The Socialist Way (eBook, ePUB)

Social Democracy in Contemporary Britain
Redaktion: Hattersley, Roy; Hickson, Kevin

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

In 2010, the Labour Party of Great Britain suffered its worst General Election defeat since the 1930s (with one exception), bringing to an end thirteen years of New Labour government. Since then, the debate over both the legacy of New Labour and the future direction of the party has been widespread, yet so far there has been little consideration from a social democratic perspective. The chapters in this book cover a wide range of issues and provide new perspectives in the areas of economic, social and foreign policy with a central focus on the defence of the state. The chapters on the economy put forward a strategy for economic growth through industrial democracy and collective ownership, whilst in terms of social policy a more radical agenda than New Labour's is advocated, underpinned by stronger notions of social justice, equality and welfare rights. In the context of growing nationalist sentiments and calls for Scottish independence, this book sets out the importance of central state activity, the promotion of a public service ethos and civil liberties and a social democratic approach to the increasingly important issue of national identity. Finally, it sets out an alternative agenda on foreign and defence policy including the promotion of international development and human rights and a reformed Europe. Containing high-profile contributions from journalists, academics, policy-makers and think tanks, The Socialist Way provides new directions for electoral success and argues that there is not a trade-off between power and principle.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks UK
• Seitenzahl: 240
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Juni 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780857733405
• Artikelnr.: 41288660

Autorenporträt

Roy (Lord) Hattersley is a Labour peer and former Deputy Leader of the Labour Party. He is the author of 'David Lloyd George': 'The Great Outsider; Borrowed Time': 'The Story of Britain between the Wars'; 'In Search of England'; 'The Edwardians' and '50 Years On: A Prejudiced History of Britain since the War'. Kevin Hickson is Senior Lecturer in Politics at the University of Liverpool. His publications include 'Labour's Thinkers: The Intellectual Roots of Labour from Tawney to Gordon Brown' (with Matt Beech); 'The IMF Crisis of 1976 and British Politics' (both I.B.Tauris); 'The Struggle for Labour's Soul: Understanding Labour's Political Thought since 1945' (edited with Matt Beech and Raymond Plant); 'New Labour, Old Labour: The Wilson and Callaghan Governments 1974-1979' (edited with Anthony Seldon) and 'British Party Politics and Ideology after New Labour' (edited with Simon Griffiths).

Inhaltsangabe

List of Contributors
The Socialist Way - Roy Hattersley
Introduction - Kevin Hickson and Pete Redford
Part One - A Social Democratic Economy
1. Keynes versus Household Economics - William Keegan
2. Towards a Social Democratic Economy - Will Hutton
3. From UK plc to Co-op UK: Transforming the Private Sector - Bill Kerry
4. The Environment: From Unrestrained Markets to a Green Economy - Michael
Meecher MP
5. Social Democracy, Industrial Democracy and Responsible Capitalism -
David Coats
Part One - A Social Democratic Economy
1. Keynes versus Household Economics - William Keegan
2. Towards a Social Democratic Economy - Will Hutton
3. From UK plc to Co-op UK: Transforming the Private Sector - Bill Kerry
4. The Environment: From Unrestrained Markets to a Green Economy - Michael
Meecher MP
5. Social Democracy, Industrial Democracy and Responsible Capitalism -
David Coats
Part Two - A Social Democratic Society
6. The Importance of Equality - Ruth Lister
7. Better Together: A New Vision for All Children - Lisa Nandy MP
8. A One Nation Approach to Health and Social Care - Andy Burham MP
9. Public Sector Reform and Social Democracy - Raymond Plant
10. Where Next for Socialist Social Policy? - Robert M Page
Part Three - A Social Democratic State
11. In Praise of Centralism - David Walker
12. A Democratic Socialist Case for the Union - David Moon
13. Local Government - Simon Slater
14. Social Democracy and the Progressive Tradition - Andrew Vincent
15. Law and Order: The Challenge for Labour - Helena Kennedy
Part Four - Socialist Internationalism
16. An Ethical Foreign Policy? - Peter Kilfoyle
17. A Progressive Internationalist Answer to a Perfect Storm - Peter Hain
MP
18. A Socialist and Democratic Progressive Vision for Europe: The Economic
Challenge - Arlene McCarthy MEP
Part Five - Winning the Argument
19. Winning Again: Forging a New Electoral Strategy for Labour - Paul
Hunter
20. Communicating Social Democracy: Making it Real - Helen Goodman MP
21. The Progressive National State - John Denham MP
22. One Nation Labour and the Future of Social Democracy - Andrew Harrop
Index