The Labour Party: A Centenary History

The Labour Party: A Centenary History

by Brian Brivati (Editor), Brian Brivati (Editor), R. Heffernan (Series Editor)

Synopsis

On 27 February 1900, the Labour Representation Committee was formed to campaign for the election of working class representatives to parliament. One hundred years on Labour is in government with an overwhelming majority. This book is a unique opportunity both to celebrate and assess critically the Labour Party's role in shaping events of the twentieth century. It brings together academics from a variety of disciplines to examine the history of the Party's development. Each chapter includes contributions in the form of commentary and analysis from former Labour leaders, cabinet ministers and backbench MPs. Contributors include: Michael Foot, Denis Healey, David Owen, Keith Laybourn, Robert Taylor, Steve Ludlam, Nick Ellison, Clare Short and Austin Mitchell, among others.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 535
Edition: 2000
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 09 May 2000

ISBN 10: 0333746503
ISBN 13: 9780333746509
Book Overview: TIM BALE Lecturer in Politics, Victoria University, Wellington LEWIS BASTON Senior Research Fellow, Kingston University JOHN BIFFIN Former Conservative Cabinet Minister ANDREW CHADWICK Lecturer in Politics, University of the West of England CHRISTINE COLLETTE Lecturer in Politics, Edge Hill College ANGELA EAGLE Labour MP for Wallasey NICK ELLISON Lecturer in Sociology, University of Durham MICHAEL FOOT Leader of the Labour Party, 1980-83 DENIS HEALEY Deputy Leader of the Labour Party, 1980-83 KEVIN JEFFREY Reader in History, University of Plymouth TUDOR JONES Senior Lecturer in Politics, Coventry University DAN KEOHANE Senior Lecturer in International Relations, Keele University KEITH LAYBOURN Department of History, Huddersfield University STEVE LUDLAM Lecturer in Politics, University of Sheffield AUSTIN MITCHELL Labour MP for Grimsby DAVID OWEN Leader of the SDP, 1983-90 ERIC SHAW Senior Lecturer in Politics, University of Stirling CLAIRE SHORT Secretary of State for International Development MARTIN J. SMITH Department of Politics, University of Sheffield ROBERT TAYLOR Employment Editor, Financial Times

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'...deserve a prominent place among other recent accounts of the Labour Party's development.' - Albion

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TIM BALE Lecturer in Politics, Victoria University, Wellington LEWIS BASTON Senior Research Fellow, Kingston University JOHN BIFFIN Former Conservative Cabinet Minister ANDREW CHADWICK Lecturer in Politics, University of the West of England CHRISTINE COLLETTE Lecturer in Politics, Edge Hill College ANGELA EAGLE Labour MP for Wallasey NICK ELLISON Lecturer in Sociology, University of Durham MICHAEL FOOT Leader of the Labour Party, 1980-83 DENIS HEALEY Deputy Leader of the Labour Party, 1980-83 KEVIN JEFFREY Reader in History, University of Plymouth TUDOR JONES Senior Lecturer in Politics, Coventry University DAN KEOHANE Senior Lecturer in International Relations, Keele University KEITH LAYBOURN Department of History, Huddersfield University STEVE LUDLAM Lecturer in Politics, University of Sheffield AUSTIN MITCHELL Labour MP for Grimsby DAVID OWEN Leader of the SDP, 1983-90 ERIC SHAW Senior Lecturer in Politics, University of Stirling CLAIRE SHORT Secretary of State for International Development MARTIN J. SMITH Department of Politics, University of Sheffield ROBERT TAYLOR Employment Editor, Financial Times