The Labour Party and the Planned Economy, 1931-1951

by Richard Toye

An exploration of Labour's 1931 pledge to create a planned socialist economy and the reasons for its failure to do so.

In the general election of 1931, the Labour Party campaigned on the slogan Plan or Perish. The party's pledge to create a planned socialist economy was a novelty, and marked the rejection of the gradualist, evolutionary socialism to which Labour had adhered under the leadership of Ramsay MacDonald. Although heavily defeated...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0861932625
• ISBN13: 9780861932627
• Release Date: March 2003
• Publisher: Royal Historical Society
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 9.3" x 6.3"