Servants of the People
Title | Servants of the People PDF eBook |
Author | Andrew Rawnsley |
Publisher | Penguin UK |
Pages | 679 |
Release | 2001-07-16 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 0141939044 |
'Downing Street is said to be 'furious' at this book - and it is easy to understand why. It is the first meticulous chronicle of all that has happened since that bright May Day three years ago which first brought the Blair government to office' Anthony Howard, Sunday Times
Ten Years of New Labour
Title | Ten Years of New Labour PDF eBook |
Author | M. Beech |
Publisher | Springer |
Pages | 248 |
Release | 2015-12-04 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 0230584373 |
Evaluates the Blair government from 1997-2007 conducting high quality research into aspects of British politics with particular emphasis on parties, policies and ideologies. With contributions from key figures in the field further topics include New Labour's record on social policy, defence policy, constitutional reform and public expenditure.
Women and New Labour
Title | Women and New Labour PDF eBook |
Author | Claire Annesley |
Publisher | Policy Press |
Pages | 281 |
Release | 2007-06-22 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 1847422411 |
Although there is a growing body of international literature on the feminisation of politics and the policy process and, as New Labour's term of office progresses, a rapidly growing series of texts around New Labour's politics and policies, until now no one text has conducted an analysis of New Labour's politics and policies from a gendered perspective, despite the fact that New Labour have set themselves up to specifically address women's issues and attract women voters. This book fills that gap in an interesting and timely way. Women and New Labour will be a valuable addition to both feminist and mainstream scholarship in the social sciences, particularly in political science, social policy and economics. Instead of focusing on traditionally feminist areas of politics and policy (such as violent crime against women) the authors opt to focus on three case study areas of mainstream policy (economic policy, foreign policy and welfare policy) from a gendered perspective. The analytical framework provided by the editors yields generalisable insights that will outlast New Labour's third term.
Speak for Britain!
Title | Speak for Britain! PDF eBook |
Author | Martin Pugh |
Publisher | Random House |
Pages | 490 |
Release | 2010-03-24 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 1407051555 |
Written at a critical juncture in the history of the Labour Party, Speak for Britain! is a thought-provoking and highly original interpretation of the party's evolution, from its trade union origins to its status as a national governing party. It charts Labour's rise to power by re-examining the impact of the First World War, the general strike of 1926, Labour's breakthrough at the 1945 general election, the influence of post-war affluence and consumerism on the fortunes and character of the party, and its revival after the defeats of the Thatcher era. Controversially, Pugh argues that Labour never entirely succeeded in becoming 'the party of the working class'; many of its influential recruits - from Oswald Mosley to Hugh Gaitskell to Tony Blair - were from middle and upper-class Conservative backgrounds and rather than converting the working class to socialism, Labour adapted itself to local and regional political cultures.
Building New Labour
Title | Building New Labour PDF eBook |
Author | M. Russell |
Publisher | Springer |
Pages | 337 |
Release | 2005-03-21 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 0230513166 |
'New' Labour was defined in part by wide-ranging reforms to the party's internal democracy. These included changes to how candidates and leaders are selected, changes to policy making processes, and a programme of 'quotas' that transformed women's representation in the party. In the first book to analyse all these reforms in depth Meg Russell asks what motivated them, to what extent they were driven by leaders or members, and what they can teach us both about party organisational change and the nature of power relations in the Labour Party today.
New Labour, Old Labour
Title | New Labour, Old Labour PDF eBook |
Author | Kevin Hickson |
Publisher | Routledge |
Pages | 369 |
Release | 2004-07-31 |
Genre | Education |
ISBN | 1134381611 |
This book, written by a distinguished selection of academics and commentators, provides the most detailed comparison yet of old and new Labour in power.
Over to You, Mr Brown
Title | Over to You, Mr Brown PDF eBook |
Author | Anthony Giddens |
Publisher | Polity |
Pages | 251 |
Release | 2007-04-09 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 0745642225 |
Labour stands at a decisive point in its history. A change of leadership can help reinvigorate the party, but winning a fourth term of government will be impossible unless Labour's ideological position and policy outlook are thoroughly refurbished. What form should these innovations take?