THE LABOUR PARTY AND THE IMPROVEMENT OF MINDS: THE CASE OF TONY CROSLAND

• DOI: 10.1017/s0018246x0200287x
• Publication Date: 2003-10-16T10:20:52Z
• Authors: JEREMY NUTTALL
• Keywords: 05 social sciences; history; 0506 political science

This article uses the broad concept of ‘improvement minds’ to refer idea improving people's sense morality, their ability and willingness reason, depth emotional experiences. Such an objective has been little explored in context history British Labour party. Yet, discussion it is worth integrating into histories party for two reasons. First, goal minds was a strand – though often unsystematically developed agendas many politicians, activists, thinkers. Secondly, very fact that strand, limits party's attention to, success achieving, ‘mental progress’ amongst twentieth-century population say, simply, pursuit achievement making people more caring, rational, sensitive one important explanation Labour's failures. The begins explore aims, processes, outcomes attempts improve minds, as well explain examine consequences this goal, through case study Tony Crosland.