A Short History of the Labour Party
Author: Henry Pelling
Publisher: Springer
Published: 1985-05-13
Total Pages: 202
ISBN-13: 1349178411
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Henry Pelling
Publisher: Springer
Published: 1985-05-13
Total Pages: 202
ISBN-13: 1349178411
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: H. Pelling
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2005-04-01
Total Pages: 219
ISBN-13: 9781403993120
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →A Short History of the Labour Party is the classic account of the rise of the Labour Party from its foundation through to Tony Blair's second term as Prime Minister. Thoroughly revised and updated, it describes the events that led to the inception of the party, the role of the trade unions within the party, the successes and failures of the twentieth century and the revival of the party's fortunes under Kinnock, Smith and then Blair. It closes with an analysis of the current crisis that the Party faces over its foreign policy choices since 9/11 including the war in Iraq. This book thus provides the essential background for an understanding and appreciation of today's political debates.
Author: H. Pelling
Publisher: Springer
Published: 1996-06-05
Total Pages: 211
ISBN-13: 023037610X
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Now in its eleventh edition, this book provides a concise introductory account of the Labour Party from its foundation up to Tony Blair's leadership, and the subsequent redrafting of the party's statement of aims in its constitution. It describes the main groups involved in the foundation of the party and the main influences on its changes of policy. It also describes the role of the trade unions within the party and their relations with the parliamentary leadership and the rank-and-file members. It concludes by discussing the problems Labour has faced in gaining an effective parliamentary majority, and the solutions which have been devised by successive generations of the party's leadership. This book thus provides the essential background for an understanding of current politics.
Author: Henry Pelling
Publisher: Springer
Published: 1972-09-07
Total Pages: 179
ISBN-13: 1349154741
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: NICK. BONGIORNO DYRENFURTH (FRANK.)
Publisher:
Published: 2024
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781742238210
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Henry Pelling
Publisher:
Published: 1991
Total Pages: 212
ISBN-13: 9780312052720
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Laura Beers
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Published: 2010-05-15
Total Pages: 276
ISBN-13: 9780674050020
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →New Labour's electoral success of the late 20th century was due in no small part to its grasp of media communication. This book reminds us that the importance of the mass media to Labour's political fortunes is by no means a modern phenomenon.