New Labours Old Roots

Author : Patrick Diamond
Publisher : Imprint Academic
ISBN 13 : 9780907845898
Total Pages : 278 pages
Book Rating : 4.94/5 ( download)

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Download or read book New Labour's Old Roots written by Patrick Diamond and published by Imprint Academic. This book was released on 2004 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New Labour was not conjured up out of thin air -- it only looks like that because of the party's amnesia concerning its intellectual development. This book provides extracts from fifteen thinkers located within the revisionist tradition as an antidote to that amnesia. It is an 'all star cast' from Labour's history, from Tawney, Jay and Gaitskell to Gordon Brown.The collection shows that revisionism is not a body of doctrine but a cast of mind that distinguishes between core values (ends) and policy instruments (means) -- revisionist thinkers do not shrink from abandoning any policy that fails to deliver the desired ends. In the contentious debates about the future of public services, the Blair government is determined to avoid the confusion of means and ends. These essays show this determination to be deep-rooted in Labour thinking and to be focused on the commitment to equality.

Author : Patrick Diamond
Publisher : Andrews UK Limited
ISBN 13 : 1845407962
Total Pages : 338 pages
Book Rating : 4.64/5 ( download)

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Download or read book New Labour's Old Roots written by Patrick Diamond and published by Andrews UK Limited. This book was released on 2015-01-28 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The New Labour project was not conjured up out of thin air — it only looks that way because of the party's amnesia about the intellectual roots and political traditions which have guided it. This book provides extracts from fifteen thinkers and politicians located within the revisionist tradition as an antidote to that amnesia. It is an 'all star cast' from R.H. Tawney, Hugh Gaitskell and Anthony Crosland to Roy Hattersley, Gordon Brown and Tony Blair. The collection demonstrates that Labour's revisionism is not a rigid body of doctrine but a 'cast of mind' that distinguishes between core values (ends) and policy instruments (means) — revisionist thinkers are engaged in the continuous pursuit of policy innovation, never shrinking from abandoning policies that fail to achieve the desired ends. All successful Labour governments have been determined to avoid the confusion of means and ends. These essays show a determination throughout the party's history to debate and discuss political ideas in the cause of a fairer, more equal society. Fully updated and revised edition.

Author : Christopher Kirkland
Publisher : Policy Press
ISBN 13 : 1529204240
Total Pages : 206 pages
Book Rating : 4.47/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Labour’s Economic Ideology Since 1900 written by Christopher Kirkland and published by Policy Press. This book was released on 2022-09-20 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book traces the economic ideology of the UK Labour Party from its origins to the current day. Through its analysis, the book emphasises key crises, including the 1926 General Strike, the 1931 Great Depression, the 1979 Winter of Discontent and the 2007/2008 economic crisis. In analysing this history, the ideology of the Labour Party is examined through four core themes: • the party’s definition of socialism; • the role of the state in economic decision making; • the party’s understanding of inequalities; and • its relationship with the trade union movement. The result is a systematic exploration of the drivers and key ideas behind the Labour Party’s economic ideology. In demonstrating how crises have affected the party’s economic policy, the book presents a historical analysis of the party’s evolution since its formation and offers insights into how future changes may occur.

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 816 pages
Book Rating : 4.07/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Labour History Review written by and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 816 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Lane Windham
Publisher : UNC Press Books
ISBN 13 : 146963208X
Total Pages : 311 pages
Book Rating : 4.87/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Knocking on Labor’s Door written by Lane Windham and published by UNC Press Books. This book was released on 2017-08-01 with total page 311 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The power of unions in workers' lives and in the American political system has declined dramatically since the 1970s. In recent years, many have argued that the crisis took root when unions stopped reaching out to workers and workers turned away from unions. But here Lane Windham tells a different story. Highlighting the integral, often-overlooked contributions of women, people of color, young workers, and southerners, Windham reveals how in the 1970s workers combined old working-class tools--like unions and labor law--with legislative gains from the civil and women's rights movements to help shore up their prospects. Through close-up studies of workers' campaigns in shipbuilding, textiles, retail, and service, Windham overturns widely held myths about labor's decline, showing instead how employers united to manipulate weak labor law and quash a new wave of worker organizing. Recounting how employees attempted to unionize against overwhelming odds, Knocking on Labor's Door dramatically refashions the narrative of working-class struggle during a crucial decade and shakes up current debates about labor's future. Windham's story inspires both hope and indignation, and will become a must-read in labor, civil rights, and women's history.

Author : Stephen Driver
Publisher : Polity
ISBN 13 : 9780745620503
Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4.07/5 ( download)

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Download or read book New Labour written by Stephen Driver and published by Polity. This book was released on 1998-10-22 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fully revised and expanded second edition of this well-respected and successful textbook Provides a critical analysis of New Labour ideology and policy-making Offers a comprehensive audit of eight years of Labour in power Includes new chapters on New Labour and British social democracy; public service reform; European and foreign policy

Author : John Rogers Commons
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 668 pages
Book Rating : 4.70/5 ( download)

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Download or read book History of Labour in the United States: Colonial and federal beginnings (to 1827) written by John Rogers Commons and published by . This book was released on 1918 with total page 668 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : John Rogers Commons
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 662 pages
Book Rating : 4.64/5 ( download)

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Download or read book History of Labour in the United States written by John Rogers Commons and published by . This book was released on 1918 with total page 662 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : John Rogers Commons
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 654 pages
Book Rating : 4.96/5 ( download)

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Download or read book History of Labour in the United States: Introduction, by J. R. Commons. Colonial and federal beginnings (to 1827) by D. J. Saposs. Citizenship (1827-1833) by Helen L. Sumner. Trade unionism (1833-1839) by E. B. Mittelman. Humanitarianism (1840-1860) by H. E. Hoagland written by John Rogers Commons and published by . This book was released on 1921 with total page 654 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Jason Resnikoff
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
ISBN 13 : 0252053214
Total Pages : 185 pages
Book Rating : 4.14/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Labor's End written by Jason Resnikoff and published by University of Illinois Press. This book was released on 2022-01-18 with total page 185 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Labor's End traces the discourse around automation from its origins in the factory to its wide-ranging implications in political and social life. As Jason Resnikoff shows, the term automation expressed the conviction that industrial progress meant the inevitable abolition of manual labor from industry. But the real substance of the term reflected industry's desire to hide an intensification of human work--and labor's loss of power and protection--behind magnificent machinery and a starry-eyed faith in technological revolution. The rhetorical power of the automation ideology revealed and perpetuated a belief that the idea of freedom was incompatible with the activity of work. From there, political actors ruled out the workplace as a site of politics while some of labor's staunchest allies dismissed sped-up tasks, expanded workloads, and incipient deindustrialization in the name of technological progress. A forceful intellectual history, Labor's End challenges entrenched assumptions about automation's transformation of the American workplace.