New Labour's Old Roots
Imprint Academic (Verlag)
978-0-907845-89-8 (ISBN)
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New Labour was not conjured up out of thin air - it only looks like that because of the party's amnesia concerning its intellectual development. This book provides extracts from fifteen thinkers located within the revisionist tradition as an antidote to that amnesia. It is an 'all star cast' from Labour's history, from Tawney, Jay and Gaitskell to Gordon Brown.The collection shows that revisionism is not a body of doctrine but a cast of mind that distinguishes between core values (ends) and policy instruments (means) - revisionist thinkers do not shrink from abandoning any policy that fails to deliver the desired ends. In the contentious debates about the future of public services, the Blair government is determined to avoid the confusion of means and ends. These essays show this determination to be deep-rooted in Labour thinking and to be focused on the commitment to equality.
Patrick Diamond is Lecturer in Public Policy at Queen Mary, University of London and Vice-Chair of Policy Network, an international think-tank. He is former Head of Policy Planning in 10 Downing Street.
Table of Contents Foreword by Rt. Hon. Tony Blair MP Preface Introduction 1931-45: Laying Revisionist Foundations R.H. Tawney -- Liberty and Equality (1931) Hugh Dalton -- Towards Social Equality (1935) Evan Durbin -- Socialism and Democracy (1940) 1945-70: Revisionism's High Tide Denis Healey -- Power Politics and the Labour Party (1952) C.A.R. Crosland -- The Meaning of Socialism (1956) Hugh Gaitskell -- Socialism and Nationalisation (1956) Roy Jenkins -- Is Britain Civilised? (1959) Douglas Jay -- Social Justice and Social Purpose (1962) 1970-83: Revisionism Revised: Disappointment and Defeat J.P. Mackintosh -- Has Social Democracy Failed in Britain? (1979) Evan Luard -- Socialism at the Grassroots: Community Socialism (1979) David Marquand -- The Unprincipled Society (1988) 1983-97: Revisionism Re-Born: Labour's Years of Recovery Bernard Crick -- Socialist Values and Time (1984) Roy Hattersley -- Choose Equality (1987) Giles Radice -- Labour's Path to Power (1989) 1997: Revisionism Ascendant? New Labour's Old Roots Gordon Brown -- Equality: Then and Now (1997) Postscript Appendix -- CDS Manifesto (1962) Bibliography Index
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 20.9.2004 |
|---|---|
| Verlagsort | Exeter |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 135 x 210 mm |
| Gewicht | 400 g |
| Themenwelt | Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung |
| ISBN-10 | 0-907845-89-4 / 0907845894 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-907845-89-8 / 9780907845898 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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