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This book traces the economic ideology of the UK Labour Party from
its origins to the current day. Through its analysis, the book
emphasises key crises, including the 1926 General Strike, the 1931
Great Depression, the 1979 Winter of Discontent and the 2007/2008
economic crisis. In analysing this history, the ideology of the
Labour Party is examined through four core themes: * the party's
definition of socialism; * the role of the state in economic
decision making; * the party's understanding of inequalities; and *
its relationship with the trade union movement. The result is a
systematic exploration of the drivers and key ideas behind the
Labour Party's economic ideology. In demonstrating how crises have
affected the party's economic policy, the book presents a
historical analysis of the party's evolution since its formation
and offers insights into how future changes may occur.
This book traces the economic ideology of the UK Labour Party from
its origins to the current day. Through its analysis, the book
emphasises key crises, including the 1926 General Strike, the 1931
Great Depression, the 1979 Winter of Discontent and the 2007/2008
economic crisis. In analysing this history, the ideology of the
Labour Party is examined through four core themes: * the party's
definition of socialism; * the role of the state in economic
decision making; * the party's understanding of inequalities; and *
its relationship with the trade union movement. The result is a
systematic exploration of the drivers and key ideas behind the
Labour Party's economic ideology. In demonstrating how crises have
affected the party's economic policy, the book presents a
historical analysis of the party's evolution since its formation
and offers insights into how future changes may occur.
This book seeks to understand and classify differences that exist
between a variety of elections in Britain. It moves beyond first-
and second-order classifications developed following the European
Parliamentary Elections in 1979 to include elections of devolved
administrations such as the Scottish Parliament, local mayors or
the Police and Crime Commissioner Elections. Drawing upon a range
of elections, the book develops a new classification based on the
interactions that exist between voters, the media and political
parties. In doing so, it argues that alongside voters, political
parties and the media can, and do, prioritize certain elections.
The author explores the role of each group within elections
individually through case studies. The final chapter then offers an
overall means of understanding the levels of salience attached to
each election.
This book explores two recent crises in British political economy:
the crisis of 1976-9, for which the trade unions were impugned, and
the 2007 economic crisis, for which bankers were (at least
initially) blamed. The author argues that the "crisis resolution"
of the former - principally the Thatcherite reforms of the 1980s -
led to the emergence of the banking crisis. Further, Kirkland
demonstrates how narratives of blame have emerged and were used in
both instances to promote specific agendas. Narrations of blame and
crises were used to curb the trade union powers in the 1980s,
whilst the 2007 crisis was quickly reframed as one of excessive
government spending, which in turn has led to policies of
austerity.
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