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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      May 2010
      September 1977
      ISBN:
      9780511560972
      9780521087650
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511560972
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      Dimensions:
      (228 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.4kg, 272 Pages
      • Subjects:
      Area Studies, Twentieth Century British History, British Government, Politics and Policy, History, European Studies, Politics and International Relations
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    Area Studies, Twentieth Century British History, British Government, Politics and Policy, History, European Studies, Politics and International Relations
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    The 1930s was the decade of the Jarrow March and the International Brigade - the 'Red Decade' of literary imagination. Yet there has seldom been a time when the influence of the British Left has been at a lower ebb. Why was this? In this book Ben Pimlott suggests answers, and challenges established myths about left-wing politics during a crucial period. Pimlott's study is concerned with the relationship between ideas and political action. The author is interested in the distinction which can be drawn between 'expressive' and 'instrumental' approaches to political behaviour, and a central theme is that the 'expressive' politics of some sections of the Left had an ironic effect of hindering the achievement of widely shared goals.

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    'In view of the current world economic crisis, there has probably never been a better time to review Labour and the British Left's actions and reactions to the terrible recession of the 1930s. At the same time it is also very worthwhile reading Ben Pimlott's masterful analysis of that era.'

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