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A Short History of the Labour Party

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  • © 1996

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  1. Henry Pelling

    1. St John’s College, Cambridge, UK

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  2. Alastair J. Reid

    1. Girton College, Cambridge, UK

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Table of contents (13 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-vii
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  2. The New Party: Ideals and Reality (to 1906)

    • Henry Pelling, Alastair J. Reid
    Pages 1-15

  3. A Pressure-Group under Pressure (1906–14)

    • Henry Pelling, Alastair J. Reid
    Pages 16-31

  4. Henderson’s Party: War and Reconstruction (1914–22)

    • Henry Pelling, Alastair J. Reid
    Pages 32-46

  5. The MacDonald Leadership (1922–31)

    • Henry Pelling, Alastair J. Reid
    Pages 47-64

  6. Convalescence: The General Council’s Party (1931–40)

    • Henry Pelling, Alastair J. Reid
    Pages 65-79

  7. Office and Power under Attlee and Bevin (1940–50)

    • Henry Pelling, Alastair J. Reid
    Pages 80-96

  8. Dissension and Decline (1950–60)

    • Henry Pelling, Alastair J. Reid
    Pages 97-114

  9. The Road Back to Power (1960–6)

    • Henry Pelling, Alastair J. Reid
    Pages 115-126

  10. The Wilson Era: Social Advance and Economic Insolvency (1966–70)

    • Henry Pelling, Alastair J. Reid
    Pages 127-139

  11. The Rise of the Left (1970–9)

    • Henry Pelling, Alastair J. Reid
    Pages 140-160

  12. Division and Defeat (1979–84)

    • Henry Pelling, Alastair J. Reid
    Pages 161-174

  13. Revival under Kinnock, Smith and Blair (1985–95)

    • Henry Pelling, Alastair J. Reid
    Pages 175-192

  14. Conclusion: The Past and the Future

    • Henry Pelling, Alastair J. Reid
    Pages 193-196

  15. Back Matter

    Pages 197-211
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Now in its eleventh edition, this book provides a concise introductory account of the Labour Party from its foundation up to Tony Blair's leadership, and the subsequent redrafting of the party's statement of aims in its constitution. It describes the main groups involved in the foundation of the party and the main influences on its changes of policy. It also describes the role of the trade unions within the party and their relations with the parliamentary leadership and the rank-and-file members. It concludes by discussing the problems Labour has faced in gaining an effective parliamentary majority, and the solutions which have been devised by successive generations of the party's leadership. This book thus provides the essential background for an understanding of current politics.

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  • St John’s College, Cambridge, UK

    Henry Pelling

  • Girton College, Cambridge, UK

    Alastair J. Reid

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HENRY PELLING
ALISTAIR J. REID

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