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The Idea of the Good Society: Essays in Honour of Raymond Plant (2025)
Book
Beech, M., & Hickson, K. (Eds.). (2025). The Idea of the Good Society: Essays in Honour of Raymond Plant. Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/9780191983627.001.0001

This volume provides a comprehensive analysis of the political thought and practice of Raymond Plant (Professor Lord Plant of Highfield) and celebrates the three aspects of his public life which speak to his idea of the good society: scholarship, pol... Read More about The Idea of the Good Society: Essays in Honour of Raymond Plant.

Staying in the Saddle: James Callaghan and Parliament (2020)
Book Chapter
Lord Norton of Louth, P. (2020). Staying in the Saddle: James Callaghan and Parliament. In K. Hickson, & J. Miles (Eds.), James Callaghan: An Underrated Prime Minister? (55-70). Biteback

New Labour (2004)
Book Chapter
Beech, M. (2004). New Labour. In M. Beech, K. Hickson, & R. Plant (Eds.), The Struggle for Labour's Soul: Understanding Labour's Political Thought Since 1945 (86-102). Taylor & Francis (Routledge). https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203495049

The election of Tony Blair as leader of the Labour Party in 1994 has proved to be the beginning of an epoch in Labour Party history. Blair’s leadership and his desire to modernise and reform the internal and external politics of the Labour Party have... Read More about New Labour.