Blue labour : forging a new politics
2015
Book
In the aftermath of the global economic crisis, and the worst recession for over seventy years, Britain has witnessed one of the most turbulent eras in politics since the Second World War. The dominant political and capitalistic system has come under close scrutiny; and the 2008 financial crash has cast serious doubt on the economic and social liberalism of both Thatcherism and Blairism. The Blue Labour movement addresses the fact that neither nationalisation nor privatisation has delivered lasting prosperity or stability. Critiquing the dominance in Britain of a social-cultural liberalism linked to the left and a free-market liberalism associated with the right, 'Blue Labour' blends a 'progressive' commitment to greater economic equality with a more 'conservative' disposition emphasising personal loyalty, family, community, and locality.
Main title:
Blue labour : forging a new politics / edited by Ian Geary, Adrian Pabst ; foreword by Rowan Williams.
Author:
Geary, Ian, editorPabst, Adrian, editor
Imprint:
London : I.B. Tauris, 2015.London : I.B. Tauris, 2015.
Collation:
288 pages ; 22 cm
ISBN:
9781784534912 (pbk)
Dewey class:
320.941
Language:
English
BRN:
1829061