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Economic Strategy and the Labour Party

Politics and policy-making, 1970–83

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  • © 1996

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  1. Mark Wickham-Jones

    1. University of Bristol, UK

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-ix
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  2. Introduction: Economic Strategy and the Labour Party

    • Mark Wickham-Jones
    Pages 1-11

  3. The Nature of Social Democracy and the Labour Party

    • Mark Wickham-Jones
    Pages 12-33

  4. The Revisionist Ascendancy

    • Mark Wickham-Jones
    Pages 34-52

  5. Labour’s Alternative Economic Strategy

    • Mark Wickham-Jones
    Pages 53-84

  6. The Policy Debate Within Labour

    • Mark Wickham-Jones
    Pages 85-115

  7. The Adoption of the Alternative Economic Strategy

    • Mark Wickham-Jones
    Pages 116-136

  8. Labour in Office, 1974–79

    • Mark Wickham-Jones
    Pages 137-157

  9. Politics and Policy-Making in the Labour Party after 1979

    • Mark Wickham-Jones
    Pages 158-182

  10. Conclusions

    • Mark Wickham-Jones
    Pages 183-209

  11. Epilogue: The Development of Labour’s Economic Strategy since 1983

    • Mark Wickham-Jones
    Pages 210-223

  12. Back Matter

    Pages 224-294
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Economic Strategy and the Labour Party examines the nature and development of the Labour party's economic policy between 1970 and 1983. Drawing on extensive archival research, Mark Wickham-Jones analyses the radical nature of the new proposals adopted by the party in 1973 and charts the opposition of Labour's leadership to them. The resulting disunity was the central cause of leftwingers' demands to reform Labour's constitutional structure and of the party's election defeat in 1983. Mark Wickham-Jones assesses the nature of Labour's social democratic objectives and the organisational structure of the party. In the Epilogue he provides a detailed account of the internal reforms under Neil Kinnock's leadership of the party which have helped to secure the foundations of Labour's electoral recovery since 1983.

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'Any reader wanting to understand the background to Tony Blair's New Labour project should read this book - the most thoroughly researched, comprehensive and authoritative study of policy and policy-making in Labour's crisis years when the party's governing and vote-winning capabilities were seriously undermined.' - Professor Patrick Seyd, University of Sheffield

'An excellent book - well written, well researched and a very good read...of great interest to students of both modern British and comparative politics.' - Professor Sven Steinmo, University of Colorado

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  • University of Bristol, UK

    Mark Wickham-Jones

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