Justifying New Labour Policy [electronic resource] /
Atkins, J.author.
An original combination of theoretical innovation and a detailed empirical analysis of the ideas, language and policy of New Labour. Politicians often appeal to moral principles and arguments in their efforts to win support for new policy programmes. Yet the question of how politicians use moral language has until now been neglected by scholars.
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Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; The methodologies employed in current analyses of political discourse; The structure of the book; 1 The Context of Ideology; 2 The Context of Argumentation; 3 The Context of Hegemonic Competition; 4 Towards an Understanding of the Dynamics of Moral Argument in Politics; 5 The Ideology of New Labour; 6 New Labour's Welfare Reforms: The New Deals; 7 Rights and Constitutional Reform: The Human Rights Act of 1998; 8 Community: New Labour's Policies on Anti-Social Behaviour
9 Foreign Policy: The Iraq War of 2003Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
An original combination of theoretical innovation and a detailed empirical analysis of the ideas, language and policy of New Labour. Politicians often appeal to moral principles and arguments in their efforts to win support for new policy programmes. Yet the question of how politicians use moral language has until now been neglected by scholars.
Labour Party (Great Britain)
Political science.
Great Britain—Politics and government.
Political theory.
Political philosophy.
Public policy.
United States—Politics and government.
Political Science.
British Politics.
Political Theory.
Political Philosophy.
Public Policy.
US Politics.