New Labour, New Language?

New Labour, New Language?
Author: Norman Fairclough
Publisher: Psychology Press
Total Pages: 200
Release: 2000
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9780415218269

Written in a clear style and including a comprehensive glossary, "The Language of New Labour" should appeal to anyone interested in language or politics.

Servants of the People

Servants of the People
Author: Andrew Rawnsley
Publisher: Penguin UK
Total Pages: 679
Release: 2001-07-16
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 0141939044

'Downing Street is said to be 'furious' at this book - and it is easy to understand why. It is the first meticulous chronicle of all that has happened since that bright May Day three years ago which first brought the Blair government to office' Anthony Howard, Sunday Times

Over to You, Mr Brown

Over to You, Mr Brown
Author: Anthony Giddens
Publisher: Polity
Total Pages: 251
Release: 2007-04-09
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 0745642225

Labour stands at a decisive point in its history. A change of leadership can help reinvigorate the party, but winning a fourth term of government will be impossible unless Labour's ideological position and policy outlook are thoroughly refurbished. What form should these innovations take?

The Dignity of Labour

The Dignity of Labour
Author: Jon Cruddas
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 143
Release: 2021-04-08
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1509540806

Does work give our lives purpose, meaning and status? Or is it a tedious necessity that will soon be abolished by automation, leaving humans free to enjoy a life of leisure and basic income? In this erudite and highly readable book, Jon Cruddas MP argues that it is imperative that the Left rejects the siren call of technological determinism and roots it politics firmly in the workplace. Drawing from his experience of his own Dagenham and Rainham constituency, he examines the history of Marxist and social democratic thinking about work in order to critique the fatalism of both Blairism and radical left techno-utopianism, which, he contends, have more in common than either would like to admit. He argues that, especially in the context of COVID-19, socialists must embrace an ethical socialist politics based on the dignity and agency of the labour interest. This timely book is a brilliant intervention in the highly contentious debate on the future of work, as well as an ambitious account of how the left must rediscover its animating purpose or risk irrelevance.

A New Politics from the Left

A New Politics from the Left
Author: Hilary Wainwright
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 140
Release: 2018-04-27
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1509523669

Millions passionately desire a viable alternative to austerity and neoliberalism, but they are sceptical of traditional leftist top-down state solutions. In this urgent polemic, Hilary Wainwright argues that this requires a new politics for the left that comes from the bottom up, based on participatory democracy and the everyday knowledge and creativity of each individual. Political leadership should be about facilitation and partnership, not expert domination or paternalistic rule. Wainwright uses lessons from recent movements and experiments to build a radical future vision that will be an inspiration for activists and radicals everywhere.

The New Labour Experiment

The New Labour Experiment
Author: Florence Faucher-King
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Total Pages: 200
Release: 2010-02-12
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 0804762341

The book provides a clear assessment of the New Labour governments in Britain, when Tony Blair then Gordon Brown were Prime Ministers between 1997 and 2009. This assessment is based upon a review of implemented public policies and their outcomes instead of programmes or discourses.

Generation Left

Generation Left
Author: Keir Milburn
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 79
Release: 2019-06-07
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 1509532269

Increasingly age appears to be the key dividing line in contemporary politics. Young people across the globe are embracing left-wing ideas and supporting figures such as Corbyn and Sanders. Where has this ‘Generation Left’ come from? How can it change the world? This compelling book by Keir Milburn traces the story of Generation Left. Emerging in the aftermath of the 2008 financial crash, it has now entered the electoral arena and found itself vying for dominance with ageing right-leaning voters and a ‘Third Way’ political elite unable to accept the new realities. By offering a new concept of political generations, Milburn unveils the ideas, attitudes and direction of Generation Left and explains how the age gap can be bridged by reinventing youth and adulthood. This book is essential reading for anyone, young or old, who is interested in addressing the multiple crises of our time.

Raw Life, New Hope

Raw Life, New Hope
Author: Fiona C. Ross
Publisher: Juta and Company Ltd
Total Pages: 260
Release: 2010
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 9781919895277

The Cape Flats, a windswept, barren and sandy area which rings Cape Town, is home to more than a million people. Many live here in sprawling shack settlements. The post-apartheid state is attempting to eradicate such settlements by providing formal houses in planned residential estates. Raw Life, New Hope is a longitudinal study of the residents of one such shack settlement, The Park, who moved to new, 'formal' houses in The Village, at the turn of the millennium. It introduces readers to core social science topics and modes of theorising. Over 17 years the author has traced how ordinary people attempt to live in accord with their ideals of decency under almost impossible circumstances, and the effects of material changes in their lives after 1994, including the provision of housing. Photos, maps, anecdotes, recipes and philosophical reflections on subjects that arose during conversations elicit a sense of the everyday and of how people try to solve the problems of poverty

New Labour's Foreign Policy

New Labour's Foreign Policy
Author: Richard Little
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Total Pages: 310
Release: 2000
Genre: Great Britain
ISBN: 9780719059629

On 12 May 1997, the foreign secretary, Robin Cook, launched a mission statement for New Labour's foreign policy. This essay asks whether New Labour have re-orientated the path of foreign policy from that established by the Conservatives.