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Author Crines, Andrew Scott

Title Michael Foot and the Labour leadership / by Andrew Scott Crines
Published Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars, 2011

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 193 pages)
Summary Michael Foot's political career can simplistically be characterised by cataclysmic failures Otherin the period between 1979 and 1983, culminating in Labour's substantial electoral defeat. Developments Otherin political discourse have since sought to perpetuate this characterisation by utilising the defeat as a justification for the subsequent modernisations. However, this analysis does not entirely appreciate the significance of Foot's leadership. This book argues that far from being a disaster, Foot's leadership in fact contributed to the survival of the Labour Party. Foot's political educati
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 165-193)
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Subject Foot, Michael, 1913-2010.
SUBJECT Foot, Michael, 1913-2010 fast
Foot, Michael 1913-2010 gnd
Foot, Michael. swd
Subject Labour Party (Great Britain) -- History -- 20th century.
SUBJECT Labour Party (Great Britain) fast
Labour Party Großbritannien gnd
Labour Party Neuseeland gnd
Subject Political science & theory.
Socialism & left-of-centre democratic ideologies.
Political leaders & leadership.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Political.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Process -- Political Parties.
Politics and government
SUBJECT Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 20th century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85056915
Subject Great Britain
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781443832397
1443832391