The Labour Party

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xxii

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2. Labour’s First Century

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. Introduction

      • Brian Brivati, Richard Heffernan

      Pages 1-7

   3. Out of the bowels of the Movement: The Trade Unions and the Origins of the Labour Party 1900–18

      • Robert Taylor

      Pages 8-49

   4. Labour In and Out of Government, 1923–1935

      • Keith Laybourn

      Pages 50-67

   5. The Attlee Years, 1935–1955

      • Kevin Jeffreys

      Pages 68-86

   6. The Age of Wilson 1955–1979

      • Lewis Baston

      Pages 87-111

   7. The Wilderness Years 1979–1994

      • Eric Shaw

      Pages 112-142

   8. Tony Blair and the Transition to New Labour: 1994-2000

      • Martin J. Smith

      Pages 143-162

3. Centenary Reflections

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 163-163

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   2. In Defence of New Labour

      • Denis Healey

      Pages 163-165

   3. The Legacy of the SDP

      • David Owen

      Pages 166-169

   4. A Tory View of 1964–70

      • Lord Biffen

      Pages 170-171

   5. The Challenge of Co-operation

      • Calum MP MacDonald

      Pages 172-175

   6. The Global Future

      • Clare MP Short

      Pages 176-177

   7. Reinterpreting Labour’s History of Failure

      • Austin Mitchell

      Pages 178-182

   8. An End of Century Report Card

      • Angel MP Eagle

      Pages 183-185

4. Themes in Labour’s First Century

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 187-187

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   2. Trade Union Freedom and the Labour Party: Arthur Deakin, Frank Cousins and the Transport and General Workers Union 1945–1964

      • Robert Taylor

      Pages 187-219

   3. Norms and Blocks: Trade Unions and the Labour Party since 1964

      • Steve Ludlam

      Pages 220-245

On 27 February 1900, the Labour Representation Committee was formed to campaign for the election of working class representatives to parliament. One hundred years on Labour is in government with an overwhelming majority. This book is a unique opportunity both to celebrate and assess critically the Labour Party's role in shaping events of the twentieth century. It brings together academics from a variety of disciplines to examine the history of the Party's development. Each chapter includes contributions in the form of commentary and analysis from former Labour leaders, cabinet ministers and backbench MPs. Contributors include: Michael Foot, Denis Healey, David Owen, Keith Laybourn, Robert Taylor, Steve Ludlam, Nick Ellison, Clare Short and Austin Mitchell, among others.

• conflict
• constitution
• crime
• European Union (EU)
• gender
• government
• history
• international policy
• parliament
• Policy
• British Politics

'...deserve a prominent place among other recent accounts of the Labour Party's development.' - Albion

• Kingston University, United Kingdom

  Brian Brivati

• Open University, United Kingdom

  Richard Heffernan

TIM BALE Lecturer in Politics, Victoria University, Wellington LEWIS BASTON Senior Research Fellow, Kingston University JOHN BIFFIN Former Conservative Cabinet Minister ANDREW CHADWICK Lecturer in Politics, University of the West of England CHRISTINE COLLETTE Lecturer in Politics, Edge Hill College ANGELA EAGLE Labour MP for Wallasey NICK ELLISON Lecturer in Sociology, University of Durham MICHAEL FOOT Leader of the Labour Party, 1980-83 DENIS HEALEY Deputy Leader of the Labour Party, 1980-83 KEVIN JEFFREY Reader in History, University of Plymouth TUDOR JONES Senior Lecturer in Politics, Coventry University DAN KEOHANE Senior Lecturer in International Relations, Keele University KEITH LAYBOURN Department of History, Huddersfield University STEVE LUDLAM Lecturer in Politics, University of Sheffield AUSTIN MITCHELL Labour MP for Grimsby DAVID OWEN Leader of the SDP, 1983-90 ERIC SHAW Senior Lecturer in Politics, University of Stirling CLAIRE SHORT Secretary of State for International Development MARTIN J. SMITH Department of Politics, University of Sheffield ROBERT TAYLOR Employment Editor, Financial Times

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