Order and Rebellion : Labour's Managerial Politics from Miliband to Starmer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Avril, Emmanuelle.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Political parties--Great Britain.

Political parties.

Leadership.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (367 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2026.

Summary:

This book, written by two authors with longstanding familiarity with the party, provides an in-depth and nuanced analysis of the different managerial strategies pursued by three Labour leaders, Ed Miliband, Jeremy Corbyn and Keir Starmer, in the tumultuous years of opposition from 2010 to 2024.

Contents:

Front matter

Contents

Tables

Preface

Acknowledgements

A note on political labelling

Abbreviations

Party management and the party's external environment

Labour's managerial structures, challenges and strategies

'No matter how hard he tried, he could not break free': Miliband, New Labour and the party's programme

Miliband and organisational tensions

High hopes: the forward march of Corbynism

Party management and the entangled fracture lines of Brexit

Corbyn and the crisis over antisemitism

Corbynism: mission impossible

Labour under Starmer: taking back control

Starmer and candidate selection

The turning away: the management of policy divisions under Starmer

Conclusions and reflections

Index.

Notes:

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ISBN:

1-5261-9229-2

OCLC:

1577548402