{"product_id":"nostalgia-and-the-post-war-labour-party-prisoners-of-the-past-9781526113306","title":"Nostalgia and the Post-War Labour Party:","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book examines the impact that nostalgia has had on the Labour Party’s political development since 1951. In contrast to existing studies that have emphasised the role played by modernity, it argues that nostalgia has defined Labour’s identity and determined the party’s trajectory over time. Jobson outlines how Labour, at both an elite and a grassroots level, has been and remains heavily influenced by a nostalgic commitment to an era of heroic male industrial working-class struggle.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis commitment has hindered policy discussion, determined the form that the modernisation process has taken and shaped internal conflict and cohesion. More broadly, Labour’s emotional attachment to the past has made it difficult for the party to adjust to the socioeconomic changes that have taken place in Britain. In short, nostalgia has frequently left the party out of touch with the modern world. In this way, this study offers an assessment of Labour’s failures to adapt to the changing nature and demands of post-war Britain and will be of interest to both students and academics working in the field of British political history and to those with a more general interest in Labour’s history and politics.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘The struggle to try and get the Labour Party “face the future”, as our 1945 manifesto was titled, has — irony of ironies — its own rich history. Richard Jobson's fascinating study, \u003ci\u003eNostalgia and the post-war Labour Party\u003c\/i\u003e, documents this thoroughly.’\u003cbr\u003eBridget Phillipson MP, \u003ci\u003eNew Statesman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘A serious contribution to the understanding of struggles within the Labour Party [which] raises significant questions about how parties engage with their own past to their advantage and disadvantage and how the past informs and sometimes perhaps restricts current politics. Most importantly, it shows that nostalgia is not simply an issue for the right, for Brexit and Trump voters, but is a charge that the left too has to deal with.’\u003cbr\u003eTobias Becker, \u003ci\u003eHistory Workshop Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e -- .\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e1 Introduction - Labour, nostalgia and 'nostalgia-identity'\u003cbr\u003e2 Revisionism and the battle over clause IV - 1951-63\u003cbr\u003e3 White heat and the Labour party  1963-70\u003cbr\u003e4 Labour's alternative economic strategy 1970-83\u003cbr\u003e5 Reinventing the Labour party 1983-92\u003cbr\u003e6 The New Labour era  1992-2010\u003cbr\u003e7 Back to the past? 2010 to the present\u003cbr\u003e8 Conclusion\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBibliography\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Manchester University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51040982040919,"sku":"9781526113306","price":63.75,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781526113306.jpg?v=1750948483","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/nostalgia-and-the-post-war-labour-party-prisoners-of-the-past-9781526113306","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}