Nostalgia and the post-war Labour party : prisoners of the past /

Jobson, Richard,

Nostalgia and the post-war Labour party : prisoners of the past / Richard Jobson. - Manchester : Manchester University Press, (c)2018. - 1 online resource

Includes bibliographies and index.

Front Matter; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Revisionism and the battle over Clause IV, 1951-63; 'White heat' and the Labour Party, 1963-70; Labour's Alternative Economic Strategy, 1970-83; Reinventing the Labour Party, 1983-92; The New Labour era, 1992-2010; Back to the past? Labour's return to opposition, 2010 to the present; Conclusion; Select bibliography; Index.

Through a detailed examination of the party's post-war development, this book outlines how nostalgia has shaped the party's trajectory. It argues that Labour's nostalgically-informed identity has determined the extent to which the party has been able to respond effectively to the changing nature of Britain.



9781526113337 9781526113320 9781526136039

GBB7N5412 bnb

018638757 Uk


Labour Party (Great Britain)--History--20th century.


Electronic Books.

JN1129 / .N678 2018 D652