How labour governments fall : from Ramsay Macdonald to Gordon Brown /

How labour governments fall : from Ramsay Macdonald to Gordon Brown /

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Imprint:Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire : Palgrave Macmillan, 2013.
Description:ix, 186 pages ; 23 cm
Language:English
Subject:
Labour Party (Great Britain) -- History.
Labour Party (Great Britain)
Political parties -- Great Britain -- History.
Political parties.
Politics and government
Great Britain -- Politics and government.
Great Britain.
History.
Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/9338698
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Other authors / contributors:Heppell, Timothy.
ISBN:9780230361805 (hardback)
0230361803 (hardback)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:"Bringing together a collaboration of leading specialists in Labour Party history, this edited collection provides a detailed and accessible analysis of what has led to the demise of respective Labour governments from Ramsay MacDonald to Gordon Brown. In doing so this volume provides engaging comparisons between Labour governments considering both external and internal factors which includes the importance of themes such as economic performance; political leadership; party unity; policy direction and the condition of the Conservatives in opposition. The result is a powerful and thought-provoking volume that provides a context in which the reader can place the fall of the Labour government under Gordon Brown in 2010. The book is required reading for students and scholars of British Political History and Labour Party History"--

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