The Blair Supremacy: A Study in the Politics of Labour's Party Management - Couverture souple

Minkin, Lewis

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0719073804 ISBN 13 : 9780719073809

Editeur : Manchester University Press, 2014

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Lewis Minkin has immense experience of the Labour Party and has acted as adviser to two major internal reviews of the internal party organisation. As the author of two widely acclaimed and original studies on the Labour Party, The Labour Party Conference and The Contentious Alliance, he possesses an unrivalled grasp of the subtleties and nuances of Labour's internal relationships. The Blair Supremacy is groundbreaking in its investigation of the processes, methods, character and politics of party management, during a period when Blair strengthened his own position as he and his allies and managers drove the party through a ferment of new developments under the name 'New Labour'. For this book Minkin has been able to draw on a wealth of sources unavailable to other scholars. What is uncovered here is revealing and at times startling. It includes an extensive covert internal organisation, a culture which facilitated manipulation and what can be described as a rolling coup. These developments are rigorously and critically examined with a strong focus on three fundamental questions: How were these changes achieved? Was it, as it was often represented, a complete supremacy? Why did it end so badly with Blair being forced, in effect, to step down? The study challenges many misconceptions and sheds new light on the Blair legacy and on the intense controversies surrounding him. It also adds greatly to our understanding of some acute contemporary problems in British political life.

Biographie de l'auteur

Lewis Minkin is Visiting Honorary Professor in the School of Politics and International Studies at the University of Leeds. He is the author of two seminal works on Labour party organisation, The Contentious Alliance and The Labour Party Conference

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Manchester University Press
• Date d'édition: 2014
• ISBN 10: 0719073804
• ISBN 13: 9780719073809
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 816