Strange Death Of Labour Scotland

Author : Gerry Hassan
Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
ISBN 13 : 0748655557
Total Pages : 368 pages
Book Rating : 4.57/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Strange Death of Labour Scotland written by Gerry Hassan and published by Edinburgh University Press. This book was released on 2012-06-20 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Analyses the rise and fall of Labour in Scotland and asks: is Labour's decline irreversible? After being the leading party in Scotland for 50 years, Labour was shocked to lose an election and office to the SNP in the 2007 Scottish Parliamentary elections, and thunderstruck when the SNP won a majority government in the same elections in 2011. This book analyses the last 30 years of Scottish Labour, from the arrival of Thatcherism in 1979 right up to the results of the 2010 Westminster elections and 2011 Scottish Parliamentary elections.

Author : Gerry Hassan
Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
ISBN 13 : 074867974X
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.44/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Scottish Labour Party written by Gerry Hassan and published by Edinburgh University Press. This book was released on 2004-03-04 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Scottish Labour has been the dominant political party in Scotland since the 1960s. This text considers the contemporary party, analysing it in the context of Scottish politics Scotland, and the UK, as well as drawing on international comparisons.

Author : Gerry Hassan
Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
ISBN 13 : 0748655573
Total Pages : 368 pages
Book Rating : 4.71/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Strange Death of Labour Scotland written by Gerry Hassan and published by Edinburgh University Press. This book was released on 2012-06-20 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Analyses the last 30 years of Scottish Labour, from the arrival of Thatcherism in 1979 to the aftermath of the party's defeat in the 2007.

Author : Gerry Hassan
Publisher : Biteback Publishing
ISBN 13 : 178590387X
Total Pages : 231 pages
Book Rating : 4.78/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The People's Flag and the Union Jack written by Gerry Hassan and published by Biteback Publishing. This book was released on 2019-05-07 with total page 231 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The British Labour Party has at times been a force for radical change in the UK, but one critical aspect of its makeup has been consistently misunderstood and underplayed: its Britishness. Throughout the party's history, its Britishness has been an integral part of how it has done politics, acted in government and opposition, and understood the UK and its nations and regions. The People's Flag and the Union Jack is the first comprehensive account of how Labour has tried to understand Britain and Britishness and to compete in a political landscape defined by conservative notions of nation, patriotism and tradition. At a time when many of the party faithful regard national identity as a toxic subject, academics Gerry Hassan and Eric Shaw argue that Labour's Britishness and its ambiguous relationship with issues of nationalism matter more today than ever before, and will continue to matter for the foreseeable future, when the UK is in fundamental crisis. As debate rages about Brexit, and the prospect of Scottish independence remains live, this timely intervention, featuring contributions from a wealth of pioneering thinkers, offers an illuminating and perceptive insight into Labour's past, present and future.

Author : Gerry Hassan
Publisher : Cargo Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1911332058
Total Pages : 219 pages
Book Rating : 4.53/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Scotland the Bold written by Gerry Hassan and published by Cargo Publishing. This book was released on 2016-10-28 with total page 219 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How our nation has changed and why there's no going back Scotland has changed fundamentally. This story has become a familiar one, but have we yet understood its full meaning and the resulting consequences? What kind of choices do we face as a society and nation about our future, and how can we best shape them? Scotland the Bold explores how Scotland became what it is, considers what choices and obstacles it faces, identifies signs of people taking power into their own hands and addresses what we can all do to create a radically different, democratic and better Scotland. Scotland is now visibly different from the rest of the UK and the self-evidently bankrupt economic, social and political thinking that dominate British elites. Majority Scottish opinion is repulsed by a million people relying on food-banks and the prevalence of welfare sanctions in the fifth richest economy in the world. However, that doesn’t mean that Scotland is automatically morally superior - for in our own nation we have our own poverty, our own shames and silences, and our own elites. For self-government to have any meaning it entails addressing some hard and difficult truths about ourselves. All of this requires that we begin to talk honestly and maturely about Scotland’s future and some of the difficult choices we will have to make; reflecting on where we have come from, what we are proud of, mistakes, and how we do things better in the future. 'There could be no better harbinger... of possibilities than this bracing, searching, discomforting and ultimately exhilarating book.' Fintan O'Toole, Irish Times

