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1 online resource |
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Routledge library editions. Political science ; v. 55 |
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Routledge library editions. Political science ; v. 55.
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| Contents |
Front Cover; The Politics of the Labour Party; Copyright Page; List of Contributors; Contents; Preface; Introduction by Dennis Kavanagh; 1. The Labour Party and the Electorate by Ivor Crewe; 2. Changing Styles of Labour Leadership by Philip Williams; 3. The Labour Left in Parliament: Maintenance, Erosion and Renewal by Hugh Berrington; 4. Still the Workers' Party? Changing Social Trends in Elite Recruitment and Electoral Support by Dennis Kavanagh; 5. The Decline of Labour's Local Party Membership and Electoral Base, 1945-79 by Paul Whiteley |
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6. The Labour Party and the Grography of Inequality: a Puzzle by L.J. Shapre7. The Peculiar Relationship: the Party and the Unions by Colin Crouch; 8. Power in the Labour Party: the Issue of 'Intra-Party Democracy' by Robert McKenzie; 9. Representation in the Labour Party by Dennis Kavanagh; Index |
| Summary |
It would be differcult to think of any political party whose internal problems have been so publicly scrutinised as have those of the Labour Party in recent years. The authors of The Politics of the Labour Party were not specifically asked to consider the question-why Labour? There has been no shortage of published views on that subject. Instead they were invited to look at certain themes and topics of longer-term significance. With a focus on contemporary problems, whose consequences are still unfolding The Politics of the Labour Party promotes an understanding of the con |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Labour Party (Great Britain) -- Congresses
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| SUBJECT |
Labour Party (Great Britain) fast |
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Process -- Political Parties.
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Politics and government
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| SUBJECT |
Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1945- -- Congresses
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Great Britain
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| Genre/Form |
Conference papers and proceedings
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Kavanagh, Dennis
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| ISBN |
9781135025540 |
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1135025541 |
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