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Millions of people across the globe face a precarious existence because of Covid-19, climate change, and the greatest wealth inequality in a century. In Britain, the pandemic has revealed critical failings in the social safety net, especially the damage to the National Health Service caused by years of underfunding and creeping privatisation.

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Contents: Introduction; Orthodox Socialism; The changing political status of organised labour; Labour in power; Bevan and the crisis of orthodox socialism; Harold Wilson in office and the rise of a Labour new left; New Labour's 'modernisation' project; Jeremy Corbyn and the resurgence of the socialist ideal; Appendix: Labour members speak.

The Socialist Ideal in the Labour Party

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      Publisher: The Merlin Press Ltd
      Publication Date: 31/03/2022
      ISBN13: 9780850367768, 978-0850367768
      ISBN10: 085036776X
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      Left-of-centre democratic ideologies and movements Sociology: work and labour

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Millions of people across the globe face a precarious existence because of Covid-19, climate change, and the greatest wealth inequality in a century. In Britain, the pandemic has revealed critical failings in the social safety net, especially the damage to the National Health Service caused by years of underfunding and creeping privatisation.

      Table of Contents
      Contents: Introduction; Orthodox Socialism; The changing political status of organised labour; Labour in power; Bevan and the crisis of orthodox socialism; Harold Wilson in office and the rise of a Labour new left; New Labour's 'modernisation' project; Jeremy Corbyn and the resurgence of the socialist ideal; Appendix: Labour members speak.

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