British Party Politics and Ideology After New Labour

ISBN-13: 9781137516435 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 266 str.

Simon Griffiths; Dr Kevin Hickson

Opis

Now with a brand new preface examining how debates have changed since the 2010 general election, this volume provides a comprehensive analysis of recent ideological debates between and within the main political parties. It contains chapters from leading academics and responses from distinguished politicians. The book begins by debating the legacy of Tony Blair and asks if there was a decisive ideological shift away from Thatcherism following the landslide election victory in 1997. It then goes on to examine the major ideological controversies in the three main parties before 2010, including the idea of the Third Way and David Cameron's 'modernisation' of the Conservative Party after 2005. Finally, the book discusses a number of broader issues including the future of public services and the role of social justice in the decades ahead.

Recenzje

'It is a worthy attempt...to link the conventional empirical study of partisan politics with deeper issues of political theory.' Financial Times

Spis treści

Preface; D.Owen Introduction; K.Hickson& S.Griffiths SECTION I: DID BLAIR ADVANCE SOCIAL DEMOCRACY?; A.Finlayson, D.Kavanagh& J.Tonge SECTION II: LABOUR AFTER BLAIR Assessing the Impact of the Third Way; J.Atkins What makes Progressive Ideology?: Lessons from the Third Way; W.Leggett Response to Atkins and Leggett; T.Giddens New Labour, New Liberalism and Revisionism's Second Wave; S.Griffiths Response to Griffiths; R.Hattersley Gordon Brown, 'Britishness' and the Negation of England; S.Lee Response to Lee; A.Aughey SECTION III: THE CONSERVATIVES UNDER CAMERON Built on Sand? Ideology and Conservative Modernization under David Cameron; M.Garnett Cameron, Modernization and Conservative Britain; P.Lynch Response to Garnett and Lynch; A.Gamble Mutualism and the Reinvention of Civil Society: A Conservative Agenda?; C.Ellis Response to Ellis; D.Willetts SECTION IV: WHERE NOW FOR THE LIBERAL DEMOCRATS? Icarus Turns Back: Liberal Democrat Constitutional Policy; M.Cole The Liberal Democrats and the Role of the State; D.Brack Response to Cole and Brack; A.Beith SECTION V: CROSS PARTY DEBATES Reforming Public Services: The Views of the Main Parties; R.Prabhakar Response to Prabhakar; N.Thompson The Continuing Relevance of Social Justice; R.Plant Response to Plant; D.Willetts

O autorze

SIMON GRIFFITHS is Lecturer in Politics at Goldsmiths, University of London, UK and Senior Policy Advisor at the British Academy Policy Centre. He has written widely on UK politics and public policy.

KEVIN HICKSON is Lecturer in British Politics at the University of Liverpool, UK and has written and edited seven books and several journal articles on the subject.