How Labour governments fall : from Ramsay Macdonald to Gordon Brown / edited by Timothy Heppell and Kevin Theakston.
Bringing together a collaboration of leading specialists in Labour Party history, this edited collection provides a detailed and accessible analysis of what has led to the demise of respective Labour governments from Ramsay MacDonald to Gordon Brown. In doing so this volume provides engaging compari...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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[Basingstoke] :
Palgrave Macmillan,
2013.
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| Summary: | Bringing together a collaboration of leading specialists in Labour Party history, this edited collection provides a detailed and accessible analysis of what has led to the demise of respective Labour governments from Ramsay MacDonald to Gordon Brown. In doing so this volume provides engaging comparisons between Labour governments considering both external and internal factors which includes the importance of themes such as economic performance; political leadership; party unity; policy direction and the condition of the Conservatives in opposition. The result is a powerful and thought-provoking volume that provides a context in which the reader can place the fall of the Labour government under Gordon Brown in 2010. The book is required reading for students and scholars of British Political History and Labour Party History. |
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| Item Description: | Includes index. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781137314215 1137314214 1299827551 9781299827554 1349348503 9781349348503 |
| Language: | English. |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Online resource; title from publisher supplied information (Title not viewed) |