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OverviewThis book examines the impact that nostalgia has had on the Labour Party's political development since 1951. It argues that nostalgia has defined Labour's identity and determined the party's trajectory. Nostalgia has hindered policy discussion, determined the form and parameters of party modernisation, shaped internal conflict and cohesion and made it difficult for the party to adjust to socioeconomic changes. It has frequently left the party out of touch with the modern world. In this way, this study offers an assessment of Labour's failures to adapt to the changing nature of post-war Britain and will be of interest to both students and academics and to those with a more general interest in Labour's history and politics. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Richard JobsonPublisher: Manchester University Press Imprint: Manchester University Press Dimensions: Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.20cm , Length: 23.40cm Weight: 0.331kg ISBN: 9781526113313ISBN 10: 1526113317 Pages: 232 Publication Date: 14 September 2021 Audience: General/trade , College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , General , Tertiary & Higher Education Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of Contents1 Introduction - Labour, nostalgia and 'nostalgia-identity' 2 Revisionism and the battle over clause IV - 1951-63 3 White heat and the Labour party 1963-70 4 Labour's alternative economic strategy 1970-83 5 Reinventing the Labour party 1983-92 6 The New Labour era 1992-2010 7 Back to the past? 2010 to the present 8 Conclusion Bibliography Index -- .Reviews‘The struggle to try and get the Labour Party “face the future”, as our 1945 manifesto was titled, has — irony of ironies — its own rich history. Richard Jobson's fascinating study, Nostalgia and the post-war Labour Party, documents this thoroughly.’ Bridget Phillipson MP, New Statesman ‘A serious contribution to the understanding of struggles within the Labour Party [which] raises significant questions about how parties engage with their own past to their advantage and disadvantage and how the past informs and sometimes perhaps restricts current politics. Most importantly, it shows that nostalgia is not simply an issue for the right, for Brexit and Trump voters, but is a charge that the left too has to deal with.’ Tobias Becker, History Workshop Journal -- . 'The struggle to try and get the Labour Party face the future , as our 1945 manifesto was titled, has - irony of ironies - its own rich history. Richard Jobson's fascinating study, Nostalgia and the post-war Labour Party, documents this thoroughly.' Bridget Phillipson MP, New Statesman 'A serious contribution to the understanding of struggles within the Labour Party [which] raises significant questions about how parties engage with their own past to their advantage and disadvantage and how the past informs and sometimes perhaps restricts current politics. Most importantly, it shows that nostalgia is not simply an issue for the right, for Brexit and Trump voters, but is a charge that the left too has to deal with.' Tobias Becker, History Workshop Journal -- . Author InformationRichard Jobson is a Lecturer in Twentieth-Century British History at the University of Exeter Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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