Table of Contents
Introduction
Part I. Searching for a New Role
1. Democracy, Foreign Policy, and Parliamentary Reform: The Legacy of F. W. Jowett
2. An Existential Dilemma: Reactions to the Labour Party’s 1918 Constitution
3. Ramsay MacDonald and the ILP: A Mutual Ambivalence
4. A “Distinctive Program”: Variations on the Way Forward
5. The 1922 Constitution and the Allen Regime
Part II. Socialism in Our Time?
6. The Rise of MacDonald and the First Labour Government
7. Preparing the Ground for the Living Wage Policy
8. The Year of the General Strike—and of The Living Wage
9. Pursuing the Living Wage Policy
10 James Maxton and Increasing Tension with Labour
Part III. Leaving Labour
11. The Second Labour Government
12. The Road Towards Departure
13. Disaffiliation Wins the Day
14. What Is a Revolutionary Policy?
15. Turbulent Waters: A United Front—or a United ILP?
Part IV. Unity Remains Elusive
16. Lancashire Revolts: Continuing Conflict over the United Front
17. The Abyssinian Crisis and the Fate of Democratic Centralism
18. Soviet Foreign Policy and the League of Nations: Growing Criticism in the ILP
19. The ILP and the USSR: From Doubt to Disillusionment
20. Calls for Unity as War Approaches
21. The Ex-ILP: A Case for Continuity
Conclusion: The Legacy of the ILP's Interwar Years
Notes / Bibliography / Index