Squaring the Circle : the Extreme Left and the Labour Party by Jeremy Tranmer

“…Although the extreme left has often managed to mobilise large numbers of people in demonstrations and has had a significant influence in the trade union movement, it has always faced serious obstacles preventing it from becoming a major force, one of the most important of which has been the strength of the Labour Party. For much of its history, the extreme left has hesitated between being a pressure group, aiming to exert influence over Labour, and a political entity in its own right. …”
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Ken Livingstone : The Thorn in (New) Labour’s Side by Timothy Whitton

“…After a rigged primary election, Livingstone had been forced into becoming an independent candidate, but despite being excluded from the Labour Party, he managed to become the first directly elected mayor of the capital city. …”
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Call for Papers: How attractive are political parties and trade unions to young people? by IF and FRFG

“…According to 2017 figures from the United Kingdom, the share of members aged 18-24 reflects the general population of 8.9% quite well: group size estimates suggest that 18-24s make up 14.4% of the Green Party, 13.2% of the Conservative Party and 11.5% of the Labour Party, with only the Scottish National Party and UK Independence Party (UKIP) below the 8.9%, at 6.9% and 6.7% respectively (UK Party Members Project; https://esrcpartymembersproject.org). …”
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Dangers of Residual Dependency in State-permeated Capitalism: The Case of Brazil during Labor Party Rule by Christian May, Andreas Nölke

“…From this perspective, Brazil moved into a promising direction during the rule of the Labour Party. However, the Labour Party governments were unable to fully unfold the institutional complementarities in state-permeated capitalism in order to make the Brazilian economy more independent from external pressures. …”
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Russia’s Policy in the Sphere of External Labor Migration: Management Problems by M. A. Burda

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Socio-professional communities as a subject of sociological analysis by D. V. Ulyanov

“…The communities unite representatives of various professions and types of labour and are independent public organisations, the diversity of which is conditioned by the dynamics of the forming market of professions and the demands of the developing economy. …”
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DIGITISATION OF LEGAL ALGORITHMS TO PREVENT PUBLIC PROCUREMENT CORRUPTION by Oleksii Makarenkov

“…It is therefore advisable to make public procurement complaint procedures judicial in nature, allowing the parties to try to gather evidence independently. Given the globalisation of the information space, investment, financial, trade and logistics markets, the threat of financing terrorism, war and other crimes through improper control of virtual assets in cyberspace. …”
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