The Scottish Labour Party is in an unprecedented position. Having been the leading party in Scotland for 50 years it lost an election and office to the SNP in 2007. This book addresses, examines and analyses the last 30 years of Scottish Labour, from the arrival of Thatcherism in 1979 to the aftermath of the party's defeat in the 2007 Scottish Parliament elections. It asks fundamental questions about the nature of Scottish Labour, its dominance of Scottish politics, the wider politics of Scotland, and whether the decline is irreversible. Covering both contemporary events and recent history, it draws on extensive research including archival sources and interviews with some of the key participants in Scottish Labour.
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This book ... is comprehensive and authoritative, and the authors are to be congratulated for writing the first major study of the Scottish Labour Party. Trying to research Labour's internal organisation is like trying to penetrate a Colombian drug cartel - it's not for the faint-hearted. Gerry Hassan and Eric Shaw have done an excellent job of elucidating and recording the processes that led to Scottish Labour's downfall. --Iain MacWhirter, The Sunday Herald
Gerry Hassan and Eric Shaw have produced a fact-rich, reference-rich work, 'The Strange Death of Labour Scotland', which illuminates contemporary Scottish politics. --Alex Wood, Edinburgh Review
This book reminds its readers of the scale and significance of Labour's contribution to Scottish life over recent decades. --Douglas Alexander, Shadow Foreign Secretary and Labour MP for Paisley & Renfrewshire South
Gerry Hassan and Eric Shaw have produced a fact-rich, reference-rich work, 'The Strange Death of Labour Scotland', which illuminates contemporary Scottish politics. --Alex Wood, Edinburgh Review
This book reminds its readers of the scale and significance of Labour's contribution to Scottish life over recent decades. --Douglas Alexander, Shadow Foreign Secretary and Labour MP for Paisley & Renfrewshire South
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Gerry Hassan is a writer, researcher and broadcaster on Scottish and UK politics and policy, and co-author of 'The Political Guide to Modern Scotland: People, Places and Power' (Politico's 2004). Eric Shaw is a Senior Lecturer in Politics at the University of Stirling. He is author of 'Losing Labour's Soul' (Routledge, 2007) and 'Discipline and Discord in the Labour Party' (Manchester University Press, 1988).
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