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The Crosland legacy : the future of British social democracy / Patrick Diamond.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Diamond, Patrick, author.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Crosland, Anthony, 1918-1977--Criticism and interpretation.
Crosland, Anthony.
Labour Party (Great Britain).
Socialism--Great Britain--History.
Socialism.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (xii, 425 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)
Place of Publication:
Bristol : Policy Press, 2023.
Summary:
This title considers a wide range of Anthony Crosland's writings, relating his ideas to idealogical debates taking place within today's Labour Party on egalitarian social demoncracy, elctoral strategy, the European question, and the importance of progressive liberalism on the British centre-left.
Contents:
Frontmatter
Contents
About the author
Preface
ONE Introduction: Crosland’s Legacy
TWO Crosland: the socialist theoretician as hero
THREE Egalitarian social democracy: ‘Is equality of opportunity enough?’
FOUR Crosland and liberal progressivism: the politics of ‘conscience and reform’
FIVE America and Europe in post-war social democracy
SIX Crosland’s electoral strategy: ‘Can Labour win?’
SEVEN Crosland and Labour party modernisation: from Kinnock to Blair
EIGHT The future of social democracy and the British Left
NINE Conclusion: a future for socialism?
References
Notes
Index
Notes:
Previously issued in print: 2016.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on May 2, 2023).
ISBN:
9781447324744
1447324749
OCLC:
1280924100

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