Labour's Economic Policies 1974-1979
Author: Michael J. Artis
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Published: 1991
Total Pages: 330
ISBN-13: 9780719034381
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The Labour Government, 1974-79
Author: Martin Holmes
Publisher: Springer
Published: 1987-09-15
Total Pages: 214
ISBN-13: 1349091022
DOWNLOAD EBOOK'...in this clear and informed history of the 1974-79 government, Holmes shows how Labour's aspirations constantly encountered the practical limits of economic management.' Times Higher Education Supplement '...lucid and well-documented account.' British Book News '...Dr Holmes is perceptive and fair in his assessment of the leading personalities.' Samuel Brittan, Financial Times.
The Labour Party's Economic Strategy, 1979-1997
Author: R. Hill
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2001-09-26
Total Pages: 272
ISBN-13: 0230502954
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe book considers Labour's economic strategy as it developed through the party's long period of opposition between 1979 and 1997. This history argues strongly that accounts of Labour's recent past which claim that the Party was driven by a combination of Thatcherism and opinion polls are flawed. It offers an alternative account which stresses the importance of debates within and around the Party about how the economy should be understood, the role of markets and the state, and British industrial decline.
Macroeconomic Policies of the 1974-79 Labour Government
Author: Philip Arestis
Publisher:
Published: 1980
Total Pages: 29
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Labour Movement in Britain from Thatcher to Blair
Author: Keith Barlow
Publisher: Peter Lang
Published: 2008
Total Pages: 308
ISBN-13: 9783631551370
DOWNLOAD EBOOKBritish economic and industrial policy since 1979 is examined using a wide range of sources. Was this really «new», revival of earlier approaches or a rigorous extension of the IMF-imposed policies on the 1974-79 Labour Government? The question is asked: Was the creation of a large pool of unemployed labour necessary for reshaping the economy or was the aim to secure fundamental changes in the relations between capital and organised labour? Due to setbacks suffered by trade unions in the 1980s with factory closures and major job losses, the author questions Labour's motives in softening any meaningful opposition to the Conservatives, supporting ERM in 1990, reducing the role of trade unions in the Party itself and retaining key policies of the Thatcher era especially its trade union laws.
Interpreting the Labour Party
Author: John Callaghan
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Published: 2018-07-30
Total Pages: 221
ISBN-13: 1526137453
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis electronic version has been made available under a Creative Commons (BY-NC-ND) open access license. Interpreting the Labour Party consists of twelve essays on the principal thinkers and schools of thought concerned with the political and historical development of the Labour Party and Labour movement. The essays are written by contributors who have devoted many years to the study of the Labour Party, the trade union movement and the various ideologies associated with them. The book begins with an in-depth analysis of how to study the Labour Party, and goes on to examine key periods in the development of the ideologies to which the party has subscribed. Each chapter situates its subject matter in the context of a broader intellectual legacy, including the works of Sidney and Beatrice Webb, Theodore Rothstein, Stuart Hall and Samuel Beer, among others.
Economic Strategy and the Labour Party
Author: M. Wickham-Jones
Publisher: Springer
Published: 1996-11-26
Total Pages: 304
ISBN-13: 0230373674
DOWNLOAD EBOOKEconomic 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.
New Labour, Old Labour
Author: Kevin Hickson
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2004-07-31
Total Pages: 369
ISBN-13: 1134381611
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book, written by a distinguished selection of academics and commentators, provides the most detailed comparison yet of old and new Labour in power.
The Labour Party Since 1979
Author: Eric u University of Stirling Shaw
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2002-01-22
Total Pages: 280
ISBN-13: 1134935455
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Labour Party since 1979: Crisis and Transformation challenges the claim that Labour's only real hope for the future lies in shedding its ideological baggage. It rejects the notion taht the 'shadow budget' was the prime cause of its 1992 defeat and argues that the strategyof seeking an image of 'responsibility' and 'respectability' - which under the new leadership has become a paramount concern - does not offer the best route forward for the party. The effect of this strategy - of abandoning traditional tenets, and adopting a policy profile more to the tastes of its critics in business and the media - will be to deprive Labour of its sheet-anchor; and even if successful electorally, the price will be that the hopes and aspirations of its supporters will be highly unlikely to be fulfilled.
Labour’s Economic Ideology Since 1900
Author: Christopher Kirkland
Publisher: Policy Press
Published: 2022-09-20
Total Pages: 206
ISBN-13: 1529204240
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book traces the economic ideology of the UK Labour Party from its origins to the current day. Through its analysis, the book emphasises key crises, including the 1926 General Strike, the 1931 Great Depression, the 1979 Winter of Discontent and the 2007/2008 economic crisis. In analysing this history, the ideology of the Labour Party is examined through four core themes: • the party’s definition of socialism; • the role of the state in economic decision making; • the party’s understanding of inequalities; and • its relationship with the trade union movement. The result is a systematic exploration of the drivers and key ideas behind the Labour Party’s economic ideology. In demonstrating how crises have affected the party’s economic policy, the book presents a historical analysis of the party’s evolution since its formation and offers insights into how future changes may occur.
