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9780773437371

The Labour League of Youth: An Account of the Failure of the Labour Party to Sustain a Successful Youth Organisation

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  • ISBN13:

    9780773437371

  • ISBN10:

    0773437371

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2010-02-14
  • Publisher: Edwin Mellen Pr
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Summary

The book chronicles, for the first time, the full history of the Labour Party's youth movement from the LOX established 1924, to the present organisation, Young Labour, established 1994. Previously unpublished primary source material, including oral interviews, provides a narrative that illuminates the culture, organisation and political activism of the youth sections.

Author Biography

Dr. Webb is a primary school teacher leading the Citizenship curriculum. She has gained a Doctor of Philosophy at the University of Huddersfield where she has lectured on Labour politics and has previously written on the subject of the Labour Party's youth organisation.

Table of Contents

Foreword
Key Dates in the History of the Labour Party's Youth Movement
Written and oral evidence
Introduction
The Framework of Analysis
Power in the Labour Party
Factionalism
A Difficult Birth
Precursors
Domestic and foreign models
What did you do in the League?
Labour Party support
Accommodation
Political activities
The First League of Youth
The political backdrop
How old is youth?
What sort of organisation?
The impact of the Spanish Civil War
Socialism, the Labour Party and the League of Youth in the 1930s
The Second League of Youth
The second League of Youth: growth and tension
The decline of the second League of Youth: 1951-59
The Labour League of Youth in the West Riding of
Yorkshire including a Case Study of Huddersfield.
Political and economic background
Young Socialists to Young Labour
The birth of the Young Socialists
Attempts by New Labour to appeal to youth
Single issue politics
United Kingdom Youth Parliament
The future for Young Labour: government initiatives
Young Labour initiatives
Conclusion
Conclusion
Appendix
Bibliography
Index
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