcherism 1979-90

A Labour education policy found and lost 1990-97

Education, education, education, or targets, targets, targets? 1997-2001

The future of Labour education 2001-2010 and beyond : targets or worthwhile learning?

Postscript October 2003.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [171]-178) and index.

ISBN:

1-134-27731-8

1-134-27730-X

0-203-31852-8

1-280-09601-2

9780203318522

OCLC:

824563501