Journal of Liberal History 39 – Special issue: A short history of political virginity (history of the SDP)
Journal of Liberal History 39 – Special issue: A short history of political virginity (history of the SDP)
Issue: 39, Summer 2003Price: £7.5
Contents
A short history of political virginity
Introduction to this special issue on the history of the Social Democratic Party.
The SDP: Beginnings, 1981-83
Original cartoons from the Social Democrat illustrate the birth and first two years of the party.
Drawing for Social Democracy
An interview with SDP cartoonist Chris Radley.
What went wrong at Darlington?
Original memo on the 1983 by-election disaster, plus commentary.
Rise ... the SDP 1983-85
Original cartoons from the Social Democrat illustrate what was perhaps the party’s happiest years.
Aspects of organisational modernisation in political parties: the case of the SDP
Organisational innovations introduced by the SDP.
Bibliography: SDP and Alliance
Key sources on SDP and Alliance history.
... and decline: the SDP 1985-87
Original cartoons from the Social Democrat illustrate the run-up to the 1987 election.
Biography: David Owen
The political career and record of Dr David Owen.
Merger and aftermath: 1987-89
Original cartoons from the Social Democrat illustrate the wrangles over merger and the eclipse of the Owenite Continuing SDP.
'A sign of arrival...'
Review of Alan Mumford, Stabbed in the Front: Post-War General Elections Through Political Cartoons (University of Kent, 2001).
When personal ambitions collide, mutual co-operation is precluded
Review of Giles Radice, Friends and Rivals: Crosland, Jenkins and Healey (Little, Brown & Co., 2002).
His books were read
Review of Roy Jenkins, A Life at the Centre (Macmillan, 1991).
Chronology: SDP and Alliance
Key dates in SDP and Alliance history.