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Labour and the Caucus - Working-Class Radicalism and Organised Liberalism in England, 1868-1888 (Hardcover)
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Labour and the Caucus - Working-Class Radicalism and Organised Liberalism in England, 1868-1888 (Hardcover)
Series: Studies in Labour History, 3
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Labour and the Caucus provides a new, innovative pre-history of the
Labour party. In the two decades following the Second Reform Act
there was a sustained and concerted campaign for working-class
parliamentary representation from a range of labour organisations
to an extent that was hitherto unseen in British political history.
The franchise revolution of 1867 and the controversial introduction
of more sophisticated forms of electoral machinery, which became
known as the 'caucus', raised serious questions not only for a
labour movement seeking to secure political representation but also
for a Liberal party that had to respond to the pressures of mass
politics. Through a close examination of the interactions between
labour and the 'caucus' from the 1868 general election to Keir
Hardie's independent labour candidature in 1888, this book provides
a comprehensive and multi-layered picture of the troubled
relationship between working-class radicals and organised
Liberalism. The electoral strategy of labour candidates, the links
between urban and rural radicalism, the impact of the National
Liberal Federation, the influence of American and Irish politics on
the labour movement, the revival of socialism, and the contested
identity of a 'Labour party' are all examined from fresh
perspectives. In doing so, this book challenges the existing
teleological assumptions about the rise of independent labour, and
explores the questions that remain about how working-class radicals
and Liberals shared and negotiated power, and how this relationship
changed over time.
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