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Author : Amitai Etzioni
Publisher : Demos
Page : 33 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Communitarianism
ISBN : 9781841800301
Author : Sarah Hale,Will Leggett,Luke Martell
Publisher : Manchester University Press
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2004-03-09
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0719065992
The Third Way is said to be the guiding philosophy for New Labour and center-left parties and governments across the globe. Moving beyond attempts to define and defend the Third Way, this innovative collection embarks on a critical examination of this key concept. The editors draw on expert contributions from a range of disciplines and perspectives to dissect the Third Way in theory and in practice, assess its legacy and suggest alternatives. The book begins by reviewing attempts to define the Third Way. It then examines what the Third Way implies for our understanding of the economy and the state, before critically addressing the philosophical and practical implications of its attempt to use the term "community." The final section deconstructs Third Way rhetoric and discourse. The conclusion reviews how these critical insights might form a basis for alternative political projects.
Author : Sally Wheeler
Publisher : Hart Publishing
Page : 187 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2002-02-22
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781901362633
Wheeler (commercial law, Birkbeck College, U. of London) attempts to provide the foundations of a corporate ethics that is based both in Aristotelian virtue ethics and political "Third Way" notions of community. Corporations should act upon the virtues of compassion and care for the needs of others. Apparently, Wheeler expects for them to do this voluntarily. Distributed by ISBS. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Author : Bill Jordan
Publisher : SAGE
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2000-10-23
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780857022264
`This lively book critiques New Labour assumptions and implementation of policies related to citizenship, communities and welfare reform and the implications of current developments for social work. Focusing explicitly on the UK, the book nevertheless draws on examples and comparisions from other countries (including notably Australia and the US, but also countries in the EU and Central and Eastern Europe), and some of the concerns and arguments will be appreciated by readers elsewhere′ - International Social Work `This book is a well-written contribution to both the British Third Way debate and the welfare state literature.... The book will appeal to upper-level undergraduates as well as scholars of British politics and the welfare state′ - Political Studies `Jordan begins by establishing New Labour′s suspicion of local government framing its policy on welfare. Fundamentally, there exists a need for social workers to educate themselves as to the nature of this social experiment which New Labour has embarked upon. It challenges social workers to be aware...This is an interesting and at times challenging book, reiterating the history and roots of current ideology within government...The work is grounded in a contemporary context of social services and social work practice, challenging the withdrawal of social work behind a barrier of `managerialism, budget control, form filling...into office based assessment and rationing′... Finally, it offers a satisfying critique to the dominant `hegemonic′ of `evidence-based practice′, arguing for research at the level of means rather than the technical... Jordan similarly argues in his conclusion that all of the government white papers, guidelines, etc. indicate a lack of clarity of purpose and method social work should retain its belief in ′a human and creative activity... which engages with people′s emotions... as well as their rights and obligations′ - British Journal of Social Work The New Labour government in the UK is committed to a programme of reform of the welfare state that will pull away safety nets and replace them by trampolines, to bounce citizens back into active participation. Its regime of ′tough love′ will make more demands on those claiming benefits and services, as well as clamping down on dependencey, fraud and crime. This will be done by changing the culture of welfare agencies, towards promoting achievement and independence, as well as meeting ′genuine need′. In Social Work and the Third Way, Bill Jordan provides an accessible and lively analysis of the tensions between ′toughness′ and ′love′ in the Third Way′s political philosophy, and the problems of implementing New Labour′s programme. He looks at the government′s reliance on face-to-face methods for activating citizens and changing their behaviour in many of its initiatives. On the one hand, New Labour places a surprising amount of faith in the ability of counsellors and advisers to bring about the changes it requires; yet it is highly suspicious of the public sector in general, and local authorities in particular, as part of the ′forces of conservatism′ in the UK. Hence it spawns new agencies and projects, often with a strong enforcement ethos, and regulates the whole implementation process through strict top-down surveillance. In all this, professional social work, and local authority social services, are relegated to a tightly circumscribed role in social care. The author argues for a new, more generous and expansive approach to practice, which can do justice to the challenges of change under New Labour′s regime and in doing so Social Work and the Third Way provides an important and topical contribution to the debate on the future of the Welfare State and will be essential reading for students and researchers in social work, social policy and politics.
Author : Jordan, Bill
Publisher : Policy Press
Page : 233 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2010-10-20
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781847426581
In the wake of the economic crash, public policy is in search of a new moral compass. This book explains why the Third Way's combination of market-friendly and abstract, value-led principles has failed, and shows what is needed for an adequate replacement as a political and moral project. It criticises the economic analysis on which the Third Way approach to policy was founded and suggests an alternative to its legalistic and managerial basis for the regulation of social relations.
Author : I. Favretto
Publisher : Springer
Page : 233 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2002-12-09
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781403920027
Ilaria Favretto presents a detailed study which traces the origins of the Third Way by comparing the European Left's contemporary neo-revisionism with past revisionist attempts. Focussing its analysis on the British Labour Party and the Italian Left, The Long Search for a Third Way provides new interpretations and insights into the histories of both parties. The book is accessible not only to students and scholars, but also to the general reader interested in contemporary European politics.
Author : W. Leggett
Publisher : Springer
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2005-10-26
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780230503847
What's Left after New Labour? This timely book assesses the legacy of both the Third Way and its critics. Analysing the relationship between social theory and political strategy, it outlines the basis of a post-New Labour project. This reconnects with the concerns of the Left, while preserving what was important in the Third Way. Collapsing the boundaries between sociology and political science, this book is essential reading for anyone interested in centre-left renewal.
