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The Labour Party's Political Thought: A History Third Edition 1997 Edition
Author(s): G. Foote (Author)
- Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
- Publication Date: 12 May 1997
- Edition: Third Edition 1997
- Language: English
- Print length: 397 pages
- ISBN-10: 0333669444
- ISBN-13: 9780333669440
Book Description
This book provides a synoptic and accessible history of the development of political ideas within the Labour Party. It traces the complex relationship between power and political thought and illustrates how Labour’s political ideas have been shaped and formed by the Labour Party’s political experience. It presents ‘labourism’ or trade union politics as a clear theory and stresses its importance in understanding the different phases in the party’s history, arguing that it constitutes the bedrock of the party’s thought and that its crisis has caused the recent changes in party ideology.
Editorial Reviews
Review
‘an extremely welcome and useful book…the best available text in the field.’ – Gregory Claeys, Albion ‘A comprehensive encyclopaedia of the ideology of the British Labour Movement…What emerges is by far the clearest account I have ever read of its strengths and weaknesses.’ – Tony Benn, MP
About the Author
GEOFFERY FOOTE
