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The Labour Party's Political Thought: A History
G. Foote
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Description for The Labour Party's Political Thought: A History
Paperback. Providing a synoptic history of the development of political ideas within the Labour Party, this text traces the complex relationship between power and political thought and illustrates how Labour's political ideas have been shaped and formed by its political experience. Num Pages: 400 pages, chronology, index. BIC Classification: 1DBK; JPF; JPL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 142 x 23. Weight in Grams: 522.
This book provides a synoptic and accessible history of the development of political ideas within the Labour Party. It traces the complex relationship between power and political thought and illustrates how Labour's political ideas have been shaped and formed by the Labour Party's political experience. It presents 'labourism' or trade union politics as a clear theory and stresses its importance in understanding the different phases in the party's history, arguing that it constitutes the bedrock of the party's thought and that its crisis has caused the recent changes in party ideology.
This book provides a synoptic and accessible history of the development of political ideas within the Labour Party. It traces the complex relationship between power and political thought and illustrates how Labour's political ideas have been shaped and formed by the Labour Party's political experience. It presents 'labourism' or trade union politics as a clear theory and stresses its importance in understanding the different phases in the party's history, arguing that it constitutes the bedrock of the party's thought and that its crisis has caused the recent changes in party ideology.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
Number of Pages
387
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780333669457
SKU
V9780333669457
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99-15
About G. Foote
GEOFFERY FOOTE
Reviews for The Labour Party's Political Thought: A History
'an extremely welcome and useful book...the best available text in the field.' - Gregory Claeys, Albion 'A comprehensive encyclopaedia of the ideology of the British Labour Movement...What emerges is by far the clearest account I have ever read of its strengths and weaknesses.' - Tony Benn, MP