Author : Lewis Goodall
Publisher : HarperCollins UK
ISBN 13 : 0008226709
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.01/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Left for Dead?: The Strange Death and Rebirth of the Labour Party written by Lewis Goodall and published by HarperCollins UK. This book was released on 2018-09-20 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A timely and provocative account of the fall of New Labour, the rise of Corbyn, and what it means for the left in Britain. ‘Lewis Goodall is one of the most exciting voices in British politics right now’ Emily Maitlis ‘Hugely illuminating, thought-provoking and moving in its seriousness and optimism’ Lord Andrew Adonis

Author : Gerry Hassan
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781474454896
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.95/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Story of the Scottish Parliament written by Gerry Hassan and published by . This book was released on 2019-08 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Marking the first twenty years of the Scottish Parliament, this collection of essays assesses its impact on Scotland, the UK and Europe and compares progress against pre-devolution hopes and expectations. It brings together the voices of ministers and advisers, leading political scientists and historians, commentators, journalists and former civil servants -- building an authoritative account of what the Scottish Parliament has made of devolution.The Story of the Scottish Parliament is an essential guide to the powers Holyrood may need for Scotland to flourish in an increasingly uncertain world.

Author : Geoffrey Wheatcroft
Publisher : Allan Lane
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.77/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Strange Death of Tory England written by Geoffrey Wheatcroft and published by Allan Lane. This book was released on 2005 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Has the most successful species in British political history finally become extinct? The Conservative party dominated British politics for 120 years from Disraeli's victory in 1874, culminating in an unprecedented eighteen-year spell in government after 1979. And yet at the very end of the century the Tories imploded so disastrously as to suggest the party might be doomed to follow the Liberals into oblivion. Geoffrey Wheatcroft has observed this extraordinary drama at close hand, interviewing all the key players on (and, more often, off) the record: from spirited exchanges with Margaret Thatcher to unprintable asides from Alan Clark. In this provocative and often acerbically funny book he first examines how the Tories came to enjoy their unlikely triumph: what was meant to be the century of the common man', with the unstoppable ascent of Labour, turned out to be the era of the Conservative, as the Tories reinvented themselves over and over again, not least entirely changing the party's class character. The Strange Death of Tory England demonstrates brilliantly how two profound truths explain the Conservatives' decline: that the Right had won politically, but the Left had won cultu

Author : Gerry Hassan
Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
ISBN 13 : 0748642110
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.13/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Modern SNP written by Gerry Hassan and published by Edinburgh University Press. This book was released on 2009-10-05 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Scottish National Party has played a significant role in the politics of Scotland in the last forty years. In particular it has contributed to and shaped the impact and dynamics of devolution. This collection brings together academics, writers, commentators and analysts of Scottish politics to address the nature of the SNP: its position in Scotland, its influence on devolution, its role as a minority administration and its relationship with other institutions in Scotland, the UK and Europe.

Author : Paul Henderson Scott
Publisher : Luath Press Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1909912689
Total Pages : 235 pages
Book Rating : 4.87/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Scotland written by Paul Henderson Scott and published by Luath Press Ltd. This book was released on 2013-12-16 with total page 235 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After more than 300 years of union with its larger and wealthier neighbour, Scotland has the opportunity to be independent. It is a chance that well-known Scottish cultural and political commentator Paul Henderson Scott firmly believes should be taken. In Scotland: A Creative Past, An Independent Future, he looks to Scotland's vibrant literary and cultural heritage to envisage an independent nation. Revisiting aspects of Scotland's political and cultural past, from the Union of 1707 to literary figures including Robert Louis Stevenson and Alasdair Gray, this is a passionate and eloquent exploration of Scotland's past, and its potential future - a future where national confidence, culture and identity can flourish. Scott's provocative book persuasively argues the case for Independence, considering a variety of topics, both historic and current, cultural and political. But in every case, the benefits of Independence are clear. Scotland has the opportunity to become more confident, prosperous and contented - an opportunity that even the most sceptical reader will be persuaded that they should take.