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| Title: | Political Change & the Rise of Labour in Comparative Perspective
: Britain & Sweden, 1890-1920 |
| Author: | Mary Hilson |
| ISBN: | 9189116712 : 9789189116719 |
| Illustrations: | b/w illus |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Size: | 145x220mm |
| Pages: | 352 |
| Weight: | .7 Kg. |
| Published: | Nordic Academic Press - July 2006 |
| List Price: | 42 Pounds Sterling |
| Availability: | In Print |
| Subjects: | Political parties: British Isles: Sweden |
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.
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.
