{"product_id":"9781785909504-british-labour-leaders","title":"British Labour Leaders","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAnindispensable contribution to the study of party leadership, \u003ci\u003eBritish LabourLeaders\u003c\/i\u003e is the essential guide to understanding British political historyand governance.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAsthe party that championed trade union rights, the creation of the NHS and theestablishment of a national minimum wage, Labour has played a crucial role inthe shaping of British society. And yet the leaders who have stood at its helm- from Keir Hardie to Sir Keir Starmer, via Clement Attlee, Tony Blair andJeremy Corbyn - have steered the party vessel with enormously varying degreesof success.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTherequirements, techniques and goals of the Labour leadership since the party'sinception at the turn of the twentieth century have been forced to evolvealmost beyond recognition - and not all its leaders have managed to keep up.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThiscomprehensive and enlightening book - now fully updated with chapters on allLabour leaders up to Keir Starmer and an assessment of the party's leadershipin relation to Brexit - considers the attributes and achievements of eachleader in the context of their respective time and diplomatic landscape.Offering a compelling analytical framework by which they may be judged, it alsoprovides detailed personal biographies from some of the country's foremostpolitical critics and exclusive interviews with former leaders themselves.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAnindispensable contribution to the study of party leadership, \u003ci\u003eBritish LabourLeaders\u003c\/i\u003e is the essential guide to understanding British political historyand governance.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56361844605302,"sku":"9781785909504","price":23.04,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_36349061_131dabd3-5a17-42a1-9bf2-122894bd8984.jpg?v=1759430202","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781785909504-british-labour-leaders","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}