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Some of the more critical readings of the adequacy and effectiveness of New Labour in power have been developed by scholars willing to link arguments about the trajectory of Labour politics to wider arguments about the character of the contemporary global economy and the space within it for the construction and development of distinctive capitalist models. Mark Wickham-Jones and Colin Hay in particular have made that linkage in a series of important writings on the contemporary Labour party. Their arguments are here subjected to critical review, and set against a third position on New Labour and global capitalism: one informed by the writings of Ralph Miliband on British Labour and by the arguments of Leo Panitch and Greg Albo on the limits of the 'progressive competitiveness' strategies associated with 'Third Way' social democratic governments.

Some of the more critical readings of the adequacy & effectiveness of New Labour in power have been developed by scholars willing to link arguments about the trajectory of Labour politics to wider arguments about the character of the contemporary global economy & the space within it for the construction & development of distinctive capitalist models. Mark Wickham-Jones & Colin Hay in particular have made that linkage in a series of important writings on the contemporary Labor Party. Their arguments are here subjected to critical review, & set against a third position on New Labor & global capitalism: one informed by the writings of Ralph Miliband on British Labor & by the arguments of Leo Panitch & Greg Albo on the limits of the "progressive competitiveness" strategies associated with "Third Way" social democratic governments. 47 References. Adapted from the source document.

In the debate over economic performance which has preoccupied UK policy makers for the last four decades, foreign 'models' of more successful capitalisms elsewhere have been an important point of reference. Those models have been variously market-led (USA), state-led (Japan) or negotiated/consensual (Germany/Sweden). Of late the UK's own internal economic and social settlement has itself been offered as a viable model for once successful foreign economies now in competitive difficulties. The key features of these various models are analysed, and the UK's changing post-war position on the map of models is traced. The changing fortunes of these models are then related to developments in the global economy; and an assessment made of the adequacy (and desirability) of the kind of economic order now being canvassed in the UK by the present Labour Government.

In view of the recent electoral victory by the British Labor Party, this article considers the history of British Labor governments since 1900, as well as the current social and political atmosphere, to set forth performance expectations for the Blair government and to suggest a strategy that might allow the Labor Party to remain in power while achieving political aims favorable to its constituents. It is suggested that the pattern of past Labor governments is clear: initial high hopes and grand promises rapidly giving way to great disappointments and voter alienation, and initial radicalism giving way to eventual moderation, resulting in dissatisfaction among proletarian constituents. A central question addressed here is whether an incoming Blair administration can do any better. The article also considers the likely effect of two new constraints faced by the Blair administration. It is predicted that the incoming Blair government, having already bought heavily into the dominant neo-liberal paradigm, will be even less effective than previous Labor governments. Finally, a strategy for reversing Labor fortunes is suggested: the Blair government should utilize a hegemonic politics of the Left to take advantage of the low popularity of the outgoing government, and to supplant the conservative hegemony that the Thatcher government so successfully imposed. 15 References. T. K. Brown