The Labour Party under Ed Miliband : trying but failing to renew social democracy / Eunice Goes.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Goes, Eunice, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Miliband, Ed (Edward Samuel), 1969-.

Miliband, Ed.

Labour Party (Great Britain).

Socialism--Great Britain--History--20th century.

Socialism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (214 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2016.

Summary:

Was Miliband successful at turning the page on New Labour and at re-imagining social democracy for the post-global financial crisis era? This study maps the ideas, old and new, that were debated and adopted by the Labour Party under Miliband and shows how they were transformed into policy proposals and adapted to contemporary circumstances. It seeks to demonstrate that the Labour Party under Miliband tried but failed to renew social democracy. This failure is one of the several reasons why 'Milibandism' was so overwhelmingly rejected by voters at the 2015 general election. Goes offers a thought-provoking perspective on how political parties develop their thinking and political blueprints that will appeal to scholars and students of British politics and ideologies and to anyone interested in contemporary debates about social democracy.

Contents:

Cover; Half-title; Title page; Copyright information; Dedication; Table of contents; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; Introduction; Miliband and the global financial crisis; Politics and ideas; The power of ideas; Mapping the development of Miliband's agenda; A word or two about ideologies; The morphology of social democracy; The plan of the book; Notes; 1 Social democracy at a time of crisis; Social democracy and European integration; Third-way politics and neo-revisionism; The impact of the financial crisis in Europe; Social democrats and the sovereign debt crisis

The plan for growthTackling banks and their excesses; Concluding remarks; Notes; 4 Labour and equality I; Context and the legacy of New Labour; Ideas: old and new; Constraints; Greater equality; The cost-of-living crisis; Promoting work; Contributory principle; Concluding remarks; Notes; 5 Labour and equality II; Context; Ideas: old and new; Miliband's vision; Power devolution; The relational State; Movement politics; Reforming representative institutions; Concluding remarks; Notes; 6 Labour and the politics of belonging; Context; Ideas: old and new; Miliband's narrative: One Nation politics

Changing the tone on immigrationManaging diversity; Addressing the 'English Question'; Concluding remarks; Notes; Conclusion; The importance of timing; The supply of ideas; Miliband's blueprint; A lone rider; Image problems; Persuasion and comprehension; What now for Labour?; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on May 27, 2026).

ISBN:

9781784998059

1784998052

9781526109637

1526109638

9781784997618

1784997617

OCLC:

1085659601