1st Edition

Losing from the Inside Cost of Conflict in the British Social Democratic Party

By Patricia Lee Sykes Copyright 1988
270 Pages
by Routledge

270 Pages
by Routledge

270 Pages
by Routledge

This book focuses on the consequences of internal conflict for electoral competition and demonstrates why the Social Democratic Party (SDP), in alliance with the Liberals, "lost from the inside" during two general election campaigns in Great Britain.

1. Introduction 2. Conflict to Crisis: The British Labour Party 3. The Rise and Fall of the SDP 4. Party Leaders and Their Public 5. Working Together 6. All News Is Good News? 7. Britain United 8. Conclusion

Biography

Patricia Lee Sykes