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Michael Foot and the Labour leadership /

Michael Foot's political career can simplistically be characterised by cataclysmic failures Otherin the period between 1979 and 1983, culminating in Labour's substantial electoral defeat. Developments Otherin political discourse have since sought to perpetuate this characterisation by util...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Crines, Andrew Scott
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars, 2011.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Michael Foot's political career can simplistically be characterised by cataclysmic failures Otherin the period between 1979 and 1983, culminating in Labour's substantial electoral defeat. Developments Otherin political discourse have since sought to perpetuate this characterisation by utilising the defeat as a justification for the subsequent modernisations. However, this analysis does not entirely appreciate the significance of Foot's leadership. This book argues that far from being a disaster, Foot's leadership in fact contributed to the survival of the Labour Party. Foot's political educati.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xii, 193 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 165-193).
ISBN:9781443832397
1443832391