Author: Baris Tufekci
Publisher: Springer Nature
ISBN: 3030349985
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 255
Book Description
This book provides the first book-length study of the political and economic ideas of the British left’s Alternative Economic Strategy in the 1970s and early 1980s. Discussing the AES’s approaches to capitalism, the nation state and the working class, it argues that existing academic accounts have significantly overstated the radicalism of the strategy. Perhaps more notable, especially in the light of its stated ‘revolutionary’ aims, was the extent of its moderation – its continuities with post-war Labour revisionism, its marked reluctance to look beyond the market economy, the degree of its preoccupation with Britain’s global-economic status, and its inability to break with Labourist politics of class co-operation in the national interest. While the book argues that the AES was the last ‘class politics’ socialist initiative in mainstream British politics, it also explores the ways in which its ideas perhaps prepared the way for New Labour in the 1990s, and its relationship with 'Corbynism' since 2015.
The Socialist Ideas of the British Left’s Alternative Economic Strategy
Author: Baris Tufekci
Publisher: Springer Nature
ISBN: 3030349985
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 255
Book Description
This book provides the first book-length study of the political and economic ideas of the British left’s Alternative Economic Strategy in the 1970s and early 1980s. Discussing the AES’s approaches to capitalism, the nation state and the working class, it argues that existing academic accounts have significantly overstated the radicalism of the strategy. Perhaps more notable, especially in the light of its stated ‘revolutionary’ aims, was the extent of its moderation – its continuities with post-war Labour revisionism, its marked reluctance to look beyond the market economy, the degree of its preoccupation with Britain’s global-economic status, and its inability to break with Labourist politics of class co-operation in the national interest. While the book argues that the AES was the last ‘class politics’ socialist initiative in mainstream British politics, it also explores the ways in which its ideas perhaps prepared the way for New Labour in the 1990s, and its relationship with 'Corbynism' since 2015.
Publisher: Springer Nature
ISBN: 3030349985
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 255
Book Description
This book provides the first book-length study of the political and economic ideas of the British left’s Alternative Economic Strategy in the 1970s and early 1980s. Discussing the AES’s approaches to capitalism, the nation state and the working class, it argues that existing academic accounts have significantly overstated the radicalism of the strategy. Perhaps more notable, especially in the light of its stated ‘revolutionary’ aims, was the extent of its moderation – its continuities with post-war Labour revisionism, its marked reluctance to look beyond the market economy, the degree of its preoccupation with Britain’s global-economic status, and its inability to break with Labourist politics of class co-operation in the national interest. While the book argues that the AES was the last ‘class politics’ socialist initiative in mainstream British politics, it also explores the ways in which its ideas perhaps prepared the way for New Labour in the 1990s, and its relationship with 'Corbynism' since 2015.
The Socialist Ideas of the British Left{u2019}s Alternative Economic Strategy
Author: Baris Tufekci
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Europe{u2014}Politics and government
Languages : en
Pages : 250
Book Description
This book provides the first book-length study of the political and economic ideas of the British left’s Alternative Economic Strategy in the 1970s and early 1980s. Discussing the AES’s approaches to capitalism, the nation state and the working class, it argues that existing academic accounts have significantly overstated the radicalism of the strategy. Perhaps more notable, especially in the light of its stated ‘revolutionary’ aims, was the extent of its moderation – its continuities with post-war Labour revisionism, its marked reluctance to look beyond the market economy, the degree of its preoccupation with Britain’s global-economic status, and its inability to break with Labourist politics of class co-operation in the national interest. While the book argues that the AES was the last ‘class politics’ socialist initiative in mainstream British politics, it also explores the ways in which its ideas perhaps prepared the way for New Labour in the 1990s, and its relationship with 'Corbynism' since 2015. Baris Tufekci completed his doctoral research on the Labour left at Queen Mary University of London, UK. He currently works for House of Commons Select Committees at the UK Parliament.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Europe{u2014}Politics and government
Languages : en
Pages : 250
Book Description
This book provides the first book-length study of the political and economic ideas of the British left’s Alternative Economic Strategy in the 1970s and early 1980s. Discussing the AES’s approaches to capitalism, the nation state and the working class, it argues that existing academic accounts have significantly overstated the radicalism of the strategy. Perhaps more notable, especially in the light of its stated ‘revolutionary’ aims, was the extent of its moderation – its continuities with post-war Labour revisionism, its marked reluctance to look beyond the market economy, the degree of its preoccupation with Britain’s global-economic status, and its inability to break with Labourist politics of class co-operation in the national interest. While the book argues that the AES was the last ‘class politics’ socialist initiative in mainstream British politics, it also explores the ways in which its ideas perhaps prepared the way for New Labour in the 1990s, and its relationship with 'Corbynism' since 2015. Baris Tufekci completed his doctoral research on the Labour left at Queen Mary University of London, UK. He currently works for House of Commons Select Committees at the UK Parliament.
