Labour's First Century
Labour's First Century
Pat Thane, University of Sussex
Nick Tiratsoo, University of Luton
$67.00
USDThe Labour Party's centenary is an appropriate moment to evaluate its performance across the twentieth century, and to reflect on why a party which has so many achievements to its credit nonetheless spent so much of the period in opposition. Duncan Tanner, Pat Thane and Nick Tiratsoo have assembled a team of acknowledged experts who cover a wide range of key issues, from economic policy to gender. The editors also provide a lucid, accessible introduction. Labour's First Century covers the most important areas of party policy and practice, always placing these in a broader context. Taken together, these essays challenge those who minimize the party's contribution, whilst they also explain why mistakes and weaknesses have occurred. Everyone interested in British political history - whether supporters or opponents of the Labour Party - will need to read Labour's First Century.
- Covers the most important areas of party policy and practice for the Party's centenary in 2000
- This is a collaborative work featuring internationally recognized authorities on their specialist areas
- Accessibly written and of interest to Labour Party members and followers as well as academics
Reviews & endorsements
"Labour's First Century, along with the Brivati/Heffernan volume and Andrew Thorpe's 1997 history, provides the best possible understanding of the party's development into a major force in British politics." History: Reviews of New Books
"these books are in fact useful additions to existing accounts of the party's development." Albion
Product details
July 2007Paperback
9780521037990
432 pages
227 × 151 × 24 mm
0.635kg
11 b/w illus.
Available
Table of Contents
- List of illustrations
- Acknowledgements
- Notes on contributors
- Introduction Duncan Tanner, Pat Thane and Nick Tiratsoo
- 1. Labour's political and social thought Jose Harris
- 2. Labour and the economy Jim Tomlinson
- 3. Labour and welfare Pat Thane
- 4. Labour and international affairs Stephen Howe
- 5. Labour and the constitution Miles Taylor
- 6. Labour and gender Martin Francis
- 7. Labour and the trade unions Alastair J. Reid
- 8. Labour and its membership Duncan Tanner
- 9. Labour and the electorate Nick Tiratsoo
- 10. Labour in comparative perspective Stefan Berger
- 11. Labour - the myths it has lived by Jon Lawrence
- 12. New Labour and the past Steven Fielding
- Appendix I. Labour and the electorate, 1900–97
- Appendix II. Labour Party membership
- Index.
