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Record Nr.

UNINA9910480944103321

Autore

Jobson Richard

Titolo

Nostalgia and the post-war Labour Party : Prisoners of the past / / Richard Jobson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Manchester, : Manchester University Press, 2018

©2018

ISBN

1-5261-3603-1

1-5261-1332-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource

Disciplina

324.2410709045

Soggetti

Nostalgie

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Previously issued in print: 2018.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Sommario/riassunto

This book examines the impact that nostalgia has had on the Labour Party's political development since 1951. It argues that nostalgia has defined Labour's identity and determined the party's trajectory. Nostalgia has hindered policy discussion, determined the form and parameters of party modernisation, shaped internal conflict and cohesion and made it difficult for the party to adjust to socioeconomic changes. It has frequently left the party out of touch with the modern world. In this way, this study offers an assessment of Labour's failures to adapt to the changing nature of post-war Britain and will be of interest to both students and academics and to those with a more general interest in Labour's history and politics.