Justifying New Labour policy
By: Judi Atkins
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 217
ISBN-13: 9780230279117
Subjects: Ideology; Politics and government; Social policy; Labour Party (Great Britain); Communication in politics
Description: "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 programs. Yet the question of how politicians use moral language has until now been neglected by scholars"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 196-209) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Part I. The Context of Justification: The context of ideology; The context of argumentation; The context of hegemonic competition;  Towards an understanding of the dynamics of moral argument in politics; title: Part II. Tthe Case of New Labour: The ideology of New Labour; New Labour's welfare reforms: the New Deals; Rights and constitutional reform: the human rights act of 1998; Community: New Labour's policies on anti-social behaviour; Foreign policy: the Iraq War of 2003; title: Conclusion.