Political Change & the Rise of Labour in Comparative Perspective : Britain & Sweden, 1890-1920

Hilson, Mary

Nordic Academic Press（2006/07発売）

• 製本 Hardcover:ハードカバー版／ページ数 352 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9789189116719
• DDC分類 320.941

Full Description

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.

Contents

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.