What book predicted socialist sectarianism?

November 3, 2006 12:36 AM

What book argued that social democratic parties (like the British Labour Party) are inherently inclined to split into factions? I think the book was British, and I think it was written roughly mid-20th-century, and I think it argued that sectarian infighting was an inevitable outcome of the first principles of social democratic politics.
posted by stammer to law & government (1 comment total)

It's not The Progressive Dilemma by David Marquand, is it? Not mid-20th century, I know.
posted by greycap at 4:22 AM on November 3, 2006