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Labour Country - Political Radicalism and Social Democracy in South Wales 1831-1985 (Hardcover)
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Labour Country - Political Radicalism and Social Democracy in South Wales 1831-1985 (Hardcover)
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Since the end of WWI, one party has held the momentum of political
and social change in South Wales: the Labour Party. Its triumph was
never fully guaranteed. It came quickly amidst a torrent of ideas,
actions, and war. But the result was a vibrant, effective and
long-lasting democracy. The result was Labour Country. In this
bold, controversial book, Daryl Leeworthy takes a fresh and
provocative look at the struggle through radical political action
for social democracy in Wales. The reasons for Labour's triumph, he
argues, lay in radical pragmatism and an ability to harness lofty
ideals with meaningful practicality. This was a place of dreamers
as well as doers. The world of Arthur Horner and Aneurin Bevan. And
yet, as the author shows, this history is now over. Although a
trajectory leads from the end of the Miners' Strike both to the
advent of devolution and the circumstances that led to the Brexit
vote in 2016, these are exits from Labour Country, not a
continuation. Sustained by a powerful synthesis of scholarship and
original research, passionate and committed, this book brings the
cubist epic of South Wales and its politics to life.
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