Socialist Republic - Remaking the British Left in 1980s Sheffield

This book explores how Sheffield City Council set out to renew left-wing politics in 1980s Britain. Drawing on archival research and oral history interviews, it details the struggle to build a broad-based politics that united class and identity politics and demonstrates how social democracy persisted at a local level under Thatcherism.

About the author

Daisy Payling is a Community Fellow in the Department of History at the University of Essex

Summary

This book explores how Sheffield City Council set out to renew left-wing politics in 1980s Britain. Drawing on archival research and oral history interviews, it details the struggle to build a broad-based politics that united class and identity politics and demonstrates how social democracy persisted at a local level under Thatcherism. -- .

Product details

• Authors: Daisy Payling
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.03.2023
• EAN: 9781526150301
• ISBN: 978-1-5261-5030-1
• No. of pages: 248
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000, European History, Yorkshire, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Democracy, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / 20th Century, British & Irish history, Social and cultural history, Socialism & left-of-centre democratic ideologies, Left-of-centre democratic ideologies, C 1980 To C 1990, c 1980 to c 1989, Sheffield and Rotherham