A History of the British Labour Party

A History of the British Labour Party
Author: Andrew Thorpe
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Total Pages: 360
Release: 2001
Genre: Great Britain
ISBN:

Andrew Thorpe's book rapidly established itself as the leading single-volume history of the Labour Party. This second edition takes the story to 2000 with a new chapter on the development of "New Labour" and the Blair government. The reasons for the party's formation, its aims and achievements, its failure to achieve office more often, and its remarkable recovery since its problems in the 1980s, as well as key events and leading personalities, are all discussed.

The Labour Party and the World, Volume 1

The Labour Party and the World, Volume 1
Author: Rhiannon Vickers
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Total Pages: 244
Release: 2003
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780719067457

Part of a set tracing the evolution of the Labour Party's foreign policy during the 20th century, this text assesses the development and evolution of Labour's world-view and follows its foreign policy during World War I, the Russian Revolution, the Spanish Civil War, World War II and the Cold War.

The Labour Party and the world, volume 1

The Labour Party and the world, volume 1
Author: Rhiannon Vickers
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Total Pages: 339
Release: 2013-07-19
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1847795943

This electronic version has been made available under a Creative Commons (BY-NC-ND) open access license. This is the first comprehensive study of the political ideology and history of the Labour Party's world-view and foreign policy. It argues that the development of Labour's foreign policy perspective should be seen not as the development of a socialist foreign policy but as an application of the ideas of liberal internationalism. The first volume outlines and assesses the early development and evolution of Labour's world-view. It then follows the course of the Labour party's foreign policy during a tumultuous period on the international stage, including the First World War, the Russian Revolution, the Spanish Civil War, the build up to and violent reality of the Second World War, and the start of the Cold War. This highly readable book provides an excellent analysis of Labour's foreign policy during the period in which Labour experienced power for the first time.

The Labour Governments 1964-70, Volume 1

The Labour Governments 1964-70, Volume 1
Author: Steven Fielding
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Total Pages: 280
Release: 2003
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780719043642

This book looks at how the British Labour Party came to terms with the 1960's 'cultural revolution', specifically changes to: the class structure, place of women, black immigration, the generation gap and calls for direct political participation.