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- Explores the connected histories of socialist internationalism and the British Labour party in the years preceding the Cold War
- Charts the changing nature of the socialist parties that comprised the provisional Socialist International in 1946 up until its official rebirth in 1951
- Shows how international contact and exchange between socialist parties promoted social democracy across Europe
Part of the book series: Palgrave Studies in the History of Social Movements (PSHSM)
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Table of contents (9 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
This book describes how, after the Second World War, the Labour Party assumed leadership of the International Socialist Movement, thanks to the achievements of the Attlee Government. International Secretary Denis Healey guided the reconstruction of the Socialist International through the early Cold War, making the British vision for socialist internationalism prevail over the French and Belgian. At first, the provisional Socialist International (International Socialist Conference and Comisco) supported cohabitation with pro-communist socialists and the USSR, but with the Sovietisation of Eastern Europe it committed to militant anti-communism. Ambiguity between the Labour Party and Labour Government influenced British policy in Austria, Czechoslovakia, Greece, Italy and Poland, while the characterization and stereotypes of Eastern and Southern Europe shaped the language and actions of the British. Furthermore, the book shows how international contacts and the British and Swedish model encouraged the transition of socialist parties to responsible government parties fully embracing Western democracy and prepared the ideological revision of the 1950s.
Authors and Affiliations
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Independent Scholar, Rome, Italy
Ettore Costa
About the author
Ettore Costa received his PhD at the University of Rome, La Sapienza, Italy. For this research he received the Doctoral Dissertation Award and Medal of the Speaker of the Senate from Fondazione Spadolini Nuova Antologia, and the Minerva Award from Fondazione La Sapienza.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Labour Party, Denis Healey and the International Socialist Movement
Book Subtitle: Rebuilding the Socialist International during the Cold War, 1945–1951
Authors: Ettore Costa
Series Title: Palgrave Studies in the History of Social Movements
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-77347-6
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: History, History (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-77346-9Published: 06 June 2018
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-08433-2Published: 14 December 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-77347-6Published: 18 May 2018
Series ISSN: 2634-6559
Series E-ISSN: 2634-6567
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVIII, 333
Number of Illustrations: 1 illustrations in colour
Topics: Labor History, History of Britain and Ireland, History of Modern Europe, Political History, Social History