How Labour Governments Fall

From Ramsay Macdonald to Gordon Brown

Buch | Hardcover

186 Seiten

2013
Palgrave Macmillan (Verlag)
978-0-230-36180-5 (ISBN)

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What similarities exist between the reasons for Labour losing office in 2010 and those behind why previous Labour governments were defeated? This edited volume provides a detailed historical appraisal which considers the importance of themes such as economic performance; political leadership and the condition of the Conservatives in opposition.

Dr. Robert Crowcroft, University of Edinburgh, UK Professor Peter Dorey, University of Cardiff, UK Dr Timothy Heppell, University of Leeds, UK Professor Keith Laybourn, University of Huddersfield, UK Professor John Shepherd, University of Huddersfield, UK Professor Kevin Theakston, University of Leeds, UK Professor Chris Wrigley, University of Nottingham, UK

Acknowledgements Notes on Contributors List of Figures and Tables 1. Introduction; Timothy Heppell and Kevin Theakston 2. The Fall of the First MacDonald Government 1924; Keith Laybourn 3. The Fall of the Second MacDonald Government 1931; Chris Wrigley 4. The Fall of the Attlee Government 1951; Robert Crowcroft and Kevin Theakston 5. The Fall of the Wilson Government 1970; Peter Dorey 6. The Fall of the Callaghan Government 1979; John Shepherd 7. The Fall of the Brown Government 2010; Timothy Heppell 8 Conclusion; Timothy Heppell and Kevin Theakston Index

Erscheint lt. Verlag	9.8.2013
Zusatzinfo	IX, 186 p.
Verlagsort	Basingstoke
Sprache	englisch
Maße	140 x 216 mm
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Allgemeines / Lexika
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Systeme
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Theorie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Staat / Verwaltung
ISBN-10	0-230-36180-3 / 0230361803
ISBN-13	978-0-230-36180-5 / 9780230361805
Zustand	Neuware