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New Labour, old Labour : the Wilson and Callaghan governments, 1974-79
- Title
- New Labour, old Labour : the Wilson and Callaghan governments, 1974-79 / edited by Anthony Seldon and Kevin Hickson.
- Publication
- London ; New York : Routledge, 2004.
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- Description
- xvii, 350 pages; 24 cm
- Summary
- Revealing much about the history of the Labour Party, this collection of essays by distinguished scholars and politicians compares the post-Thatcher Labour Party with the old party as it was in the days of Harold Wilson and James Callaghan. It provides a context with which to judge the current government.
- Subjects
- Great Britain
- Großbritannien
- Geschichte 1974-1979
- 1900-1999
- Callaghan, James
- Wilson, Harold
- Callaghan, James, 1912-2005
- Wilson, Harold, 1916-1995
- Wilson, Harold 1916-1995
- Callaghan, James 1912-2005
- History
- Labour Party Neuseeland
- Labour Party Großbritannien
- Großbritannien > Government
- Labour Party (Great Britain)
- Labour Party (Great Britain) History > 20th century
- Great Britain > Politics and government > 1964-1979
- Labour Party (Groot-Brittannië)
- Regeringen
- Politieke geschiedenis
- Politik
- Politics and government
- Genre/Form
- History
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [335]-337) and index.
- Contents
- 1974 : the crisis of old Labour / Vernon Bogdanor -- Political thought : socialism in a cold climate / Raymond Plant -- Economic thought / Kevin Hickson -- Economic policy / Jim Tomlinson -- Rise and fall of the Social Contract / Robert Taylor -- Social policy and inequality / Polly Toynbee and David Walker -- Education policy / Roy Lowe -- Europe / John W. Young -- Foreign and defence policy / Ann Lane -- Prime Ministers and Cabinet / Chris Ballinger and Anthony Seldon -- Parliament / Philip Norton -- Central and local government / Kevin Theakston and Ed Gouge -- Devolution / Dilys M. Hill -- Northern Ireland / Brendan O'Leary -- Labour Party / Eric Shaw -- 1974-9 governments and 'New' Labour / Steven Fielding / Industrial strategy / Stuart Holland -- Was Britain dying? / Kenneth O. Morgan -- Forgetting history : how New Labour sees old Labour / Peter Riddell -- Worst of governments / Robert Skidelsky -- Conclusion, Reading and misreading old Labour / Dennis Kavanagh.
- ISBN
- 0415312817
- 9780415312813
- 0415312825
- 9780415312820
- 9780203494820
- 0203494822
- 9781134381616
- 1134381611
- 9781134381562
- 1134381565
- 9781134381609
- 1134381603
- LCCN
- 2003020388
- OCLC
- ocm53075899
- 53075899
- SCSB-14123616
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library