Author : Jingjing Huo
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 375 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2009-04-27
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780521518437
This book examines the transformation of contemporary social democracy through the concept of "third way" reforms. It proposes a set of theories about the possibility for continuing social democratic ideological adaptation, for ideologies to overcome institutional constraints in triggering path-breaking innovations, and for social democracy to bridge the insider-outsider divide. Empirically, the book utilizes these theories to account for social democratic welfare state and labor market reforms in nine OECD countries after the end of the Golden Age. Based on the logic of "public evils," the book proposes that the ideologically contested nature of institutions provides incentives for institutional innovation. Social democratic ideology shapes the fundamental characteristics and content of the third way policy paradigm, and the paradigm's practical implementation continues to be path-dependent on historical institutional settings.
Author : Rodolfo Torres,Christopher Kyriakides
Publisher : Stanford University Press
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2012-09-05
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780804783156
From Manifest Destiny to the White Man's Burden, Harold Macmillan to Tony Blair, and John F. Kennedy to Barack Obama—the historical development of racial doctrine has been closely connected to the relationship between radical and conservative politics. This book compares different forms of racism and anti-racism in the United States and Great Britain from the 19th century to today, situating the development of racial doctrine within the political movements of the modern capitalist world order. In conversation with current debates, this work places the treatment of racialized human beings within a wider dynamic of capitalist exploitation. It unpacks the influence of anti-emancipatory thought on "race relations," and argues that there is a consensus of thought across the political spectrum underpinned by the contemporary acceptance of the impossibility of human emancipation. Ultimately, Race Defaced is a heretical intervention into questions of race and racism that challenges both conservative and radical orthodoxies.
Author : Anthony Giddens
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 130 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2013-05-29
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780745666600
The idea of finding a 'third way' in politics has been widely discussed over recent months - not only in the UK, but in the US, Continental Europe and Latin America. But what is the third way? Supporters of the notion haven't been able to agree, and critics deny the possibility altogether. Anthony Giddens shows that developing a third way is not only a possibility but a necessity in modern politics.
Author : Barnett Professor of Social Policy Jane Lewis,Rebecca Surender,Jane Lewis,University Lecturer in Social Policy and Social Work Rebecca Surender
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 247 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2004-10-07
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780199266722
Integrating theoretical debates and empirical research, this text analyses a number of industrialised economies and examines the 'Third Way' social policy.
Author : Philip Whyman
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 241 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2018-02-06
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781351760492
This title was first published in 2003. The creation of a 'Third Way' between unfettered capitalism and old-style Keynesian-corporatist forms of social democracy has become the driving force behind the policy programmes of many left-of-centre political parties in the industrialised nations of the world today. Sweden and the 'Third Way' critically evaluates this 'new' social democracy by examining the profound shift in Swedish political economy from being the prototype old-style social democracy towards the 'Third Way' synthesis of neo-liberalism and elements of traditional social democracy. Philip Whyman evaluates internal and external challenges to Swedish macroeconomic policy - including globalisation, European integration, post-Fordist technological change and the relative empowerment of capital - to discover the extent to which national economic autonomy is constrained. Furthermore, he considers the plausibility of revising the core elements of the traditional 'Swedish Model' as an alternative to the prevailing macroeconomic platform.
Author : O. Newman,R. De Zoysa,Richard De Zoysa
Publisher : Springer
Page : 255 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2001-05-16
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781403914279
Aiming to transcend the outdated conflict between Left and Right, the Third Way was welcomed by leading figures on the world stage. Its programme of modernisation, flexibility and community regeneration indicated a way forward for the New Age. Within a firm market emphasis, equality of opportunity and social inclusion were given a prominent place. However, its lack of direction and disinclination to face hard decisions, have left its promise unfulfilled. This book puts forward a rigorous rethinking towards making the Third Way an effective instrument of progress for Britain as well as abroad.
Author : Jenny Andersson
Publisher : Stanford University Press
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2009-12-04
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780804772921
This book offers a detailed account of the way that social democracy today makes sense of capitalism. In particular, it challenges the idea that social democracy has gone "neoliberal," arguing that so-called Third Way policies seem to have brought out new aspects of a thoroughgoing social interventionism with roots deep in the history of social democracy. Author Jenny Andersson expertly develops the claim that what distinguishes today's social democracy from the past is the way that it equates cultural and social values with economic values, which in turn places a premium on individuals who are capable of succeeding in the knowledge economy. Offering an insightful study of Britain's New Labour and Sweden's SAP, and of the political cultural transformations that have taken place in those countries, this is the first book that looks seriously into how the economic, social, and cultural policies of contemporary social democracy fit together to form a particular understanding of capitalism and capitalist politics.
Author : Klaus-Gerd Giesen,Kees van der Pijl
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2009-03-26
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781443808286
Norms in the contemporary world system are no longer established exclusively through inter-state agreement but increasingly, are becoming truly global. This is made possible by the rapid privatisation of law and the self-regulation of the transnational private sector. Other forces driving this epochal transformation are the overwhelming pre-eminence of the United States, the erosion of the role of the United Nations, and the appearance of new actors such as subnational entities and NGO’s. They all contribute to the creation and ideological justification of new norms. This collection brings together critical studies on this complex process. Written by authors from eleven different countries, both established scholars and young specialists, the book challenges the often convenient rationalisations of regime theory, the governance approach, and ‘post-national’ or ‘cosmopolitan’ democracy, in order to explore the practical, theoretical and ethical implications of the new world of global norms.