Futures of Socialism: 'Modernisation', the Labour Party, and the British Left, 1973-1997

ISBN-13: 9781009278812 / Angielski / Twarda / 2023

Colm Murphy

Opis

Futures of Socialism overhauls the history of 'modernisation' and the British Left and recasts our understanding of New Labour. It provides an innovative, iconoclastic history of debates over the 'modernisation' of the Labour Party, beginning with the shocks of the 1970s and ending with the emergence of New Labour.

Recenzje

'In this engaging and nuanced book, Colm Murphy shows how a rich and varied discourse on the nature of 'modernising' Labour politics came to be narrowed into a single view of what that entailed. This is a powerful reminder of how the 'roads not taken' continue to shape the political present.' Emily Robinson, University of Sussex

Spis treści

Introduction: The plural modernisations of the British left; Part I. Social Democracy and the Challenge to the Nation-State: 1. 'Keynes is dead, Beveridge is dead': modernisation, globalisation, and European integration; 2. Industrial democracy, market socialism, and stakeholder capitalism: modernisation and socioeconomic democracy; Part II. Identities and Mmodern Socialism': 3. 'An old working class may be waning, but a new one is being born'? Gender, Labour, and modernisation; 4. A telling absence: race, multiculturalism, and modernisation; Part III. The Search for a Modernising Social Democracy; 5. 'A modern democracy': modernisation and constitutional reform; 6. White heat to interactive whiteboard: modernisation and Labour's economic strategy; Conclusion: contested futures of socialism in Britain's late twentieth century.