Modernising the Labour Party [electronic resource] : organisational change since 1983 / Thomas Quinn.

Modernising the Labour Party offers a detailed analysis of the internal reform of the Labour Party since 1983. It identifies two stages of reform that sought to make Labour electable: Neil Kinnock's battle against the left in the 1980s, and the conflict between modernisers and traditionalists o...

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Online Access: Full Text (via Springer)
Main Author: Quinn, Thomas, 1972-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2004.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Aims and Methods
  • Political Exchange and Party Organisation
  • The Pre-Modernised Labour Party
  • Policymaking
  • The Selection of Parliamentary Candidates
  • Electing the Leader
  • Resources and Political Communications
  • Conclusion: Labour's Modernisation
  • Appendix: From Federalism to Unitarism in the Labour Party.