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- Title: Alternatives to State-Socialism in Britain
- Author : Peter Ackers & Alastair J. Reid
- Release Date : January 01, 2016
- Genre: Europe,Books,History,Politics & Current Events,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 2148 KB
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This book poses a major revisionist challenge to 20th century British labour history, aiming to look beyond the Marxist and Fabian exclusion of working class experience, notably religion and self-help, in order to exaggerate âlabour movementâ class cohesion. Instead of a âforward marchâ to secular state-socialism, the research presented here is devoted to a rich diversity of social movements and ideas. In this collection of essays, the editors establish the liberal-pluralist tradition, with the following chapters covering three distinct sections. Part One, âOther Forms of Associationâ covers subjects such as trade unions, the Co-operative Party, womenâs community activism and Protestant Nonconformity. Part Two, âOther Leadersâ, covers employer Edward Cadbury; Trades Union Congress leader Walter Citrine; and the electriciansâ leader, Frank Chapple. Part Three, âOther Intellectualsâ, considers G.D.H. Cole, Michael Young and left libertarianism by Stuart White. Readers interested in the British Labour movement will find this an invaluable resource.