Ebook: British Labour Leaders

As the party that championed trade union rights, the creation of the NHS and the establishment of a national minimum wage, Labour has played an undoubtedly crucial role in the shaping of contemporary British society. And yet, the leaders who have stood at its helm - from Keir Hardie to Ed Miliband, via Ramsay MacDonald, Clement Attlee and Tony Blair - have steered the party vessel with enormously varying degrees of success. With the widening of the franchise, revolutionary changes to social values and the growing ubiquity of the media, the requirements, techniques and goals of Labour leadershi.;Cover; Title Page; Contents; Preface; List of tables and figures; Author biographies; Foreword; PART I: FRAMEWORKS FOR ASSESSING LEADERS; Chapter 1: Introduction: the British Labour Party in search of the complete leader; Chapter 2: Statecraft: a framework for assessing Labour Party leaders; Chapter 3: Measuring the success or failure of Labour leaders: the general election test; PART II: ASSESSMENTS OF LABOUR LEADERS; Chapter 4: Keir Hardie; Chapter 5: George Nicoll Barnes and William Adamson; Chapter 6: John Robert Clynes; Chapter 7: Ramsay MacDonald; Chapter 8: Arthur Henderson.