Labour Party: Continuity and Change in the Making of 'New' Labour - Softcover

Fielding, Steven

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9780333973936: Labour Party: Continuity and Change in the Making of 'New' Labour
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ISBN 10: 0333973933 ISBN 13: 9780333973936
Publisher: Red Globe Press, 2002

Synopsis

The Blair government is much less novel and distinctive than has been assumed by most commentators who have, Steven Fielding argues, taken too much of its rhetoric at face value. Setting recent developments in a broader historical context, this major new text on the British Labour Party provides a balanced account of its present state and how it got there. The Labour Party is forever changing - though generally within long-established parameters. 'New' Labour is but the latest example of this process.

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About the Author

Steven Fielding is Professor of Political History in the School of Politics and International Relations at the University of Nottingham, where he is also Director for British Politics. His books include England Arise! The Labour Party and Popular Politics in 1940s Britain (1995, with Peter Thompson and Nick Tiratsoo) and The Labour Party: Continuity and Change in the Making of 'New' Labour (2003).

From the Back Cover

This fascinating book brings together a collection of original documents, many previously unpublished, which trace the history of the Labour Party from its electoral zenith in 1951, through the disasters and divisions of the early 1980s to the Party's apparent revival under Tony Blair. Focusing on how competing elements within the Party responded to persistent electoral failure, it indicates the extent to which the original vision of 'socialism' was consequently transformed. The documents show how the leadership and Party members in the constituencies profoundly disagreed over the political implications of post-war social change. They further demonstrate that Labour's 'socialism' has always been a contested concept, the meaning of which divided as much as united the Party faithful.

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Publisher
Red Globe Press
Publication date
2002
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0333973933
ISBN 13 
9780333973936
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
247
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