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The Labour Party, Denis Healey and the International Socialist Movement

The Labour Party, Denis Healey and the International Socialist Movement Rebuilding the Socialist International During the Cold War, 1945-1951 - Palgrave Studies in the History of Social Movements

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This book describes how, after the Second World War, the Labour Party assumed leadership of the International Socialist Movement, thanks to the achievements of the Attlee Government. International Secretary Denis Healey guided the reconstruction of the Socialist International through the early Cold War, making the British vision for socialist internationalism prevail over the French and Belgian. At first, the provisional Socialist International (International Socialist Conference and Comisco) supported cohabitation with pro-communist socialists and the USSR, but with the Sovietisation of Eastern Europe it committed to militant anti-communism. Ambiguity between the Labour Party and Labour Government influenced British policy in Austria, Czechoslovakia, Greece, Italy and Poland, while the characterization and stereotypes of Eastern and Southern Europe shaped the language and actions of the British. Furthermore, the book shows how international contacts and the British and Swedish model encouraged the transition of socialist parties to responsible government parties fully embracing Western democracy and prepared the ideological revision of the 1950s.

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Book information

ISBN: 9783030084332
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan
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Language: English
Number of pages: 333
Weight: 460g
Height: 210mm
Width: 148mm