Socialist Republic

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

'If the strongest suit of the book is its lively and detailed narrative of this “complex, inchoate, rich and diverse” politics (15), Payling's book also addresses itself in interesting ways to recent historical scholarship that challenges decadal narratives defined by the ascendancy of Thatcherism and neo-liberalism... There is much, in short, to recommend the book to readers from a wide range of disciplinary fields.'Journal of British Studies

• Introduction: radical Sheffield1 Building from the bottom: Sheffield City Council and the new urban left2 The labour movement: marching forward3 Political women: class, feminism and the labour movement 4 Sexuality, ‘race’ and the women’s movement 5 Singing from the songbook: new social movements and single-issue politics6 Lesbian and gay politics ConclusionBibliographyIndex