1st Edition
The Labour Party Since 1979 Crisis and Transformation
By Eric u University of Stirling Shaw
Copyright 1994
280 Pages
by
Routledge
280 Pages
by
Routledge
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The Labour Party since 1979: Crisis and Transformation challenges the claim that Labour's only real hope for the future lies in shedding its ideological baggage. It rejects the notion taht the 'shadow budget' was the prime cause of its 1992 defeat and argues that the strategyof seeking an image of 'responsibility' and 'respectability' - which under the new leadership has become a paramount... Read more
Preface 1.Labour's Multiple Crisis 1979-1983 2.Transition: Organisational and Policy Change 1983-1987 3.Labour's Campaign and Communications Strategy 1983-1987 4.A Paler Shade of Pink: The Policy Review 5.Organisational Moderni sation 6.Labour's Campaign and Communications Strategy 1987-1992 7.The Determinants of Party Transformation 8.Assessing Labour's Campaigning and Communications Strategy Conclusion References
Biography
Eric u University of Stirling Shaw
`For those with ears to hear, Shaw has done the movement a real service. He outlines the challenges facing the party after its 1979 defeat and has persuaded 32 of the key figures in the subsequent transformation to talk about what happened.' - John Booth, Tribune
`Eric Shaw is a respected political scientist whose work on the Labour Party is based on meticulous research... he has produced another excellent book which could not have been published at a better moment, since he provides a comprehensive challenge to Labour's political strategy in the years immediately before the 1992 election... All those who desire a Labour government as soon as possible should read this important book.' - Patrick Seyd, New Statesman and Society
`...an exceptionally useful and informative book based on extensive interviews with key participants and access to some important internal party papers. It is the most complete and authoritative account so far produced of Labour's journey since 1983 back from the brink of dissolution into a regionalised party far removed from the competition for power.' - Mark Wickham-Jones, Times Higher Education Supplement
`Drawing upon internal Labour Party papers and interviews with Labour Party MPs and officials, the book is essential reading for those wishing to make sense of the Labour Party's trnasformation over the last decade.' - - Anthony Boulanger, Public Policy Review
