How labour governments fall : from Ramsay MacDonald to Gordon Brown /

Bringing together a collaboration of leading specialists in Labour Party history, this edited collection provides a detailed and accessible analysis of what has led to the demise of respective Labour governments from Ramsay MacDonald to Gordon Brown. In doing so this volume provides engaging compari...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors:	Heppell, Timothy, Theakston, Kevin, 1958-
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2013.
Subjects:	POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Communism & Socialism. POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory. POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Social Services & Welfare. POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Economic Policy. POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Social Policy. Labour Party (Great Britain) > History. Political parties > Great Britain > History. Great Britain > Politics and government.

Table of Contents:

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.