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The Labour Party and constitutional reform = a history of constitutional conservatism /

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	The Labour Party and constitutional reform/ Peter Dorey.
Reminder of title:	a history of constitutional conservatism /
Author:	Dorey, Peter,
Published:	Basingstoke [England] ;Palgrave Macmillan, : 2008.,
Description:	vii, 410 p.
Subject:	Constitutional law - Great Britain. -
Subject:	Great Britain -
Online resource:	access to fulltext (Palgrave)
ISBN:	9780230594159

The Labour Party and constitutional reform = a history of constitutional conservatism /
Dorey, Peter,1959-

The Labour Party and constitutional reforma history of constitutional conservatism /[electronic resource] :Peter Dorey. - Basingstoke [England] ;Palgrave Macmillan,2008. - vii, 410 p.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 380-395) and index.

Electoral reform -- The House of Commons -- The House of Lords -- The civil service -- Open government -- Scottish devolution -- Welsh devolution -- English regionalism -- Northern Ireland.

Although New Labour has introduced many more constitutional reforms than Old Labour, this apparent radicalism has nonetheless been based upon orthodox assumptions and objectives about the operation of Britain'spolitical system. In this regard, New Labour has shared remarkable similarities with Old Labour. Both have largely opposed electoral reform for general elections due to a belief in strong, single party governmentat Westminster. This, in turn, has ensured that senior Labour politicians have not wanted to reform Parliament in a manner which might increase the power of the House of Commons, or the legitimacy of the House ofLords, because either would pose a threat to the authority of Labour governments. A similar top-down b1 sexecutive-minded b2 s stance also underpinned the long-standing resistance to open government and freedom of information legislation. Meanwhile, devolution was historically resisted, and then only granted reluctantly and half-heartedly, and even then, only on the basis that it would strengthen the United Kingdom by weakening nationalist demands in Scotland and Wales. This book examines the nature and basis for Labour's constitutional conservatism, as well as the debates and disagreements within the Party which constitutional reform has variously prompted from 1906 to the present day.

Electronic reproduction.
Basingstoke, England :
Palgrave Macmillan,
2009.

Mode of access:World Wide Web.

ISBN: 9780230594159

Standard No.: 10.1057/9780230594159doiSubjects--Corporate Names:

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Labour Party (Great Britain)
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Constitutional law
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Great Britain
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96803
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: KD3989 / .D67 2008eb

Dewey Class. No.: 320.441

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