Labour's Transformation
A Staged Process with No Single Point of Origin
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6353583 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Richard Heffernan |
| Year | 1998 |
| Volume | 18 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 101-106 |
| Publication date | 1998-05-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Politics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0032-3268 • E-ISSN: 1467-9256 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1111/1467-9256.t01-1-00067 |
| OpenAlex | W2024592991 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 3 |
Looking for one specific point of origin of the far reaching transformation of the Labour Party obscures rather than illuminates the complex process which lies behind its ideological self-redefinition. This response to Adam Lent's article in Politics Volume 17, ‘Labour's Transformation: Searching for the Point of Origin’, argues that the long march from the party of Michael Foot to that led by Tony Blair is more usefully explored in terms of a gradual, staged process This transformation, evidenced in alterations in Labour's programmatic stance, electoral strategy and stated political objectives, was enacted in the period 1983–1997 as a whole. While several significant ‘moments of transition’ can be identified none are by themselves a single ‘point of origin
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| Unique citing works | 2 |
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| Citations per year | 0,08 |
| Citation span | 2001 - 2004 (4) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |