The book presents a comparative analysis of social change, democratisation and the development of modern party politics in two European countries, Britain and Sweden during the period c1880-1930, with particular reference to the emergence of social democracy as a political current. The emphasis is on the similarities of political changes in these two countries at this time, and also in the wider European context.
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The book presents a comparative analysis of social change, democratisation and the development of modern party politics in two European countries, Britain and Sweden during the period c1880-1930, with particular reference to the emergence of social democracy as a political current.
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Introduction - Exceptionalism in Comparative Labour History; The Rise of Labour in Britain and Sweden; Local and National Politics in the Rise of Labour; The Labour Movement in Plymouth, c.1890-1914; Plymouth During World War I and After; The Labour Movement in Karlskrona, c.1890-1911; Naval Politics in Karlskrona, c.1911-1921; Conclusion.
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Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9789189116719
Publisert
2006-07-20
Utgiver
Vendor
Nordic Academic Press
Høyde
220 mm
Bredde
145 mm
Aldersnivå
P, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Antall sider
352

Forfatter

Biographical note

Dr Mary Hilson has a PhD from Exeter University (1998) and is now a lecturer in Contemporary Scandinavian History at University College London.