Politics for a new generation : the progressive moment / edited by Nick Pearce and Julia Margo.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Pearce, Nick, 1968-

Margo, Julia.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Great Britain--Politics and government--1997-2007.

Great Britain.

Politics and government.

Labour Party (Great Britain).

Physical Description:

xviii, 426 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2007.

Summary:

Against a background of extensive social and economic change and the emergence of significant new challenges to the security, fairness and environmental sustainability of life in Britain today, Politics for a New Generation invites some of the leading lights of the Labour government and some of the best new thinkers from the younger generation of Labour politicians to renew progressive thought. It argues that 2007 represents a 'progressive moment' - a critical point at which Britain could enter into a new era of progressive economic and social change - and outlines the substantive policy agenda that could get us there.

The Institute for Public Policy Research (ippr) is the UK's leading progressive think tank and was established in 1988. Its role is to bridge the political divide between the social democratic and liberal traditions, the intellectual divide between academia and the policy-making establishment and the cultural divide between government and civil society. It is first and foremost a research institute, aiming to provide innovative and credible policy solutions. Its work, the questions its research poses, and the methods it uses are driven by the belief that the journey to a good society is one that places social justice, democratic participation, economic and environmental sustainability at its core.

Contents:

Part 1 Preface to Politics for a New Generation

Part 2 The Future of the Progressive Project

2 Renewing the Domestic Agenda / Ed Miliband 29

3 Winning Hearts and Minds: Prospects for Progressivism / Stanley B. Greenberg, Miranda Lewis 41

4 State of the Nation: Audit of Britain / Julia Margo, Sonia Sodha, Robert Vance 59

Part 3 Equality

5 Beyond Stability: Labour's Economic Story / Ed Balls, Kitty Ussher, Richard Brooks, Robert Vance 95

6 Mind the Wealth Gap? The Politics of Resource Inequality / Jamie Reed, Sonia Sodha 126

7 Rethinking the Welfare State / Gosta Esping-Andersen 147

8 Making Public Services Work for Social Justice / Richard Brooks 172

9 Moving On Up: Progression in the Labour Market / Natascha Engel, Sonia Sodha, Mike Johnson 191

Part 4 Community

10 Living Together: Diversity and Identity in Contemporary Britain / Alison Seabeck, Ben Rogers, Dhananjayan Sriskandarajah 215

11 Children, Parenting and Families: Renewing the Progressive Story / Beverly Hughes, Graeme Cooke 235

12 Crime and Punishment: A New Agenda / Nick Pearce 256

Part 5 Power

13 Power Politics: Who Runs Britain? / Emily Thornberry, Rick Muir, Ian Kearns 279

14 Fair Rules: Procedural Fairness and the Reform of Public Services / Nick Pearce 303

15 Freedom's Orphans: Raising Youth in a Changing World / Dawn Butler, Julia Margo 319

Part 6 The World

16 A Greener Shade of Red / David Miliband 337

17 A New Agenda for International Development / Hilary Benn 351

18 Securing the Future / Sadiq Khan, Leni Wild 371

19 The European Project Renewed / Martin Rhodes 390.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

023052494X

9780230524941

OCLC:

144547719

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