The roots of Muscat's Labour (1) - Michael Briguglio

Back in 2001, my MA thesis in Sociology 'Ideological and Strategic Shifts From Old Labour to New Labour In Malta' compared Malta's Labour Party in the 1970s and 80s with that of the 1990s. I found similarities and shifts within Labour. Such characteristics may help us understand Labour's power today.  Incidentally, the study starts off by querying a certain Joseph Muscat.... 

You can download the dissertation here:

Chapter 1 Introduction - Click here
Chapter 2 Theoretical and Methodological Background - Click here
Chapter 3 The Malta Labour Party in perspective 1920-1987 - Click here
Chapter 4 The Malta Labour Party in pespective 1987-1998 - Click here
Chapter 5 New Labour and the Third Way in Britain and Europe -  Click here
Chapter 6 Old Labour in Malta - Click here
Chapter 7 The Construction of New Labour in Malta -  Click here
Chapter 8 Malta's New Labour in Government - Click here
Chapter 9 Conclusion - Click here

My full list of academic publications: 

https://mikes-beat.blogspot.com/2019/10/my-sociological-publications.html