Scottish Popular Politics : : From Radicalism to Labour / / W. Hamish Fraser.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Edinburgh University Press Backlist eBook-Package 2013-2000
• VerfasserIn: Fraser, W. Hamish,
• Place / Publishing House: Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2022]; ©2000
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (192 p.)

GBS_insertPreviewButtonPopup('ISBN:9781902930114);One hundred years ago the Labour Representation Committee was formed - this is usually taken as the founding meeting of the Labour Party. However a month before, in January 1900, the Scottish Workers' Parliamentary Election Committee was established to achieve the same things in Scotland - the election of working-class representatives to the House of Commons who would act independently of the existing political parties. This reflected the way many of the moves towards independent Labour were pioneered in Scotland. Many of the key figures in the early Labour Party were Scots - Hardie, MacDonald, Wilkie, Henderson and Curran - and Scots have continued to play a disproportionate role in the shaping of Labour politics. This book traces the Scottish route from radical protest at the end of the eighteenth century to the formation and development of the Labour Party through to 1922 when Labour became the largest party in Scotland. The story ends with coverage of the way in which Labour had consolidated its dominance of Scottish politics to the end of the twentieth century and considers the way in which popular radicalism in recent decades has found new directions.Key FeaturesLooks at popular movements for reform rather than at politiciansShows continuing significance of radical ideals through to formation of Scottish ParliamentShows importance of radicalism within Labour PartyWide chronological coverage but based on original research"

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. Politics Discovered 1770s- 1802 -- Chapter 2. Reform or Revolution 1802-32 -- Chapter 3. The Chartist Years 183- 48 -- Chapter 4. After Chartism 1848-68 -- Chapter 5. Liberal Scotland 1868-86 -- Chapter 6. Roads to Socialism -- Chapter 7. Making a Labour Party 1888- 1900 -- Chapter 8. Competing for Radicalism 1900- 18 -- Chapter 9. The Radical Inheritance since 1918? -- Index