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Zusatztext "Overall! this is an excellent! well-written book with a very strong narrative. What is most pleasing about this book is the superb archival research that has gone into it! for no stone has been left unturned in the search for fine detail. Patrick Bell has produced a book which perfectly captures the reasons why Labour became highly successful in opposition by only tinkering and fine tuning its message and policies on the road back to power." - Neil Pye! University of Huddersfield Informationen zum Autor Patrick Bell lectures in British Politics at the University of Durham. He was previously Lecturer in History at the University of Leeds. Klappentext 1970 to 1974 was a pivotal period in the history of the Labour Party. This book shows how the Labour Party responded to electoral defeat in 1970 and to what extent its political and policy activity in opposition was directed to the recovery of power at the following general election. At a point in Labour's history when social democracy had apparently failed this book considers what the party came up with in its place. Zusammenfassung This book shows how the Labour Party responded to electoral defeat in 1970 and to what extent its political and policy activity in opposition was directed to the recovery of power at the following general election. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction; Chapter 1 Labour’s Response to Defeat (I); Chapter 2 Labour’s Response to Defeat (II); Chapter 3 Labour in Parliament; Chapter 4 James Callaghan at the Home Policy Committee 1970–71; Chapter 5 The NEC Research Programme; Chapter 6 The NEC Research Programme; Chapter 7 Parliamentary Factionalism 1970–74; Chapter 8 The TUC–Labour Part y Liaison Committee 1972–74; Chapter 9 Conclusion;
