03871nam 2200685Ia 450 991096814200332120251117095826.09786613795533978128200224112820022449780748655557074865555710.1515/9780748655557(CKB)2550000000105233(EBL)976902(OCoLC)801193213(SSID)ssj0000739397(PQKBManifestationID)11401809(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000739397(PQKBWorkID)10687309(PQKB)10777518(MiAaPQ)EBC1363886(MiAaPQ)EBC976902(Au-PeEL)EBL976902(DE-B1597)619425(DE-B1597)9780748655557(OCoLC)1302162204(EXLCZ)99255000000010523320100521d2012 fy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe strange death of Labour Scotland /Gerry Hassan and Eric Shaw1st ed.Edinburgh Edinburgh University Pressc20121 online resource (369 p.)Description based upon print version of record.9780748640010 0748640010 Includes bibliographical references and index.Cover; Copyright; Contents; Tables; Acknowledgements; The Strange Death of 'Labour Scotland'; Chapter 1 The 'Myth' of 'Labour Scotland'; Chapter 2 Fighting For What Really Matters: The Politics of Scottish Labour 1979-87; Chapter 3 'What Do You Do When Democracy Fails You?' - 'The Scottish Dimension' and Thatcherism; Chapter 4 Northern Discomfort: Scottish Labour, New Labour and the Coming of Blair; Chapter 5 The High Tide of New Labour, New Scotland; Chapter 6 Scottish Labour and 'the Early Days of a Better Nation'; Chapter 7 The Politics of Stability and the Slow Demise of New LabourChapter 8 A Different Political Landscape: Scottish Labour in a Cold ClimateChapter 9 How Distinctive is Scottish Labour? The Cases of Education and Health; Chapter 10 Ideology, Institutions and the Programmatic Trajectory of Scottish Labour; Chapter 11 The Paradox of Free Personal Care for the Elderly; Chapter 12 Still the People's Party? Scottish Voting Behaviour and the Scottish Party System; Chapter 13 The Evolution of Scottish Labour; Chapter 14 The Internal Politics of Scottish Labour; Chapter 15 Power and Policy-makingChapter 16 Power in the Scottish Labour Party: The Case of Candidate SelectionChapter 17 The Territorial Dimensions of Labour; Conclusion The Forward March of Scottish Labour Halted?; References; IndexThe Scottish Labour Party is in an unprecedented position. Having been the leading party in Scotland for fifty years it lost an election and office to the SNP in 2007. This book addresses, examines and analyses the last thirty years of Scottish Labour, from the arrival of Thatcherism in 1979 to the aftermath of the party's defeat in the 2007 Scottish Parliament elections. It asks fundamental questions about the nature of Scottish Labour, its dominance of Scottish politics, the wider politics of Scotland and whether the decline is irreversible. Covering both contemporary events and recent histoPolitical scienceScotlandPolitics and government20th centuryScotlandPolitics and government21st centuryPolitical science.324.241107Hassan Gerry1200197Shaw Eric1949-552563MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910968142003321The strange death of Labour Scotland4320847UNINA