Political Economy And The Labour Party

Author : Colin Hay
Publisher : Manchester University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780719054822
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.26/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Political Economy of New Labour written by Colin Hay and published by Manchester University Press. This book was released on 1999 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work provides a systematic assessment and evaluation of the modernization of the British Labour Party in light of its landslide victory in 1997. It also represents an attempt to locate Labour's modernization in terms of the distincitive political economy of contemporary British capitalism and the impact of globalization, the evolution and transformation of the British State in the post-war period, the legacy of Thatcherism, and the specifics of electoral strategy and competition in contemporary Britain.

Author : Noel Thompson
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134332963
Total Pages : 353 pages
Book Rating : 4.60/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Political Economy and the Labour Party, 2nd Edition written by Noel Thompson and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2006-09-27 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: `In Political Economy and the Labour Party, Noel Thompson gives an informative and stimulating outline of the ideas and theories that have shaped the party’s economic policy since 1900.’ - Times Literary Supplement A new edition of the American Library Association's `Outstanding Academic Book' award winner. This new volume brings this study of the rich tradition of British socialist political economy and its influence on the British Labour Party fully up-to-date. Surveying the Labour tradition from the Fabianism of the Webbs to the `social-ism’ of Tony Blair’s Third Way, this new edition considers the critical engagement of these political economies with capitalism and the policies they articulate. It also discusses the manner in which they influence, or establish the context for, Labour’s economic thinking and policymaking and traces the ideological trajectory British social democratic political economy over the course of the twentieth century. In its concluding chapter this volume assesses the present character of the political economy advanced by the Labour Party and raises the question as to whether it can any longer be considered part of the social democratic tradition. This is an essential new edition of this now standard text for students taking courses on the history of political and economic thought and, more generally, courses on the political and intellectual history of nineteenth- and twentieth-century Britain.

Author : Noel W. Thompson
Publisher : Psychology Press
ISBN 13 : 0415328802
Total Pages : 353 pages
Book Rating : 4.07/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Political Economy and the Labour Party written by Noel W. Thompson and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 2006 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines British socialist political economies and the way in which they have influenced economic thinking within the Labour Party from the Fabianism at the beginning of the century to the Blairism of today.

Author : Prapimphan Chiengkul
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3030602621
Total Pages : 122 pages
Book Rating : 4.28/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Labour Under Corbyn written by Prapimphan Chiengkul and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2020-11-27 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides an accessible yet critical analysis of the Labour Party under the leadership of Jeremy Corbyn (‪2015-2020) in the context of the contemporary British political economy. It analyses structural constraints on left-wing politics and evaluates the transformative potential of Labour’s economic and social policies under Corbyn. Drawing from a neo-Marxist and neo-Gramscian framework, the book argues that the material, institutional and ideological conditions before 2015 opened political space for a left-wing Labour Party, although the dominant historical structures severely limited its chance of coming to power. In addition, the book argues that Labour under Corbyn should not be dismissed as ‘populist’, and that its policies aimed to redress structural economic problems, promote economic democracy and tackle contemporary challenges. The book also highlights the importance of adopting a long-term approach to counter-hegemonic political struggle so as not to shrink the space for progressive politics.

Author : John Parkinson
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1847312349
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.41/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Political Economy of the Company written by John Parkinson and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2001-03-30 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Theoretical writing on the company and company law has been dominated in recent years by economics. This collection of essays by a distinguished team of authors drawn from a variety of disciplines seeks to build on the insights of this economic analysis and broaden understanding by examining the company in a wider historical,legal, political, and sociological context. Issues discussed include the attitudes of political parties in the UK to the company, the rise of the non-executive director, institutional activism and stakeholder protection, and the evolution of the nexus of contracts theory of the company. There is also a strong comparative theme, with discussions of the political and sociological context of corporate governance in France, Germany, and Japan, together with developments at the European level.

Author : S. Coulter
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1137495758
Total Pages : 251 pages
Book Rating : 4.54/5 ( download)

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Download or read book New Labour Policy, Industrial Relations and the Trade Unions written by S. Coulter and published by Springer. This book was released on 2014-11-14 with total page 251 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New Labour was outwardly hostile to trade unions and their concerns. Yet the Blair government worked closely with the TUC on several key employment reforms. Steve Coulter analyses the dimensions of the often fractious Labour-union partnership and shows how the TUC pursued an 'insider lobbying' route to influence the shape of New Labour's policies.

Author : Richard Hyman
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1349196657
Total Pages : 271 pages
Book Rating : 4.54/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Political Economy of Industrial Relations written by Richard Hyman and published by Springer. This book was released on 1989-01-05 with total page 271 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of essays attempts to demonstrate how an adequate analysis of trade unions, strikes and collective bargaining must be rooted in a broader understanding of their political and economic context. The second part of the book deals with the central problems of trade unionism.

Author : C. Paton
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 0333981669
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.65/5 ( download)

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Download or read book World, Class, Britain written by C. Paton and published by Springer. This book was released on 2015-12-22 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book begins by tracing the sea-change in British politics from the 1970s to the end of the twentieth century. The dominance of market ideology, the decline of social democracy and the 'marketization' of public policy are related to a widespread acceptance of globalization. Contemporary global capitalism is analyzed, not least as to its likely effect on countries such as Britain. New Labour's 'Third Way' is portrayed as reinforcing the apparent inevitability of globalization. In this environment, political and economic alternatives tend to be dismissed fatalistically. Politics is no longer about real choice. The second part of the book, as well as sketching an economic alternative, investigates how political theory and ethical concepts can help us today to re-establish the search for human freedom and a 'balanced' society. Such a vision can appeal to conservatives, liberals and socialists alike. It argues that a political coalition to further such ends is conceivable, if very difficult to organise or maintain. Finally, the 'postmodern' stance of eschewing ethical and political progress is criticized.

Author : Richard Toye
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer
ISBN 13 : 0861932625
Total Pages : 282 pages
Book Rating : 4.27/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Labour Party and the Planned Economy, 1931-1951 written by Richard Toye and published by Boydell & Brewer. This book was released on 2003 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An exploration of Labour's 1931 pledge to create a planned socialist economy and the reasons for its failure to do so. In the general election of 1931, the Labour Party campaigned on the slogan "Plan or Perish". The party's pledge to create a planned socialist economy was a novelty, and marked the rejection of the gradualist, evolutionary socialism to which Labour had adhered under the leadership of Ramsay MacDonald. Although heavily defeated in that election, Labour stuck to its commitment. The Attlee government came to power in 1945 determined to plan comprehensively. Yet, the aspiration to create a fully planned economy was not met. This book explores the origins and evolution of the promise, in order to explain why it was not fulfilled. RICHARD TOYE lectures in history at Homerton College, Cambridge.

Author : Gerald Friedman
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135985839
Total Pages : 214 pages
Book Rating : 4.37/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Reigniting the Labor Movement written by Gerald Friedman and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2007-10-04 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Labor's democratic dilemmas -- Has the forward march of labor halted? -- Labor's liberty is a social product -- How unions grew and why they stopped -- Explaining the inexplicable : accounting for the madness of moments -- When workers win : dilemmas of success -- The limits of social democracy : did success kill the labor movement? -- Reigniting the labor movement : restoring means to ends.