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Author:   Jonathan Davis ,  Rohan McWilliam
Publisher:   Manchester University Press
Imprint:   Manchester University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.20cm , Length: 23.40cm
ISBN:  

9781526151445

ISBN 10:   1526151448
Pages:   232
Publication Date:   17 March 2020
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  General/trade ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Foreword by Peter Tatchell Introduction: new histories of Labour and the left in the 1980s – Jonathan Davis and Rohan McWilliam Part I: The crisis of the Labour Party 1 Retrieving or re-Imagining the past? The case of 'Old Labour', 1979–94 – Eric Shaw 2 Leading the Labour Party in the 1980s – Martin Farr 3 Labour's liberalism: gay rights and video nasties – Paul Bloomfield 4 Responsible capitalism: Labour’s industrial policy and the idea of a National Investment Bank during the long 1980s – Richard Carr Part II: The British Left in a global context 5 Neil Kinnock's perestroika: Labour and the Soviet influence – Jonathan Davis 6 The international context: end of an era – John Callaghan Part III: Currents of the Wider Left 7 Militant’s laboratory: Liverpool City Council's struggle with the Thatcher government – Neil Pye 8 ‘Fill a Bag and Feed a Family': the miners’ strike and its supporters – Maroula Joannou 9 'Race Today cannot fail': black radicalism in the long 1980s – Robin Bunce Index -- .

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Jonathan Davis is a Senior Lecturer in Russian History at Anglia Ruskin University Rohan McWilliam is Professor of Modern British History at Anglia Ruskin University -- .

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