Tony Fitzpatrick
- Published in print:
- 2003
- Published Online:
- July 2012
- ISBN:
- 9780719064760
- eISBN:
- 9781781700433
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- Manchester University Press
- DOI:
- 10.7228/manchester/9780719064760.001.0001
- Subject:
- Political Science, Political Theory
Social democracy has made a political comeback in recent years, especially under the influence of the ‘Third Way’. Not everyone is convinced, however, that ‘Third Way’ social democracy is the best ...
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Social democracy has made a political comeback in recent years, especially under the influence of the ‘Third Way’. Not everyone is convinced, however, that ‘Third Way’ social democracy is the best means of reviving the Left's project. This book considers this dissent and offers an alternative approach. Bringing together a range of social and political theories, it engages with some contemporary debates regarding the present direction and future of the Left. Drawing upon egalitarian, feminist and environmental ideas, the book proposes that the social democratic tradition can be renewed but only if the dominance of conservative ideas is challenged more effectively. It explores a number of issues with this aim in mind, including justice, the state, democracy, new technologies, future generations and the advances in genetics.Less
Social democracy has made a political comeback in recent years, especially under the influence of the ‘Third Way’. Not everyone is convinced, however, that ‘Third Way’ social democracy is the best means of reviving the Left's project. This book considers this dissent and offers an alternative approach. Bringing together a range of social and political theories, it engages with some contemporary debates regarding the present direction and future of the Left. Drawing upon egalitarian, feminist and environmental ideas, the book proposes that the social democratic tradition can be renewed but only if the dominance of conservative ideas is challenged more effectively. It explores a number of issues with this aim in mind, including justice, the state, democracy, new technologies, future generations and the advances in genetics.
Wiggan Jay
- Published in print:
- 2011
- Published Online:
- March 2012
- ISBN:
- 9781847428301
- eISBN:
- 9781447303503
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Policy Press
- DOI:
- 10.1332/policypress/9781847428301.003.0002
- Subject:
- Sociology, Social Research and Statistics
This chapter focuses on the dividing lines between, on the one hand, the civic conservative ideas articulated by Conservative politicians such as David Willets and Oliver Letwin, and on the other ...
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This chapter focuses on the dividing lines between, on the one hand, the civic conservative ideas articulated by Conservative politicians such as David Willets and Oliver Letwin, and on the other hand, what it sees as one of the most striking ideas within contemporary Conservative thinking, Phillip Blond's ‘Red Tory’ critique of neoliberalism. It argues that the distinctiveness of Red Toryism lies in its attempt to break conservatism from neoliberalism by establishing that the latter is not the champion of free markets, but of monopolistic big business. It notes that the Conservative Party leadership may on occasion have flirted with the Red Tory critique of monopoly capitalism, this remains at a rhetorical level, for as it demonstrates through an analysis of the Coalition government's welfare to work reforms, current policies will both extend the reach of private monopolistic practice and strengthen the power of capital.Less
This chapter focuses on the dividing lines between, on the one hand, the civic conservative ideas articulated by Conservative politicians such as David Willets and Oliver Letwin, and on the other hand, what it sees as one of the most striking ideas within contemporary Conservative thinking, Phillip Blond's ‘Red Tory’ critique of neoliberalism. It argues that the distinctiveness of Red Toryism lies in its attempt to break conservatism from neoliberalism by establishing that the latter is not the champion of free markets, but of monopolistic big business. It notes that the Conservative Party leadership may on occasion have flirted with the Red Tory critique of monopoly capitalism, this remains at a rhetorical level, for as it demonstrates through an analysis of the Coalition government's welfare to work reforms, current policies will both extend the reach of private monopolistic practice and strengthen the power of capital.
