The Strange Death of Labour Scotland
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The Strange Death of Labour Scotland

  1. 369 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
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The Strange Death of Labour Scotland

About this book

The Scottish Labour Party is in an unprecedented position. Having been the leading party in Scotland for fifty years it lost an election and office to the SNP in 2007. This book addresses, examines and analyses the last thirty years of Scottish Labour, from the arrival of Thatcherism in 1979 to the aftermath of the party's defeat in the 2007 Scottish Parliament elections. It asks fundamental questions about the nature of Scottish Labour, its dominance of Scottish politics, the wider politics of Scotland and whether the decline is irreversible. Covering both contemporary events and recent history, it draws on extensive research including archival sources and interviews with some of the key participants in Scottish Labour.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Copyright
  3. Contents
  4. Tables
  5. Acknowledgements
  6. The Strange Death of ‘Labour Scotland’
  7. Chapter 1 The ‘Myth’ of ‘Labour Scotland’
  8. Chapter 2 Fighting For What Really Matters: The Politics of Scottish Labour 1979–87
  9. Chapter 3 ‘What Do You Do When Democracy Fails You?’ – ‘The Scottish Dimension’ and Thatcherism
  10. Chapter 4 Northern Discomfort: Scottish Labour, New Labour and the Coming of Blair
  11. Chapter 5 The High Tide of New Labour, New Scotland
  12. Chapter 6 Scottish Labour and ‘the Early Days of a Better Nation’
  13. Chapter 7 The Politics of Stability and the Slow Demise of New Labour
  14. Chapter 8 A Different Political Landscape: Scottish Labour in a Cold Climate
  15. Chapter 9 How Distinctive is Scottish Labour? The Cases of Education and Health
  16. Chapter 10 Ideology, Institutions and the Programmatic Trajectory of Scottish Labour
  17. Chapter 11 The Paradox of Free Personal Care for the Elderly
  18. Chapter 12 Still the People’s Party? Scottish Voting Behaviour and the Scottish Party System
  19. Chapter 13 The Evolution of Scottish Labour
  20. Chapter 14 The Internal Politics of Scottish Labour
  21. Chapter 15 Power and Policy-making
  22. Chapter 16 Power in the Scottish Labour Party: The Case of Candidate Selection
  23. Chapter 17 The Territorial Dimensions of Labour
  24. Conclusion The Forward March of Scottish Labour Halted?
  25. References
  26. Index