1st Edition
Labour's Grass Roots Essays on the Activities of Local Labour Parties and Members, 1918�45
Edited By Matthew Worley
Copyright 2005
277 Pages
by
Routledge
277 Pages
by
Routledge
277 Pages
by
Routledge
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The period between 1918 and 1945 witnessed dynamic social and economic developments in Britain as the notion of a government controlled economy and welfare state took root. In order to be understood, this shift in the political landscape needs to be seen in context of the growth of mass political movements and the implementation of fuller democratic processes in the aftermath of the Great War. But... Read more
Contents: Introduction: Labour's grass roots, Matthew Worley; Elections, leaflets and whist drives: constituency party members in Britain between the wars, Stuart Ball, Andrew Thorpe, Matthew Worley; Following the procession: Scottish Labour, 1918-45, Catriona Macdonald; 'Happy hunting ground of the crank'? The Independent Labour Party and local Labour politics in Glasgow and Norwich, 1932-45, Gidon Cohen; Making politics in local communities: Labour women in interwar Manchester, Karen Hunt; Labour's family: local Labour parties, trade unions and trades councils in cotton Lancashire, 1931-39, Andrew Flinn; The reactions of municipal voters in Yorkshire to the second Labour government, 1929-31, Sam Davies and Bob Morley; The political dividend: co-operative parties in the Midlands, 1917-39, Nicole Robertson; Gender, civic culture and politics in South Wales: explaining Labour municipal policy, 1918-39, Duncan Tanner; Sociable capital: London's Labour parties, 1918-45, Daniel Weinbren; 'One of the most backward areas of the country': The Labour Party's grass roots in South West England, 1918-45, Andrew Thorpe; The formation of party milieux: branch life in the British Labour Party and the German Social Democratic Party in the interwar period, Stefan Berger; Index.
Biography
Matthew Worley
