The Labour party and the land question, 1919-51
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4558546 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Kevin Manton (SOAS University of London, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2006 |
| Volume | 79 |
| Issue | 204 |
| Pages | 247-269 |
| Publication date | 2006-05-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Historical Research (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0950-3471 • E-ISSN: 1468-2281 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1468-2281.2006.00378.x |
| OpenAlex | W1997682285 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 2 |
Through the first half of the twentieth century Labour held firm to the idea that the land system in Britain needed reforming. This article will attempt to present the Labour party's thinking on the land question. It will examine the changing nature of land-related policies brought forward by Labour during the inter-war period and indicate the different, and indeed contradictory, policy positions adopted by the party. It presents an outline of Labour's political economy of the land question and shows how, in the inter-war years, changes in the way the party viewed agriculture lead to the development of land policies based on control of land use rather than on nationalization. This, it will be argued, provides the vital background to understanding the decision of the Attlee governments not to nationalize the land
Agricultural land · Agriculture · Economics · Economy · Market economy · Political economy · Political science · Politics · History · Land Rights and Reforms · Law · Rural development and sustainability
| Citations per year | 0.21 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2007 - 2013 (7) |
| Highly cited | No |