Neil Kinnock

Author : Kevin Hickson
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000588009
Total Pages : 292 pages
Book Rating : 4.02/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Neil Kinnock written by Kevin Hickson and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2022-05-18 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book reappraises Neil Kinnock’s policies, impact, legacy and leadership of the Labour Party 30 years on from his defeat in the 1992 general election. It offers comprehensively fresh perspectives and some first-hand accounts – some friendly, others more critical – from leading academics, journalists, politicians and advisors on various aspects of ideas, policy, elections and party management, including an interview with the man himself as he looks back on his experiences. This timely book will resonate widely with the current challenges to Labour’s leadership and the enduring uncertainties on the future of the party. This book will be of key interest to researchers and students in the fields of political studies and contemporary history as well as the interested general reader.

Author : Robert Harris
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780571132676
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.77/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Making of Neil Kinnock written by Robert Harris and published by . This book was released on 1984-01 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Eileen Jones
Publisher : Robert Hale
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.21/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Neil Kinnock written by Eileen Jones and published by Robert Hale. This book was released on 1994 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author draws together strands of political analysis and personality profiles, having talked to Neil Kinnock and those who have worked with him. A single-minded determination to achieve party unity during nine years as Leader of the Opposition brought Kinnock close to being Prime Minister.

Author : Simon Hannah
Publisher : Pluto Press (UK)
ISBN 13 : 9780745340814
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.14/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Can't Pay, Won't Pay written by Simon Hannah and published by Pluto Press (UK). This book was released on 2020 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thirty years ago, a social movement helped bring down one of the most powerful British Prime Ministers of the 20th Century. For the 30th anniversary of the Poll Tax rebellion, Simon Hannah looks back on those tumultuous days of resistance, telling the story of the people that beat the bailiffs, rioted for their rights and defied a government. Starting in Scotland where the 'Community Charge' was first trialled, Can't Pay, Won't Pay immerses the reader in the gritty history of the rebellion. Amidst the drama of large scale protests and blockaded estates a number of key figures and groups emerge: Neil Kinnock and Tommy Sheridan; Militant, Class War and the Metropolitan Police. Assessing this legacy today, Hannah demonstrates the centrality of the Poll Tax resistance as a key chapter in the history of British popular uprisings, Labour Party factionalism, the anti-socialist agenda and failed Tory ideology.

Author : Eileen Jones
Publisher : Thomas t Beeler
ISBN 13 : 9781856951180
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.89/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Neil Kinnock written by Eileen Jones and published by Thomas t Beeler. This book was released on 1995 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : James Thomas
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135773734
Total Pages : 233 pages
Book Rating : 4.31/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Popular Newspapers, the Labour Party and British Politics written by James Thomas and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2007-05-07 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book traces the relationship between the popular press and the Labour Party from the early twentieth century through the Second World War and up to the current day.

Author : Andrew S. Crines
Publisher : Biteback Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1785900587
Total Pages : 228 pages
Book Rating : 4.87/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Harold Wilson written by Andrew S. Crines and published by Biteback Publishing. This book was released on 2016-03-11 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This year marks the centenary of Harold Wilson's birth, the fiftieth anniversary of his most impressive general election victory and forty years since his dramatic resignation as Prime Minister. He was one of the longest-serving premiers of the twentieth century, having won a staggering four general elections, yet, despite this monumental record, his place in Labour's history remains somewhat ambiguous. By the end of his two periods in power, both the left and right of the party were highly critical of Wilson - the former regarding him as a traitor to socialism, the latter as contributing directly to British decline. With contributions from leading experts in the fields of political study, and from Wilson's own contemporaries, this remarkable new study offers a timely and wide-ranging reappraisal of one of the giants of twentieth-century politics, examining the context within which he operated, his approach to leadership and responses to changing social and economic norms, the successes and failure of his policies, and how he was viewed by peers from across the political spectrum. Finally, it examines the overall impact of Harold Wilson on the development of British politics.

Author : Richard King
Publisher : Faber & Faber
ISBN 13 : 0571295665
Total Pages : 405 pages
Book Rating : 4.61/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Brittle with Relics written by Richard King and published by Faber & Faber. This book was released on 2022-02-22 with total page 405 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Brittle with Relics is a landmark history of the people of Wales during a period of great national change.'Richly humane, viscerally political, generously multi-voiced, Brittle with Relics is oral history at its revelatory best.'DAVID KYNASTON'Fascinating.' OBSERVER'Powerful.' LITERARY REVIEW'Inspired.' GUARDIANBrittle with Relics is a vital history of Wales undergoing some of the country's most seismic and traumatic events: the disasters of Aberfan and Tryweryn; the rise of the Welsh language movement; the Miners' Strike and its aftermath; and the narrow vote in favour of partial devolution.Drawing upon the voices of its inhabitants - includin Neil Kinnock, Rowan Williams, Leanne Wood, Gruff Rhys, Michael Sheen, Nicky Wire, Sian James, language activists, members of former mining communities and many more - this is a vivid portrait of a nation determined to survive, while maintaining the hope that Wales will one day thrive on its own terms.'Passionate.' HISTORY TODAY'Compels attention.' IRISH TIMES'Superb.' DAILY TELEGRAPH'A testament to the brutal circumstances that bonded the communities of Wales into a new polity for the 21st century.'GRUFF RHYS'This book is a guide to remembering who we can be when we work together.'GWENNO SAUNDERS'An essential telling of Welshness that contains a powerful reflection of Englishness, too.'EMMA WARREN

Author : Richard Heffernan
Publisher : Verso
ISBN 13 : 9780860915614
Total Pages : 356 pages
Book Rating : 4.11/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Defeat from the Jaws of Victory written by Richard Heffernan and published by Verso. This book was released on 1992 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Using original research from archives, interviews with MPs and party officials, and first hand testimonies from grass roots activists, the authors go behind the scenes to name names, record the votes, and lay bare the machinations of those who led the Labour Party to electoral defeat in 1992.

Author : Kyle Chayka
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 1635572118
Total Pages : 273 pages
Book Rating : 4.17/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Longing for Less written by Kyle Chayka and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2020-01-21 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The New Yorker staff writer and Filterworld author Kyle Chayka examines the deep roots-and untapped possibilities-of our newfound, all-consuming drive to reduce. “Less is more”: Everywhere we hear the mantra. Marie Kondo and other decluttering gurus promise that shedding our stuff will solve our problems. We commit to cleanse diets and strive for inbox zero. Amid the frantic pace and distraction of everyday life, we covet silence-and airy, Instagrammable spaces in which to enjoy it. The popular term for this brand of upscale austerity, “minimalism,” has mostly come to stand for things to buy and consume. But minimalism has richer, deeper, and altogether more valuable gifts to offer. In The Longing for Less, one of our sharpest cultural critics delves beneath the glossy surface of minimalist trends, seeking better ways to claim the time and space we crave. Kyle Chayka's search leads him to the philosophical and spiritual origins of minimalism, and to the stories of artists such as Agnes Martin and Donald Judd; composers such as John Cage and Julius Eastman; architects and designers; visionaries and misfits. As Chayka looks anew at their extraordinary lives and explores the places where they worked-from Manhattan lofts to the Texas high desert and the back alleys of Kyoto-he reminds us that what we most require is presence, not absence. The result is an elegant synthesis of our minimalist desires and our profound emotional needs. With a new afterword by the author.