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Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 87 pages. The book was published during a period of intense internal debate within the British Labour Party following its defeat in the 1979 general election. At this time, left-wing activists and organisations like the Institute for Workers' Control were heavily campaigning for structural changes to increase internal party democracy. Key debates of this era focused on the mandatory re-selection of MPs, shifting the power to elect the party leader away from just MPs to an electoral college, and giving rank-and-file party members a greater say over the party manifesto. (SL#125/19).…