A comparative analysis of social change, democratization, and the development of modern party politics in Britain and Sweden during the period 1880-1930, this book presents the similarities of political changes in these two countries at this time and also in the wider European context, with particular reference to the emergence of social democracy as a political current.

• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Table of Contents
• Acknowledgements
• A Note on the Translation of Swedish Terms
• Part I - Rethinking Comparative Labour History
  • CHAPTER 1 - Introduction–Exceptionalism in Comparative Labour History
    • I
    • II
  • CHAPTER 2 - The Rise of Labour in Britain and Sweden
    • I
    • II
    • III
    • IV
  • CHAPTER 3 - Local and National Politics in the Rise of Labour
    • I
    • II
• Part II - A Local Case Study–Labour and the Two Dockyard Towns
  • CHAPTER 4 - The Labour Movement in Plymouth c. 1890–1914
    • I
    • II
    • III
    • IV
    • V
  • CHAPTER 5 - Plymouth during World War I and after
    • I
    • II
    • III
    • IV
    • V
    • VI
  • CHAPTER 6 - The Labour Movement in Karlskrona c. 1890–1911
    • I
    • II
    • III
    • IV
    • V
  • CHAPTER 7 - Naval Politics in Karlskrona c. 1911–1921
    • I
    • II
    • III
    • IV
    • V
    • VI
  • CHAPTER 8 - Conclusion
• Summary - Political Change and the Rise of Labour in Comparative Perspective. Britain and Sweden c. 1890–1920
• Notes
• Maps
• Tables
• Bibliography