{"product_id":"democratic-ideas-and-the-british-labour-movement-1880-1914-paperback-9780521024143","title":"Democratic Ideas and the British Labour Movement, 1880–1914 (Paperback \/ softback) 9780521024143","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eDemocratic Ideas and the British Labour Movement, 1880–1914\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe first detailed study of an important debate in the history of the Labour movement.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eLogie Barrow (Author), Ian Bullock (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521024143, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 13 February 2006\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e340 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.4 x 2 cm, 0.502 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'It traces the importance of democracy from those who took on the mantle of the Chartists, to those who came together to form the Labour Party, and from those who believed in strong democracy to those who believed that they could change the world simply by being in power without winning the arguments among the majority of the electorate.' Chartist\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThis is the first detailed survey of democratic ideas on the British Left in the period leading to 1914. Socialists of the late nineteenth century inherited assumptions about the priority of democracy from a long tradition of British Radicalism. However, the advent of the Fabians, who rejected this tradition as primitive, and of an ILP leadership more concerned to enter than reform parliament, meant that the movement was split between 'strong' and 'weak' views of democracy. By the eve of the First World War a consensus was emerging that might have formed the basis for a more realistic and more radical approach to democracy than has actually been pursued by the Labour Party and the Left during the twentieth century. Democratic Ideas and the British Labour Movement assesses an important debate in the history of socialist ideas and in the formation of the British Labour movement.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eAcknowledgements\u003cbr\u003e Introduction\u003cbr\u003e Part I: 1. The survival of Chartist assumptions\u003cbr\u003e 2. Democracy and socialism in the 1890s\u003cbr\u003e 3. Democracy and the industrial struggle\u003cbr\u003e Part II: 4. Conflicts in the ILP\u003cbr\u003e 5. The pressure to federate: the industrial struggle in the late 1890s\u003cbr\u003e 6. The rise and fall of the Clarion Federation\u003cbr\u003e Part III: 7. The early 1900s: a hinge period\u003cbr\u003e 8. Socialists and the state\u003cbr\u003e 9. Parliamentary socialism? Labour in parliament\u003cbr\u003e 10. Parliamentary democracy? 'Fred's obsession' and the path to the Bradford resolution\u003cbr\u003e 11. Background to sydicalism: the legacy of the NIGFLTU's failure\u003cbr\u003e 12. Avoiding the 'Servile State'. The impact of syndicalism and guild socialism\u003cbr\u003e 13. 1914: an emerging consensus on the eve of Armageddon\u003cbr\u003e 14. Conclusions\u003cbr\u003e Appendix. Federation for local Labour historians - and for national\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: History of ideas [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on History of ideas\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22History%20of%20ideas%20%5BJFCX%5D%22\"\u003eJFCX\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46005230797080,"sku":"9780521024143","price":40.88,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521024143i.jpg?v=1694963674","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/democratic-ideas-and-the-british-labour-movement-1880-1914-paperback-9780521024143","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}