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Author:   Gerry Hassan
Publisher:   Edinburgh University Press
Imprint:   Edinburgh University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 2.40cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.414kg
ISBN:  

9780748617845

ISBN 10:   0748617841
Pages:   272
Publication Date:   04 March 2004
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Table of Contents

1. The People's Party, Still? The Sociology of Scotland's Leading Party; Gerry Hassan; SECTION I; UNDERSTANDING SCOTTISH LABOUR: HISTORIES AND ENVIRONMENT; 2. The Labour Party in Scotland 1886-1945: Pragmatism and Principle; Richard Finlay; 3. Labour in Scotland since 1945: Myth and Reality; Bob McLean; 4. The Economic and Social Context of Scottish Labour; Christopher Harvie; SECTION II; SCOTLAND'S LEADING PARTY; 5. The Scottish Electorate and Labour; Paula Surridge; 6. The Politics of Scottish Labour's Heartlands; Jane Saren and James McCormick; 7. Women and the Labour Party in Scotland; Fiona Mackay; SECTION III; SCOTTISH LABOUR, STATE, NATION AND AUTONOMY; 8. New Labour, New Parliament; Douglas Fraser; 9. Scottish Labour and British Politics; Iain McLean; 10. Pragmatic Nationalists? The Scottish Labour Party and Nationalism; Nicola McEwen; 11. The Autonomy and Organisation of Scottish Labour; Peter Lynch and Steven Birrell; SECTION IV; THE WIDER MOVEMENT, SCOTLAND AND INTERNATIONALLY; 12. Labour's Journey from Socialism to Social Democracy: A Case Study of Gordon Brown's Political Thought; Gerry Hassan; 13. Scotland, Labour and the Trade Union Movement: Partners in Change or Uneasy Bedfellows?; Mark Irvine; 14. Socialism, Territory and the National Question; Michael Keating.

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researched and presented! a lively and informative book that I found hard to put down. researched and presented! a lively and informative book that I found hard to put down.

researched and presented! a lively and informative book that I found hard to put down. researched and presented! a lively and informative book that I found hard to put down.

Author Information

Gerry Hassan is a writer, researcher and broadcaster on Scottish and UK politics and policy, and co-author of The Political Guide to Modern Scotland: People, Places and Power (Politico's 2004).

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