Letting it Slip: The Labour Party and the ‘Mystical Halo’ of Nationalization, 1951-1964

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This article examines the deployment of nationalization within Labour's policy-making in opposition after 1951. During this time, Labour's thinking about nationalization developed through three distinct phases that highlight the diverse objectives attached to the concept and the complex relationship between socialism and nationalization. From general consensus on the need for more nationalization in the early 1950s, policy developed by the end of the decade into a broader, but unclear, conception of ‘public ownership’ shaped by Trades Union Congress (TUC) opposition. Finally, between 1960 and 1964, a wider definition of ‘public ownership’ gained momentum within a modernizing agenda based on ‘planning’ that reframed ‘common ownership’ to make it relevant, cohesive and (at least from the party's perspective) socialist.View full textDownload full textKeywordsLabour Party, Nationalization, Public Ownership, Planning, SocialismRelated var addthis_config = { ui_cobrand: "Taylor & Francis Online", services_compact: "citeulike,netvibes,twitter,technorati,delicious,linkedin,facebook,stumbleupon,digg,google,more", pubid: "ra-4dff56cd6bb1830b" }; Add to shortlist Link Permalink http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13619462.2012.656386