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The Labour Party

A Centenary History

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  • © 2000

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Editors:
  1. Brian Brivati

    1. Kingston University, United Kingdom

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  2. Richard Heffernan

    1. Open University, United Kingdom

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Table of contents (27 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxii
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  2. Labour’s First Century

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Introduction

      • Brian Brivati, Richard Heffernan
      Pages 1-7

    3. Out of the bowels of the Movement: The Trade Unions and the Origins of the Labour Party 1900–18

      • Robert Taylor
      Pages 8-49

    4. Labour In and Out of Government, 1923–1935

      • Keith Laybourn
      Pages 50-67

    5. The Attlee Years, 1935–1955

      • Kevin Jeffreys
      Pages 68-86

    6. The Age of Wilson 1955–1979

      • Lewis Baston
      Pages 87-111

    7. The Wilderness Years 1979–1994

      • Eric Shaw
      Pages 112-142

    8. Tony Blair and the Transition to New Labour: 1994-2000

      • Martin J. Smith
      Pages 143-162

  3. Centenary Reflections

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 163-163
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    2. In Defence of New Labour

      • Denis Healey
      Pages 163-165

    3. The Legacy of the SDP

      • David Owen
      Pages 166-169

    4. A Tory View of 1964–70

      • Lord Biffen
      Pages 170-171

    5. The Challenge of Co-operation

      • Calum MP MacDonald
      Pages 172-175

    6. The Global Future

      • Clare MP Short
      Pages 176-177

    7. Reinterpreting Labour’s History of Failure

      • Austin Mitchell
      Pages 178-182

    8. An End of Century Report Card

      • Angel MP Eagle
      Pages 183-185
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About this book

On 27 February 1900, the Labour Representation Committee was formed to campaign for the election of working class representatives to parliament. One hundred years on Labour is in government with an overwhelming majority. This book is a unique opportunity both to celebrate and assess critically the Labour Party's role in shaping events of the twentieth century. It brings together academics from a variety of disciplines to examine the history of the Party's development. Each chapter includes contributions in the form of commentary and analysis from former Labour leaders, cabinet ministers and backbench MPs. Contributors include: Michael Foot, Denis Healey, David Owen, Keith Laybourn, Robert Taylor, Steve Ludlam, Nick Ellison, Clare Short and Austin Mitchell, among others.

Reviews

'...deserve a prominent place among other recent accounts of the Labour Party's development.' - Albion

Editors and Affiliations

  • Kingston University, United Kingdom

    Brian Brivati

  • Open University, United Kingdom

    Richard Heffernan

About the editors

TIM BALE Lecturer in Politics, Victoria University, Wellington LEWIS BASTON Senior Research Fellow, Kingston University JOHN BIFFIN Former Conservative Cabinet Minister ANDREW CHADWICK Lecturer in Politics, University of the West of England CHRISTINE COLLETTE Lecturer in Politics, Edge Hill College ANGELA EAGLE Labour MP for Wallasey NICK ELLISON Lecturer in Sociology, University of Durham MICHAEL FOOT Leader of the Labour Party, 1980-83 DENIS HEALEY Deputy Leader of the Labour Party, 1980-83 KEVIN JEFFREY Reader in History, University of Plymouth TUDOR JONES Senior Lecturer in Politics, Coventry University DAN KEOHANE Senior Lecturer in International Relations, Keele University KEITH LAYBOURN Department of History, Huddersfield University STEVE LUDLAM Lecturer in Politics, University of Sheffield AUSTIN MITCHELL Labour MP for Grimsby DAVID OWEN Leader of the SDP, 1983-90 ERIC SHAW Senior Lecturer in Politics, University of Stirling CLAIRE SHORT Secretary of State for International Development MARTIN J. SMITH Department of Politics, University of Sheffield ROBERT TAYLOR Employment Editor, Financial Times

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