European University Institute Library

Labour and the left in the 1980s, edited by Jonathan Davis and Rohan McWilliam ; foreword by Peter Tatchell

eng

Includes bibliographical references and index

index present

non fiction

Labour and the left in the 1980s

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edited by Jonathan Davis and Rohan McWilliam ; foreword by Peter Tatchell

This volume of essays constitutes the first history of Labour and left-wing politics in the decade when Margaret Thatcher reshaped modern Britain. Leading scholars explore aspects of left-wing culture, activities and ideas at a time when social democracy was in crisis. There are articles about political leadership, economic alternatives, gay rights, the miners' strike, the Militant Tendency and the politics of race. The book also situates the crisis of the left in international terms as the socialist world began to collapse. Tony Blair's New Labour disavowed the 1980s left, associating it with failure, but this volume argues for a more complex approach. Many of the causes it championed are now mainstream, suggesting that the time has come to reassess 1980s progressive politics, despite its undeniable electoral failures. With this in mind, the contributors offer ground-breaking research and penetrating arguments about the strange death of Labour Britain.--, Provided by Publisher

Labor and the left in the 1980s