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The Birth, Life and Death of the Social Democratic Party
出版Oxford University Press, 1995
主題History / Europe / Great Britain / 20th CenturyHistory / Social HistoryPolitical Science / Political Process / Political PartiesPolitical Science / Political Ideologies / Conservatism & Liberalism
ISBN01982805059780198280507
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=yh6JAAAAMAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
註釋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.