Synopses & Reviews
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.
About the Author
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John Callaghan is Professor of Politics at the University of Wolverhampton.
Steven Fielding is Professor of Contemporary Political History in the School of English, Sociology, Politics and Contemporary History and Associate Director of the European Studies Research Institute at the University of Salford.
Steve Ludlam is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Politics at the University of Sheffield.
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Table of Contents
Introduction--John Callaghan, Steven Fielding and Steve Ludlam * Understanding Labour's Ideological Trajectory--Nick Randall * 'What Kind of People Are You?' Labour, the People and the 'New Political History'--Lawrence Black * 'Labourism' and the New Left--Madeleine Davis * Ralph Miliband and the Labour Party: From Parliamentary Socialism to 'Bennism'--Michael Newman * The Continuing Relevance of the Milibandian Perspective--David Coates and Leo Panitch * An Exceptional Comrade? The Nairn-Anderson Interpretation--Mark Wickham-Jones * Class and Politics in the Work of Henry Pelling--Alastair J. Reid * Ross McKibbin: Class Cultures, the Trade Unions and the Labour Party--John Callaghan * The Progressive Dilemma and the Social Democratic Perspective--Steven Fielding and Declan McHugh * Too Much Pluralism, Not Enough Socialism: Interpreting the Union-Party Link--Steve Ludlam * Lewis Minkin and the Party-Union Link--Eric Shaw * How to Study the Labour Party: Contextual, Analytical and Theoretical Issues--Colin Hay * Guide to Further Reading
Introduction--John Callaghan, Steven Fielding and Steve Ludlam * Understanding Labour's Ideological Trajectory--Nick Randall * 'What Kind of People Are You?' Labour, the People and the 'New Political History'--Lawrence Black * 'Labourism' and the New Left--Madeleine Davis * Ralph Miliband and the Labour Party: From Parliamentary Socialism to 'Bennism'--Michael Newman * The Continuing Relevance of the Milibandian Perspective--David Coates and Leo Panitch * An Exceptional Comrade? The Nairn-Anderson Interpretation--Mark Wickham-Jones * Class and Politics in the Work of Henry Pelling--Alastair J. Reid * Ross McKibbin: Class Cultures, the Trade Unions and the Labour Party--John Callaghan * The Progressive Dilemma and the Social Democratic Perspective--Steven Fielding and Declan McHugh * Too Much Pluralism, Not Enough Socialism: Interpreting the Union-Party Link--Steve Ludlam * Lewis Minkin and the Party-Union Link--Eric Shaw * How to Study the Labour Party: Contextual, Analytical and Theoretical Issues--Colin Hay * Guide to Further Reading