The battle of ideas in the Labour Party : from Attlee to Corbyn and Brexit /

Using interviews with key thinkers in the party, this book gives a lively account of the ideological developments and dramas in the Labour party in recent decades. It delves into the totemic battles between hard and soft left, examines key periods of Labour's ideological exhaustion and ideation...

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Autore principale: Batrouni, Dimitri (Autore)
Natura: Licensed eBooks
Lingua:inglese
Pubblicazione: Bristol, UK ; Chicago, IL : Bristol University Press 2020.
Accesso online:https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/j.ctv10crbxs
Sommario:
  • Introduction
  • 1. The battle of ideas in the Labour Party, 1945-92
  • 2. The rise of New Labour : electoral concerns trump ideology
  • 3. Bridging the divide : Ed Miliband and ideas
  • 4. Pre-distribution
  • 5. Corbynism : the Left's resurgence
  • 6. Corbynism : Brexit and globalization.