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10%OFFDiane Frost - Militant Liverpool - 9781846318634 - V9781846318634
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Militant Liverpool

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Description for Militant Liverpool Paperback. An even-handed reassessment of the 'Militant' period in Liverpool, including interviews with many of the key protagonists. Num Pages: 223 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKENL; 3JJPN; HBJD1; HBLW3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 158 x 13. Weight in Grams: 360.
In May 1983, in the wake of her victory in the Falklands, Mrs Thatcher won the second of her three general election victories. Liverpool, going not for the first or last time against the grain, elected a Labour council that vowed to be different. In an environment of mass unemployment in which Liverpool felt abandoned by an indifferent government, the council resolved to join others across the land in refusing to set a budget that would hurt the poorest. It was at first wildly popular, but the scene soon became set for a battle between the city and ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
223
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
Number of Pages
223
Place of Publication
Liverpool, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781846318634
SKU
V9781846318634
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99-50

About Diane Frost
Diane Frost is Lecturer at the School of Sociology and Social Policy, University of Liverpool. Peter North is Reader in Alternative Economics at the University of Liverpool.

Reviews for Militant Liverpool
This is an important book not just because of its analysis of the politics of Liverpool but also because it asks questions about the nature of socialist politics . People and history may scorn the role of left wing activists in groups such as Militant but how is it that they spoke to the needs and hearts of working class ... Read more

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