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Author: Gerry Hassan ,
Eric Shaw
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Imprint: Edinburgh University Press
Dimensions:
Width: 15.60cm
, Height: 2.50cm
, Length: 23.40cm
Weight: 0.692kg
ISBN: 9780748640010
ISBN 10: 0748640010
Pages: 368
Publication Date: 19 June 2012
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
Gerry Hassan and Eric Shaw have produced a fact-rich, reference-rich work, 'The Strange Death of Labour Scotland', which illuminates contemporary Scottish politics. --Alex Wood Edinburgh Review This book ... is comprehensive and authoritative, and the authors are to be congratulated for writing the first major study of the Scottish Labour Party. Trying to research Labour's internal organisation is like trying to penetrate a Colombian drug cartel - it's not for the faint-hearted. Gerry Hassan and Eric Shaw have done an excellent job of elucidating and recording the processes that led to Scottish Labour's downfall. --Iain MacWhirter The Sunday Herald This book reminds its readers of the scale and significance of Labour's contribution to Scottish life over recent decades. --New Statesman Douglas Alexander, Shadow Foreign Secretary and Labour MP for Paisley & Renfrewshire South
This book reminds its readers of the scale and significance of Labour's contribution to Scottish life over recent decades. --New Statesman Douglas Alexander, Shadow Foreign Secretary and Labour MP for Paisley & Renfrewshire South This book ... is comprehensive and authoritative, and the authors are to be congratulated for writing the first major study of the Scottish Labour Party. Trying to research Labour's internal organisation is like trying to penetrate a Colombian drug cartel - it's not for the faint-hearted. Gerry Hassan and Eric Shaw have done an excellent job of elucidating and recording the processes that led to Scottish Labour's downfall. --Iain MacWhirter The Sunday Herald Gerry Hassan and Eric Shaw have produced a fact-rich, reference-rich work, 'The Strange Death of Labour Scotland', which illuminates contemporary Scottish politics. --Alex Wood Edinburgh Review
"Gerry Hassan and Eric Shaw have produced a fact-rich, reference-rich work, 'The Strange Death of Labour Scotland', which illuminates contemporary Scottish politics. --Alex Wood ""Edinburgh Review"" This book ... is comprehensive and authoritative, and the authors are to be congratulated for writing the first major study of the Scottish Labour Party. Trying to research Labour's internal organisation is like trying to penetrate a Colombian drug cartel - it's not for the faint-hearted. Gerry Hassan and Eric Shaw have done an excellent job of elucidating and recording the processes that led to Scottish Labour's downfall. --Iain MacWhirter ""The Sunday Herald"" This book reminds its readers of the scale and significance of Labour's contribution to Scottish life over recent decades. --New Statesman ""Douglas Alexander, Shadow Foreign Secretary and Labour MP for Paisley & Renfrewshire South"""
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). Eric Shaw is a Senior Lecturer in Politics at the University of Stirling. He is author of Losing Labour's Soul (Routledge, 2007) and Discipline and Discord in the Labour Party (Manchester University Press, 1988).
