The strange death of labour in Scotland / Gerry Hassan and Eric Shaw.

By:

Hassan, Gerry

Contributor(s):

Shaw, Eric, 1949-

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2012.Description: 1 online resourceContent type:

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9780748655557
0748655557
1282002244
9781282002241
9786613795533
6613795534

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Strange death of Labour in Scotland.DDC classification:

324.2/411/07 22

LOC classification:

JN1371

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Contents:

Cover; Copyright; Contents; Tables; Acknowledgements; The Strange Death of 'Labour Scotland'; Chapter 1 The 'Myth' of 'Labour Scotland'; Chapter 2 Fighting For What Really Matters: The Politics of Scottish Labour 1979-87; Chapter 3 'What Do You Do When Democracy Fails You?' -- 'The Scottish Dimension' and Thatcherism; Chapter 4 Northern Discomfort: Scottish Labour, New Labour and the Coming of Blair; Chapter 5 The High Tide of New Labour, New Scotland; Chapter 6 Scottish Labour and 'the Early Days of a Better Nation'; Chapter 7 The Politics of Stability and the Slow Demise of New Labour.

Chapter 8 A Different Political Landscape: Scottish Labour in a Cold ClimateChapter 9 How Distinctive is Scottish Labour? The Cases of Education and Health; Chapter 10 Ideology, Institutions and the Programmatic Trajectory of Scottish Labour; Chapter 11 The Paradox of Free Personal Care for the Elderly; Chapter 12 Still the People's Party? Scottish Voting Behaviour and the Scottish Party System; Chapter 13 The Evolution of Scottish Labour; Chapter 14 The Internal Politics of Scottish Labour; Chapter 15 Power and Policy-making.

Chapter 16 Power in the Scottish Labour Party: The Case of Candidate SelectionChapter 17 The Territorial Dimensions of Labour; Conclusion The Forward March of Scottish Labour Halted?; References; Index.

Summary: Analyses the rise and fall of Labour in Scotland and asks: is Labour's decline irreversible? After being the leading party in Scotland for 50 years, Labour was shocked to lose an election and office to the SNP in the 2007 Scottish Parliamentary elections, and thunderstruck when the SNP won a majority government in the same elections in 2011. This book analyses the last 30 years of Scottish Labour, from the arrival of Thatcherism in 1979 right up to the results of the 2010 Westminster elections and 2011 Scottish Parliamentary elections. Key Features. Draws on extensive research including archival sources Includes interviews with some of the key participants in Scottish Labour

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Analyses the rise and fall of Labour in Scotland and asks: is Labour's decline irreversible? After being the leading party in Scotland for 50 years, Labour was shocked to lose an election and office to the SNP in the 2007 Scottish Parliamentary elections, and thunderstruck when the SNP won a majority government in the same elections in 2011. This book analyses the last 30 years of Scottish Labour, from the arrival of Thatcherism in 1979 right up to the results of the 2010 Westminster elections and 2011 Scottish Parliamentary elections. Key Features. Draws on extensive research including archival sources Includes interviews with some of the key participants in Scottish Labour

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