Research On The Construction Of Grass-root Organization Of Britain’s Labour Party In The Period Of Miliband

Grass-root organization which is an important part of the party organization is directly related to relationship between people and the party and it is also a source of growth of the party.The party’s grass-root organization construction of political parties is very important for the survival and development, and is closely related with the fate of the party.It not only relates to the party that it can maintain its own nature and energy, achieve the value of the party, and also relates to the party that it can get support from people, keep advantage in competition, hang on to power and lead the society.Britain’s Labour party is one of the two major political parties in British society today.Studying the construction of grass-root organization of Britain’s Labour party each period, especially in the current period which Ed miliband leads has important theoretical and practical significance.Early in Britain’s Labour party, the party organization was relatively loose,characterized by the absence of expanding development, the organizational boundaries were uncertain and exogenous legitimacy.As a result of the election process was slow.Then the Labour leader Mc Donald was aware of the importance of strengthening the grass-root organizations.He embarked on the construction of organization, and made some achievements.Because of the two world wars, the Labour party’s basic-level organization suffered some setbacks.The second world war was a turning point of Britain’s Labour party and its grass-root organizations in the history.The Labour leader Attlee, strengthened the construction of grass-root organizations and the grass-root organizations gradually recovered and surpassed.The grass-root organizations played an important role in the construction of the welfare state.With the passage of time, an increasingly tense relationship between Labour and trade union, the left begin to control the Labour party.Then Kinnock and Smith faced these difficulties and started to develop individual party members, and strengthened the control to the local government.For the unfinished business with Kinnock and Smith, Tony Blair continued to develop individual party members, and continued to weaken local organizations at the grass-root level for strengthening the central power. He made Labour more modernization.When Miliband became Labour leader, he put forward the concept of "blue Labour",and embarked on the construction of grass-root organization.He gave grass-root organizations more power, and the party absorbed many party members.He established a new political pattern.Britain’s Labour party in Miliband period strengthened direct democracy, made full use of modern communication technology, and emphasized to winning the young people.With Miliband’s efforts, the power of the grass-root organizations were strengthened, new political pattern begun to take shape, the mass base were further expanded, cultural construction made progress, and the residents’ living standard was improved.However, the devolution to the grass-root organization needs to be further perfected, and there is certain Organizational dilemma and the role of the grass-root organizations in the labor movement needs to be clear.Since the foundation of the British Labour party, the trajectory of the construction of the grass-root organization was from strengthening to weakening gradually in the 1950 s,and then strengthened in Miliband period.The mainstream political parties in other countries will get enlighted for the construction of grass-root organizations.