The Crosland Legacy: The Future of British Social Democracy

ISBN-13: 9781447324737 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 440 str.

Patrick Diamond

Opis

In Crosland s Legacy, noted political writer Patrick Diamond explores the contemporary impact of Anthony Crosland s writings on the British Labour Party, in particular through his work The Future of Socialism, published nearly sixty years ago. Despite widespread questioning of many of Crosland s assumptions alongside obvious and important changes in British society and the economy since The Future of Socialism was published, Diamond argues that Crosland continues to serve as a key intellectual reference point for today s Labour Party. In making the claim that socialism is about equality, Crosland set the context for debates that bridge Gaitskell s Labour Party in the 1950s and the development into New Labour headed by Blair, Brown, and Miliband. This book will examine Crosland s intellectual legacy as manifested in the debates of today s Labour Party."

Spis treści

Preface; Introduction: Crosland’s Legacy; Crosland: The socialist theoretician as hero; Egalitarian social democracy: ‘is equality of opportunity enough’?; Crosland and liberal progressivism: ‘conscience and reform’; America and Europe in post-war social democracy; Crosland’s electoral strategy: ‘can Labour win?’; Crosland and Labour party modernisation: From Kinnock to Blair; The future of social democracy and the British Left; Conclusion: A Future for Socialism?.