208 Pages
by
Routledge
208 Pages
by
Routledge
208 Pages
by
Routledge
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Remaking the Labour Party examines the development of revisionist thought in the Labour Party from the 1950s up to Tony Blair's successful attempt to rewrite Clause Four in April 1995. The main focus is upon the most distinctive and controversial aspect of Labour revisionism - its attitude toward public ownership and socialism, private ownership and the mixed economy. Remaking the Labour Party... Read more
Chapter 1 Labour, public ownership and socialist myth; Chapter 2 The emergence and refinement of Labour revisionism, 1951–9; Chapter 3 The climax of revisionism; Chapter 4 Revisionism diluted, 1960–70; Chapter 5 Revisionist social democracy in retreat, 1970–83; Chapter 6 Revisionism reborn? 1983–92; Chapter 7 The triumph of revisionism?; Chapter 8 Conclusion;
Biography
Dr Tudor Jones is a senior lecturer in politics at Coventry University.
'Dr Jones' book is a thorough and lucid account of the decades of repeated efforts to renew the Labour Party made by some who led it, some who loved it and some who did both ... It is a useful antidote to myths and - I hope - a final cure for the recurrent amnesia which made remaking necessary' - - Neil Kinnock
