Building New Labour: The Politics of Party Organisation

Russell, M.

'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.

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Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date: 2005-03-21

Format: Hardcover

ISBN-13: 9781403939937

DOI: 10.1057/9780230513167

Dimensions: 216cm x140cm

Pages: 337