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Meredith Stephen |
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Labours old and new [[electronic resource] ] : the parliamentary right of the British Labour Party 1970-79 and the roots of New Labour / / Stephen Meredith |
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Manchester, U.K. ; ; New York, : Manchester University Press |
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New York, : Distributed exclusively in the USA by Palgrave, 2008 |
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ISBN |
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1-78170-150-4 |
1-84779-224-3 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (219 p.) |
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Collana |
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Critical labour movement studies |
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Soggetti |
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Center parties - Great Britain - History - 20th century |
Electronic books. |
Great Britain Politics and government 1964-1979 |
Great Britain Politics and government 1997-2007 |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [185]-201)and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; Series editors' foreword; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction; 2 The parliamentary Labour right: views and perspectives; 3 Parliamentary Labour right factionalism and organisational fragmentation in the 1970's; 4 A prelude to secession? The parliamentary Labour right and Europe; 5 In Place of Strife? The parliamentary Labour right and the 'trade union question'; 6 The 'frontiers of social democracy': public expenditure, redistribution and divisions of social democratic political economy; 7 The parliamentary Labour right, Labour Party revisionism(s) and the roots of New Labour |
8 Conclusion Bibliography; Index; |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This study is concerned with the 'Old' Labour right at a critical juncture of social democratic and Labour politics. It attempts to understand the complex transition from so-called 'Old Right' to 'New Right' or 'New Labour', and locates at least some of the roots of the latter in the complexity, tensions and fragmentation of the former during the 'lean' years of social democracy in the 1970's. The analysis addresses both the short and long-term implications of the emerging ideological, |
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