Economic Strategy and the Labour Party - Politics and policy-making, 1970-83 (Paperback)

'Any reader wanting to understand the background to Tony Blair's New Labour project should read this book - the most thoroughly researched, comprehensive and authoritative study of policy and policy-making in Labour's crisis years when the party's governing and vote-winning capabilities were seriously undermined.' Professor Patrick Seyd, University of Sheffield;'An excellent book - well written, well researched and a very good read...of great interest to students of both modern British and comparative politics.' - Professor Sven Steinmo, University of Colorado;Economic Strategy and the Labour Party examines the nature and development of the Labour party's economic policy between 1970 and 1983. Drawing on extensive archival research, Mark Wickham-Jones analyses the radical nature of the new proposals adopted by the party in 1973 and charts the opposition of Labour's leadership to them. The resulting disunity was the central cause of leftwingers' demands to reform Labour's constitutional structure and of the party's election defeat in 1983. Mark Wickham-Jones assesses the nature of Labour's social democratic objectives and the organisational structure of the party. In the Epilogue he

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Imprint:	Palgrave Macmillan
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	November 1996
First published:	1996
Authors:	M. Wickham-Jones
Dimensions:	216 x 140 x 23mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	294
ISBN-13:	978-0-333-69372-8
Categories:	Books > Business & Economics > Economics > Economic theory & philosophy Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political ideologies > Socialism & left-of-centre democratic ideologies Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political parties > Political manifestos Promotions
LSN:	0-333-69372-8
Barcode:	9780333693728

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