| Sdp: The Birth, Life, and Death of the Social Democratic Party Contributor(s): Crewe, Ivor (Author), King, Anthony (Author) |
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ISBN: 0198280505 ISBN-13: 9780198280507 Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA OUR PRICE: $57.95 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: January 1996 Annotation: Launched on a wave of euphoria in 1981, the SDP aroused the hopes and enthusiasm of millions of people. Promising to break the mould of British politics, its leaders included four of the most respected figures in British public life - Roy Jenkins, David Owen, Shirley Williams and Bill Rodgers. But the SDP failed. Despite winning, with the Liberals, a quarter of the vote in two general elections, by the autumn of 1987 it had disintegrated amidst acrimony and bitter infighting. This book, based on unprecedented access to the SDP's archive, analyses in detail the reasons for its early success and its ultimate demise. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | Political Process - Political Parties |
| Dewey: 324.241 |
| LCCN: 96124555 |
| Lexile Measure: 1390 |
| Physical Information: 1.56" H x 6" W x 9" (2.46 lbs) 636 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Launched on a wave of euphoria in 1981, the SDP aroused the hopes and enthusiasm of millions of people. Promising to break the mould of British politics, its leaders included three of the most respected figures in British public life--Roy Jenkins, David Owen, and Shirley Williams. But despite winning with the Liberals a quarter of the vote in two general elections, by the autumn of 1987 it had disintegrated amidst acrimony and bitter in-fighting. This book, based on unprecedented access to the SDP's archive and extensive interviews with all the leading players, chronicles the party's short but turbulent history and analyses in detail the reasons for its early success and its ultimate demise. |