The Labour Party’s Political Thought

A History

  • Authors
  • Geoffrey Foote
Book

Table of contents

  1. Front Matter
    Pages i-x
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  2. Labourism and the Labour Party

    1. Front Matter
      Pages 1-1
      PDF
    2. Introduction
      Geoffrey Foote
      Pages 3-16

  3. The Formation of British Socialism

    1. Front Matter
      Pages 17-19
      PDF
    2. Marxists, Fabians and Ethical Socialists: The Traditions of British Socialism
      Geoffrey Foote
      Pages 20-39
    3. The Emergence of British Socialism
      Geoffrey Foote
      Pages 40-71
    4. R. H. Tawney and the Philosophy of British Socialism
      Geoffrey Foote
      Pages 72-80

  4. The Formation of Corporate Socialism

    1. Front Matter
      Pages 81-83
      PDF
    2. The Syndicalist Challenge
      Geoffrey Foote
      Pages 84-99
    3. G. D. H. Cole and the Guild Socialist Response
      Geoffrey Foote
      Pages 100-122
    4. The ILP and the Keynesian Challenge
      Geoffrey Foote
      Pages 123-143
    5. The Emergence of Corporate Socialism
      Geoffrey Foote
      Pages 144-182

  5. The Revisionist Challenge

    1. Front Matter
      Pages 183-185
      PDF
    2. The Revisionist Forerunners
      Geoffrey Foote
      Pages 186-200
    3. The Revisionist Heyday
      Geoffrey Foote
      Pages 201-228
    4. Revisionism in Crisis
      Geoffrey Foote
      Pages 229-255

  6. The Challenge of the Left

    1. Front Matter
      Pages 257-259
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    2. The Bevanite Left
      Geoffrey Foote
      Pages 260-278
    3. The Challenge of the New Left
      Geoffrey Foote
      Pages 279-296
    4. The Bennite Left
      Geoffrey Foote
      Pages 297-323

About this book

Introduction

This book provides a synoptic and accessible history of the development of political ideas within the Labour Party. It traces the complex relationship between power and political thought and illustrates how Labour's political ideas have been shaped and formed by the Labour Party's political experience. It presents 'labourism' or trade union politics as a clear theory and stresses its importance in understanding the different phases in the party's history, arguing that it constitutes the bedrock of the party's thought and that its crisis has caused the recent changes in party ideology.

Keywords

Political Thought politics socialism

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