Labour in the city : the development of the Labour party in Manchester, 1918-31
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Labour in the city : the development of the Labour party in Manchester, 1918-31
(Critical labour movement series)
Manchester University Press, 2006
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Bibliography: p. [203]-217
Includes index
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Description
In 1918 the Labour party began to build for power by embarking on a plan of reorganisation aimed at creating a national network of local branches through which it would recruit, engage and mobilise a 'mass membership'.
This study assesses how that ambitious project played out in Manchester, a 'model' industrial city between 1918 and 1931. It concludes that despite significant electoral progress the goal of building a mass membership party organisation was largely frustrated by the unwillingness of more than a small minority of the public to embrace political activism.
The study offers important evidence about Labour's growth in the immediate post-1918 period and provides useful insights into the nature of political activism and engagement which have a contemporary resonance. -- .
Table of Contents
Introduction
1. Interpretations
2. Social context
3. Labour's constitution: the road to 1918
4. The struggle to build a 'mass party'
5. Labour's golden age? local party activity in the 1920s
6. 'The cream of working class society': Labour activists
7. Labour's ideology
8. Labour's electoral development 1909-31
9. Conclusion
Maps & Appendices -- .
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