Sacred Cows and Common Sense: The Symbolic Statecraft and Political Culture of the British Labour Party

by Tim Bale

Book Overview

First published in 1999, this volume is based on interviews and research from previously unavailable party, state and private archives, this insightful volume reflects on the interaction between institutional structure and world-view that we call political culture. Using Labour's post-war welfare policy, this informative study makes three key points:

The need to break down distinctions between the 'symbolic' and the 'substantial'...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1138350931
• ISBN13: 9781138350939
• Release Date: December 2020
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 276 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.8" x 8.9"