The Labour Party's Economic Strategy, 1979-1997
Title | The Labour Party's Economic Strategy, 1979-1997 PDF eBook |
Author | R. Hill |
Publisher | Springer |
Pages | 272 |
Release | 2001-09-26 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 0230502954 |
The book considers Labour's economic strategy as it developed through the party's long period of opposition between 1979 and 1997. This history argues strongly that accounts of Labour's recent past which claim that the Party was driven by a combination of Thatcherism and opinion polls are flawed. It offers an alternative account which stresses the importance of debates within and around the Party about how the economy should be understood, the role of markets and the state, and British industrial decline.
The Labour Party and Economic Strategy, 1979-97
Title | The Labour Party and Economic Strategy, 1979-97 PDF eBook |
Author | Richard Hill |
Publisher | Palgrave Macmillan |
Pages | 261 |
Release | 2001 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 9780333920718 |
Annotation "This book considers Labour's economic strategy as it developed through the party's long period of opposition between 1979 and 1997. Richard Hill argues strongly that accounts of Labour's recent past, which claim that the party was driven by a combination of Thatcherism and responding to opinion polls, are flawed. Labour's policy choices on issues such as the minimum wage and ERM membership were driven by a variety of factors. The author offers an alternative account which stresses the importance of debates within and around the party about how the economy should be understood, the role of markets and the state, and British industrial decline. It is the choices that the party made in these areas, and in economic strategy generally, which led to the creation of New Labour."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
The modernisation of the Labour Party, 1979–97
Title | The modernisation of the Labour Party, 1979–97 PDF eBook |
Author | Christopher Massey |
Publisher | Manchester University Press |
Pages | 302 |
Release | 2020-07-06 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 1526144441 |
This monograph recasts the modernisation of the Labour Party and sheds new light on Labour's years in the wilderness between 1979 and 1997. The monograph uniquely traces the party's major organisational changes across its eighteen years of opposition. Labour's organisational modernisation in this period fundamentally altered the party's internal structures, policy-making pathways and constitution. The study begins with an investigation into the scene inherited by Labour's leadership in the early 1980s and examines Neil Kinnock's quest for a stable majority on the party's ruling National Executive Committee between 1983 and 1987. From this position the monograph surveys the major organisational changes of the Labour Party in their period of opposition: the Policy Review (1987-92), One Member, One Vote (1992-94), Clause IV (1995-96) and Partnership in Power (1996-97). Through a re-examination of Labour's modernisation, in the light of new source material and extensive primary interviews, this research significantly contributes to the understanding of the rise of New Labour.
Social Democracy and Economic Strategy
Title | Social Democracy and Economic Strategy PDF eBook |
Author | Richard Hill |
Publisher | |
Pages | |
Release | 1999 |
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Labour's Economic Strategy
Title | Labour's Economic Strategy PDF eBook |
Author | Labour Party (Great Britain) |
Publisher | |
Pages | |
Release | 1969 |
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Labour's Economic Strategy
Title | Labour's Economic Strategy PDF eBook |
Author | Labour Party (Great Britain). Executive Committee |
Publisher | |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 1969 |
Genre | Great Britain |
ISBN |
Blair's Britain, 1997–2007
Title | Blair's Britain, 1997–2007 PDF eBook |
Author | Anthony Seldon |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 19 |
Release | 2007-09-20 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 1139468987 |
Tony Blair has dominated British political life for more than a decade. Like Margaret Thatcher before him, he has changed the terms of political debate and provoked as much condemnation as admiration. At the end of his era in power, this book presents a wide-ranging overview of the achievements and failures of the Blair governments. Bringing together Britain's most eminent academics and commentators on British politics and society, it examines the effect of the Prime Minister and his administration on the machinery of government, economic and social policy and foreign relations. Combining serious scholarship with clarity and accessibility, this book represents the authoritative verdict on the impact of the Blair years on British politics and society.