The Road from Thatcherism
Author: Sam Aaronovitch
Publisher: Lawrence & Wishart
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 152
Book Description
Publisher: Lawrence & Wishart
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 152
Book Description
The End of Parliamentary Socialism
Author: Leo Panitch
Publisher: Verso
ISBN: 9781859843383
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 388
Book Description
Argues against the assertion that there is no alternative to neo-liberalism.
Publisher: Verso
ISBN: 9781859843383
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 388
Book Description
Argues against the assertion that there is no alternative to neo-liberalism.
The Democratic Alternative
Author: Peter Hain
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 212
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 212
Book Description
The Alternative Economic Strategy
Author: London CSE Group
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 160
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 160
Book Description
Rethinking Socialism
Author: Gavin Kitching
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1000706559
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 202
Book Description
First published in 1983. Socialism was generally unpopular in Britain in the 1980s. The Left needed new ideas and fresh approaches if it was ever to escape its isolation from the mainstream of political and cultural life. Rethinking Socialism brought such a perspective to socialist thought and practice in Britain. Gavin Kitching contended that the unpopularity of the Left was not due primarily to the pernicious influence of the press and media, as many socialists argued, but reflected fundamental changes in the British social structure and, above all, the simple incredibility and irrelevance of many socialist beliefs and policies. He also claims that socialism will continue to be unpopular so long as it is divorced from the values and concerns of the majority of British people. Kitching shows how basic and obvious facts about Britain, and other advanced capitalist countries, were ignored or wished away, and how crucial lessons of the Soviet and East European experience had not been learnt. He argues that radical politics in Britain both reflected and reinforced a ‘ghetto’ mentality bred by the Left’s political and intellectual isolation. The book is more than just a critique, however; it presented as well a more relevant and popular alternative strategy for the Left. This focused on extending and deepening political and economic democracy, and aimed to preserve the benefits which people had derived from capitalism and parliamentary democracy while extending them and thus transforming the system that conferred them.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1000706559
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 202
Book Description
First published in 1983. Socialism was generally unpopular in Britain in the 1980s. The Left needed new ideas and fresh approaches if it was ever to escape its isolation from the mainstream of political and cultural life. Rethinking Socialism brought such a perspective to socialist thought and practice in Britain. Gavin Kitching contended that the unpopularity of the Left was not due primarily to the pernicious influence of the press and media, as many socialists argued, but reflected fundamental changes in the British social structure and, above all, the simple incredibility and irrelevance of many socialist beliefs and policies. He also claims that socialism will continue to be unpopular so long as it is divorced from the values and concerns of the majority of British people. Kitching shows how basic and obvious facts about Britain, and other advanced capitalist countries, were ignored or wished away, and how crucial lessons of the Soviet and East European experience had not been learnt. He argues that radical politics in Britain both reflected and reinforced a ‘ghetto’ mentality bred by the Left’s political and intellectual isolation. The book is more than just a critique, however; it presented as well a more relevant and popular alternative strategy for the Left. This focused on extending and deepening political and economic democracy, and aimed to preserve the benefits which people had derived from capitalism and parliamentary democracy while extending them and thus transforming the system that conferred them.
The Alternative Economic Strategy
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Ayes to the Left
Author: Peter Hain
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
Focusing upon economic policy, Europe, reform of the British state and the global economy, he concludes with a new strategy for Labour in government. The choice for Britain is stark, he insists: between a remorseless economic decline with social decay, and a new popular socialism.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
Focusing upon economic policy, Europe, reform of the British state and the global economy, he concludes with a new strategy for Labour in government. The choice for Britain is stark, he insists: between a remorseless economic decline with social decay, and a new popular socialism.
Left in the Wilderness
Author: Noel W. Thompson
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781844653379
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 312
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781844653379
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 312
Book Description