{"product_id":"modernising-the-labour-party-t-quinn-9781349518272","title":"Modernising the Labour Party: Organisational Change Since 1983","description":"Few parties have undergone such comprehensive organizational change as the Labour Party since 1983. Labour's organization once institutionalised the political exchange between office-seeking politicians and the party's policy-seeking trade union paymasters. Using accessible rational choice models, Thomas Quinn explores how consecutive election defeats prompted party leaders to modernize this structure to regain voters' trust, reducing union influence in policymaking, parliamentary candidate selection and leadership contests. The price may be a centralized party vulnerable to membership exit and union funding cuts.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e T. Quinn\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1349518271\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781349518272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Palgrave MacMillan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/01\/2004\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 227\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.56d","brand":"T. Quinn","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48088060952831,"sku":"9781349518272","price":109.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_b7f97ce4-98b1-40e3-a288-244a77770ce0.jpg?v=1769102891","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/modernising-the-labour-party-t-quinn-9781349518272","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}