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James Callaghan : an underrated prime minister? / edited by Kevin Hickson and Jasper Miles.

Contributor(s): Hickson, Kevin, 1974- [editor.] | Miles, Jasper [editor.]Publisher: London : Biteback Publishing, 2020Description: xxxv, 309 pagesContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781785906336Subject(s): Callaghan, James, 1912-2005 | Labour Party (Great Britain) -- History | Great Britain -- Politics and governmentDDC classification: 920
Contents:
I. Context -- A decade of extremes : the social and cultural context / Harry Taylor -- The conservatism of Labour : James Callaghan and ideology / Kevin Hickson -- Callaghan and cabinet / Mark Stuart -- Staying in the saddle : James Callaghan and parliament / Philip Norton -- Callaghan and the extra-parliamentary Labour Party / Eric Shaw -- The 1979 General Election / Mark Garnett -- II. Policies -- Economic policy / Wyn Grant -- Industrial relations / Andrew Taylor -- Social policy / Ben Williams -- Education : politics and policy-making with the intellectuals of 'old' labour / Jane Martin -- Devolution and local government / Neil Pye -- Callaghan and Northern Ireland / Kevin Bean and Pauline Hadaway -- Callaghan and Europe / Jasper Miles -- Labour's defence and foreign policy, 1976-79 / Martin S. Alexander, Eric Grove2, R. Gerald Hughes and Kristan Stoddart -- III. Perspectives -- Inside No.10 / David Lipsey -- A Labour backbencher's viewpoint / Austin Mitchell -- A Tory backbencher's viewpoint / Jonathan Aitken -- The Lib-Lab pact / Duncan Brack -- The Labour left under Callaghan / Simon Hannah -- How James Callaghan sowed the seeds of his own downfall / Polly Toynbee -- The prime minister of Dock Green : James Callaghan in history / Dominic Sandbrook.
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I. Context -- A decade of extremes : the social and cultural context / Harry Taylor -- The conservatism of Labour : James Callaghan and ideology / Kevin Hickson -- Callaghan and cabinet / Mark Stuart -- Staying in the saddle : James Callaghan and parliament / Philip Norton -- Callaghan and the extra-parliamentary Labour Party / Eric Shaw -- The 1979 General Election / Mark Garnett -- II. Policies -- Economic policy / Wyn Grant -- Industrial relations / Andrew Taylor -- Social policy / Ben Williams -- Education : politics and policy-making with the intellectuals of 'old' labour / Jane Martin -- Devolution and local government / Neil Pye -- Callaghan and Northern Ireland / Kevin Bean and Pauline Hadaway -- Callaghan and Europe / Jasper Miles -- Labour's defence and foreign policy, 1976-79 / Martin S. Alexander, Eric Grove2, R. Gerald Hughes and Kristan Stoddart -- III. Perspectives -- Inside No.10 / David Lipsey -- A Labour backbencher's viewpoint / Austin Mitchell -- A Tory backbencher's viewpoint / Jonathan Aitken -- The Lib-Lab pact / Duncan Brack -- The Labour left under Callaghan / Simon Hannah -- How James Callaghan sowed the seeds of his own downfall / Polly Toynbee -- The prime minister of Dock Green : James Callaghan in history / Dominic Sandbrook.

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