The Labour Party and Constitutional Reform: A History of Constitutional Conservatism

by Peter Dorey

Book Overview

Examines the Labour Party's approach to constitutional reforms in historical context, and how these have been pursued more to 'modernize' political institutions, rather that radically transform them. Explains the reasons for this constitutional conservatism, and the debates which specific reform proposals have prompted in the Party.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1349301965
• ISBN13: 9781349301966
• Release Date: January 2008
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 410 Pages
• Weight: 1.17 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.5" x 8.5"