Russell Building New Labour

The Politics of Party Organisation
2005
ISBN: 978-0-230-51316-7
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan UK
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 323 Seiten, eBook

'New' Labour was defined in part by wide-ranging reforms to the party's internal democracy. These included changes to how candidates and leaders are selected, changes to policy making processes, and a programme of 'quotas' that transformed women's representation in the party. In the first book to analyse all these reforms in depth Meg Russell asks what motivated them, to what extent they were driven by leaders or members, and what they can teach us both about party organisational change and the nature of power relations in the Labour Party today.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Russell, M.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction The Context for Reform Selecting Candidates and Leaders: the Battle for One Member One Vote Selection under Blair: the Fall and Rise of One Member One Vote The Quiet Revolution: Women in the Party Making Policy The National Executive Committee Annual Conference Reform Frustrated: The Grassroots Change and the Illusion of Change Democracy and Power in 'New' Labour Timeline Glossary Bibliography Index

Über Autor(innen)

MEG RUSSELL is a Senior Research Fellow at the Constitution Unit, University College London, where her specialisms are parliaments and political parties. In addition to her academic work she has had direct involvement with many aspects of the Labour Party's organisation. From 1996 to 1998 she was the party's National Women's Officer, and from 1998-2001 was an elected member of its National Policy Forum. She has also previously worked as a parliamentary researcher and a government adviser.