British party politics and ideology after New Labour
By: edited by Simon Griffiths and Kevin Hickson ; preface by David Owen
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Basingstoke, UK; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 266
ISBN-13: 9780230220768
Description: "This book brings together academics and politicians to debate the intellectual roots of the ideas that currently drive the main UK political parties. With major players responding to the arguments raised in each chapter, the book will be a must-read for anyone interested in or teaching British politics"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 228-260) and index.
Table of contents: title: Did Blair advance social democracy? Alan Finlayson ; Dennis Kavanagh ; Jonathan Tonge ; Response / Alan Finlayson ; Response / Dennis Kavanagh ; Response / Jonathan Tonge; title: Labour after Blair. Assessing the impact of the third way / Judi Atkins ; What makes progressive ideology? Lessons from the third way / Will Leggett ; Response to Atkins and Leggett / Anthony (Lord) Giddens ; New labour, new liberalism and Revisionism's second wave / Simon Griffiths ; Response to Simon Griffiths / Roy (Lord) Hattersley ; Gordon Brown, 'Britishness' and the negation of England / Simon Lee ; Response to Simon Lee / Arthur Aughey; title: The Conservatives under Cameron. Built on sand? Ideology and conservative modernisation under David Cameron / Mark Garnett ; Cameron, modernisation and conservative Britain / Philip Lynch ; Response to Garnett and Lynch / Andrew Gamble ; Mutualism and the reinvention of civil society : a conservative agenda? / Charlie Ellis ; Response to Charlie Ellis / David Willetts; title: Where now for the Liberal Democrats? Icarus turns back : liberal democrat constitutional policy / Matt Cole ; The liberal democrats and the role of the state / Duncan Brack ; Response to Cole and Brack / Alan Beith; title: Cross-party debates. Reforming public services : the views of the main parties / Rajiv Prabhakar ; Response to Rajiv Prabhakar / Noel Thompson ; The continuing relevance of social justice / Raymond (Lord) Plant ; Response to Raymond Plant / David Willetts.