The Labour party and the land question, 1919-51

Through the first half of the twentieth century Labour held firm to the idea that the land system in Britain needed reforming. This article will attempt to present the Labour party's thinking on the land question. It will examine the changing nature of land‐related policies brought forward by L...

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Veröffentlicht in:Historical research : the bulletin of the Institute of Historical Research 2006-05, Vol.79 (204), p.247-269
1. Verfasser: Manton, Kevin
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:Through the first half of the twentieth century Labour held firm to the idea that the land system in Britain needed reforming. This article will attempt to present the Labour party's thinking on the land question. It will examine the changing nature of land‐related policies brought forward by Labour during the inter‐war period and indicate the different, and indeed contradictory, policy positions adopted by the party. It presents an outline of Labour's political economy of the land question and shows how, in the inter‐war years, changes in the way the party viewed agriculture lead to the development of land policies based on control of land use rather than on nationalization. This, it will be argued, provides the vital background to understanding the decision of the Attlee governments not to nationalize the land.
ISSN:0950-3471
1468-2281
DOI:10.1111/j.1468-2281.2006.00378.x