The Labour Party under Ed Miliband
Subtitle: Trying but failing to renew social democracy
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Published: Mar 07, 2016
Language: eng
Format: hardcover
Number of pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9780719090707
Description: Was Miliband successful at turning the page on New Labour and at re-imagining social democracy for the post-global financial crisis era? This study maps the ideas, old and new, that were debated and adopted by the Labour Party under Miliband and shows how they were transformed into policy proposals and adapted to contemporary circumstances. It seeks to demonstrate that the Labour Party under Miliband tried but failed to renew social democracy. This failure is one of the several reasons why 'Milibandism' was so overwhelmingly rejected by voters at the 2015 general election. Goes offers a thought-provoking perspective on how political parties develop their thinking and political blueprints that will appeal to scholars and students of British politics and ideologies and to anyone interested in contemporary debates about social democracy.
Notes: Source title: The Labour Party under Ed Miliband: Trying but failing to renew social democracy