British Labour Leaders

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Asthe party that championed trade union rights, the creation of the NHS and theestablishment of a national minimum wage, Labour has played a crucial role inthe shaping of British society. And yet the leaders who have stood at its helm- from Keir Hardie to Sir Keir Starmer, via Clement Attlee, Tony Blair andJeremy Corbyn - have steered the party vessel with enormously varying degreesof success.Therequirements, techniques and goals of the Labour leadership since the party'sinception at the turn of the twentieth century have been forced to evolvealmost beyond recognition - and not all its leaders have managed to keep up.Thiscomprehensive and enlightening book - now fully updated with chapters on allLabour leaders up to Keir Starmer and an assessment of the party's leadershipin relation to Brexit - considers the attributes and achievements of eachleader in the context of their respective time and diplomatic landscape.Offering a compelling analytical framework by which they may be judged, it alsoprovides detailed personal biographies from some of the country's foremostpolitical critics and exclusive interviews with former leaders themselves.Anindispensable contribution to the study of party leadership, British LabourLeaders is the essential guide to understanding British political historyand governance.

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Utgivningsdatum:2025-09-30
Mått:230 x 40 x 150 mm
Vikt:660 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:512
Förlag:Biteback Publishing
ISBN:9781785909504

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CharlesClarke was Member of Parliament for Norwich South from 1997 to 2010. He served asa minister in the Department for Education and then the Home Office beforejoining the Cabinet as Minister Without Portfolio and Labour Party chair. From 2002to 2004 he was Secretary of State for Education and Skills and then HomeSecretary until 2006. Charles now holds visiting professorships at LancasterUniversity and King's College London and co-leads the Baltic Geopolitics Programmeat Cambridge University.TobyS. James is professor of politics and public policy at the University of EastAnglia and visiting professor at the London School of Economics. He has writtenwidely on democracy, electoral integrity and political leadership. His booksinclude The Trump Administration: The President's Legacy Within and BeyondAmerica.

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"Thisbook is an invaluable guide to the qualities and vulnerabilities of previousleaders. Anyone interested in the dynamics of political leadership, and how itis exercised in a party that was created to challenge the very notion ofdeference, should read this important and absorbing book." Alan Johnson, formerLabour Cabinet minister and author of Harold Wilson: Twentieth Century Man"High-classbiography and timely analysis reveal the essence of a successful and flawedLabour Party leader." Patrick Wintour, diplomatic editor at The Guardian"Theessays in this book shine a sharp light on the nature and history of politicalleadership in the Labour Party and on how each leader has coped with the specificchallenges facing them. This is an excellent, authoritative volume that can bewarmly recommended for everyone with an interest in British politics." AndrewGamble, emeritus professor of politics at the University of Sheffield