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University of Sheffield
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Article title
Savoir gérer un parti
Type
D - Journal article
Title of journal
Politix
Article number
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Volume number
81
Issue number
1
First page of article
61
ISSN of journal
19538286
Year of publication
2008
URL
-
Number of additional authors
0
Additional information
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Interdisciplinary
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Cross-referral requested
-
Research group
None
Proposed double-weighted
No
Double-weighted statement
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Reserve for a double-weighted output
No
Non-English
Yes
English abstract
The interwar years were a key period in the development of the Labour Party's organisation. The expansion of local party structures was accompanied by more professionalised approaches to running those parties, including a significant shift in ideas about the role of party agents and organisers. This article explores the tensions that developed between the ideal of a professionalised, trained and paid elite, on whom the party's future success supposedly depended, and older ideals within the Labour movement, which emphasised volunterism and the active commitment of the rank-and-file.