Publisher's Synopsis
This volume presents a fundamental reassessment of why the Wilson governments failed in their achievements. These administrations have been more widely criticized, from both the Left and the Right, than any other Labour administration since 1945. Using fresh research, it is argued that much of this criticism is misplaced in emphasizing failure as a result of Labour's own actions. Rather, Wilson was hampered as soon as he became Prime Minister by wider structural constraints on policy - economic, social and political - which blocked or modified the Wilson programme.;This volume will be of interest to anyone interested in the debate about the nature of the British state and the failure to modernize after 1945.;Nick Tiratsoo also edited "The Attlee Years" (Pinter 1991).
