New labour : the progressive future? / edited by Stuart White. - Houndmills [England] ; New York : Palgrave, 2001. - xvi, 234 pages ; 22 cm.

"Many of the papers in this book have their origin in a conference 'Labour in government : the 'Third Way' and the future of social democracy' which took place at the Munda de Ginzberg Center for European Studies, Harvard University, November 13-15, 1998"--Acknowledgments p.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Acknowledgements Notes on the Contributors Introduction: New Labour and Future of Progressive Politics; S.White PART I: THE IDEOLOGY OF NEW LABOUR The Ambiguities of the Third Way; S.White New Labour: Old Liberalism; S.Beer New Labour and Public Opinion: The Third Way as Centrism?; P.Norris PART II: NEW LABOUR IN GOVERNMENT Education and Training: Tensions at the Heart of the British Third Way; S.Wood New Labour: A Distinctive Vision of Welfare Policy?; P.Johnson Enabling Participation? New Labour's Welfare to Work Policies; C.Oppenheim A Third Way in Industrial Relations?; C.Crouch Decentralization under New Labour: A Civic Liberal Perspective; S.Teles & M.Landy Feminism and the Third Way: A Call for Dialogue; A.Coote PART III: COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVES The Collapse of Bill Clinton's Third Way; M.Weir Prolegomena to the Third Way Debate; M.Salvati European Social Democracy and the Third Way: Convergence, Divisions, and Shared Questions; F.Vandenbroucke The SPD and the Neue Mitte in Germany; A.Busch & P.Manow Dutch Lessons in Social Pragmatism; A.Hemerijck & J.Visser Pluralism and the Future of the French Left; L.Bouvet & F.Michel Conclusion: New Labour and the Uncertain Futures of Progressive Politics; S.Giaimo & S.White Index

This collection of essays examines New Labour's claim to stand in the vanguard of a new form of progressive politics.

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Labour Party (Great Britain)
Partido laborista --Gran Bretaña


Comparative government.
Gobierno comparado
Socialism.
Socialismo
Liberalism.
Liberalismo


Great Britain--Politics and government--1997-
Gran Bretaña--Política y gobierno --1997-

JN 1129 / N532 2001

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