The People's Flag and the Union Jack
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The People's Flag and the Union Jack

An Alternative History of Britain and the Labour Party

  1. 356 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

The People's Flag and the Union Jack

An Alternative History of Britain and the Labour Party

About this book

The British Labour Party has at times been a force for radical change in the UK, but one critical aspect of its makeup has been consistently misunderstood and underplayed: its Britishness. Throughout the party's history, its Britishness has been an integral part of how it has done politics, acted in government and opposition, and understood the UK and its nations and regions.The People's Flag and the Union Jack is the first comprehensive account of how Labour has tried to understand Britain and Britishness and to compete in a political landscape defined by conservative notions of nation, patriotism and tradition.At a time when many of the party faithful regard national identity as a toxic subject, academics Gerry Hassan and Eric Shaw argue that Labour's Britishness and its ambiguous relationship with issues of nationalism matter more today than ever before, and will continue to matter for the foreseeable future, when the UK is in fundamental crisis.As debate rages about Brexit, and the prospect of Scottish independence remains live, this timely intervention, featuring contributions from a wealth of pioneering thinkers, offers an illuminating and perceptive insight into Labour's past, present and future.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Dedication
  4. Epigraph
  5. Contents
  6. Acknowledgements
  7. Introduction: The Idea of ā€˜the Labour Nationā€™
  8. Chapter One: Labourā€™s Five Stories of Britain
  9. Chapter Two: Socialism, Patriotism and the Empire State
  10. Chapter Three: Speaking for Britain: The Attlee Government, 1945ā€“51
  11. Chapter Four: Labourā€™s Thirteen Wasted Years
  12. Chapter Five: From Empire State to Global State: Labour in the 1960s
  13. Chapter Six: The Decade of Division: The Rise and Fall of the Labour Left, Michael Foot and Tony Benn
  14. Chapter Seven: In-Between Days: The Transition Years of Neil Kinnock and John Smith
  15. Chapter Eight: New Labour, Power and Britishness
  16. Chapter Nine: After New Labour: Ed Miliband and the Search for England
  17. Chapter Ten: Back to the Future Under Jeremy Corbyn
  18. Conclusion: Britishness and ā€˜the Labour Nationā€™
  19. Bibliography
  20. Index
  21. Copyright
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