The Resource What's left now? : the history and future of social democracy, Andrew Hindmoor
What's left now? : the history and future of social democracy, Andrew Hindmoor
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- Summary
- Our sense of history shapes how we think about who we are. One of the distinguishing features of the left in Britain is that it holds to a remorselessly bleak and miserabilist view of our recent political history - one in which Margaret Thatcher's election in 1979 marked the start of a still-continuing fall from political grace made evident by the triumph of a free market get-what-you-can neoliberal ideology, dizzying levels of inequality, social decay, rampant individualism, state authoritarianism, and political corruption. The left does not like what has happened to us and it does not like what we have become. Andrew Hindmoor argues that this history is wrong and self-harming. It is wrong because Britain has in many respects become a more politically attractive and progressive country over the last few decades. It is self-harming because this bleak history undermines faith in politics. Here, Hindmoor offers an alternative and more optimistic and balanced history of modern Britain. Britain is not a social democratic paradise. But it is a long way from being a posterchild for neoliberalism. Left-wing ideas and arguments have shaped and continue to shape our politics.--
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- xii, 285 pages
- Contents
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- Introduction
- Enter neoliberalism ... and it all went horribly wrong
- Bad attitude? Public opinion, the left, and neoliberalism
- Alive and kicking: what the state does and why it has not been rolled back
- Public services: health and education
- More and less: equality and inequality in Britain
- Keep calm: on growth, austerity, and happiness
- The unspectacular world of a reasonably well-functioning democracy
- Conclusion
- Isbn
- 9780198805991
- Label
- What's left now? : the history and future of social democracy
- Title
- What's left now?
- Title remainder
- the history and future of social democracy
- Statement of responsibility
- Andrew Hindmoor
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Our sense of history shapes how we think about who we are. One of the distinguishing features of the left in Britain is that it holds to a remorselessly bleak and miserabilist view of our recent political history - one in which Margaret Thatcher's election in 1979 marked the start of a still-continuing fall from political grace made evident by the triumph of a free market get-what-you-can neoliberal ideology, dizzying levels of inequality, social decay, rampant individualism, state authoritarianism, and political corruption. The left does not like what has happened to us and it does not like what we have become. Andrew Hindmoor argues that this history is wrong and self-harming. It is wrong because Britain has in many respects become a more politically attractive and progressive country over the last few decades. It is self-harming because this bleak history undermines faith in politics. Here, Hindmoor offers an alternative and more optimistic and balanced history of modern Britain. Britain is not a social democratic paradise. But it is a long way from being a posterchild for neoliberalism. Left-wing ideas and arguments have shaped and continue to shape our politics.--
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- Hindmoor, Andrew
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- illustrations
- Index
- index present
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- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
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- Right and left (Political science)
- Great Britain
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- What's left now? : the history and future of social democracy, Andrew Hindmoor
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-282) and index
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- Contents
- Introduction -- Enter neoliberalism ... and it all went horribly wrong -- Bad attitude? Public opinion, the left, and neoliberalism -- Alive and kicking: what the state does and why it has not been rolled back -- Public services: health and education -- More and less: equality and inequality in Britain -- Keep calm: on growth, austerity, and happiness -- The unspectacular world of a reasonably well-functioning democracy -- Conclusion
- Control code
- on1012539481
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- xii, 285 pages
- Isbn
- 9780198805991
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- unmediated
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- rdamedia
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- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1012539481
- Label
- What's left now? : the history and future of social democracy, Andrew Hindmoor
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-282) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Introduction -- Enter neoliberalism ... and it all went horribly wrong -- Bad attitude? Public opinion, the left, and neoliberalism -- Alive and kicking: what the state does and why it has not been rolled back -- Public services: health and education -- More and less: equality and inequality in Britain -- Keep calm: on growth, austerity, and happiness -- The unspectacular world of a reasonably well-functioning democracy -- Conclusion
- Control code
- on1012539481
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- xii, 285 pages
- Isbn
- 9780198805991
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1012539481
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