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THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF LEFT AND RIGHT POPULISM
In: National Institute economic review: journal of the National Institute of Economic and Social Research, Volume 259, p. 10-19
ISSN: 1741-3036
AbstractThe deepening distrust in democracy has grown out of a decade of low growth and cuts to public spending, which in turn has consolidated wage decline while also fuelling a wider sense of economic insecurity. As poverty and inequality intensify, social mobility is in reverse and the social contract is under growing strain. Support for populists has recently receded, but the inability of democratic systems to address deep-seated problems sows the seeds for future populist revolts. Both left- and right-wing governments have responded to increasing anger and alienation with policies that exacerbate existing inequalities of income and wealth, combined with disparities of decision-making power and social status. These are ethical as much as economic questions and they demand a much more robust response than technocratic administration. Otherwise, ethical social democracy and communitarian conservatism will fail to defeat the authoritarianism of both radical-right national populists and the tech-utopianism of far-left populists.
LABOUR REGULATION AND PRODUCTIVITY IN THE UK SINCE 1945: DEBUNKING MYTHS ABOUT 'DISEASE', 'MIRACLES' AND 'PUZZLES'
In: National Institute economic review: journal of the National Institute of Economic and Social Research, Volume 262, p. 13-21
ISSN: 1741-3036
Over 50 years ago, New Society first identified a new 'Oxford School' considered central to British post-war reconstruction. Based around Nuffield College, it contained five key figures: Hugh Clegg, Allan Flanders, Alan Fox, Bill McCarthy and Arthur Marsh. Other identified contributors were Ben Roberts, John Hughes and legal theorist Otto Kahn-Freund. A second generation included the likes of George Bain, Willy Brown, Richard Hyman, Rod Martin and Roger Undy. Intriguingly, as early as the late 1940s its key theorist Flanders described their social democratic approach to build industrial pluralism as the 'third way'—obviously a phrase given greater prominence in the 1990s by Tony Blair and Tony Giddens.
Beyond Political Binaries: The 2019 General Election and the Dagenham and Rainham Constituency
In: The political quarterly, Volume 91, Issue 1, p. 74-79
ISSN: 1467-923X
AbstractThis article considers the results of the 2019 general election with reference to the Dagenham and Rainham constituency in outer East London. It was a key target for the Conservatives with a 70 per cent leave voting electorate. It did not change hands and might therefore provide insights into the wider debate regarding future coalitions and strategy within the modern left. This article considers these results with reference to arguments about a 'Brexit realignment' on the left and whether Labour should rethink the nature of its political 'base'. It argues for a more nuanced debate than that which currently exists, built around simple binaries organised around Brexit, class, age, education and geography.
The Left's New Urbanism
In: The political quarterly, Volume 90, Issue 1, p. 15-22
ISSN: 1467-923X
AbstractThe idea of suburbia, or the suburban, or the suburbs, can imply a number of different things. Suburbia suggests a physical place, in general the outskirts of a city or large town; suburban can infer a certain lifestyle; and the idea of the suburbs is often used to identify a community or class of people who inhabit a specific territory. In politics, these terms can also retain various meanings in terms of geography, culture or community. Alongside the ideas of the urban or the rural, they are often used to debate questions of political strategy and shifting electoral coalitions. In this article, ideas of urban and suburban places, cultures and communities are used to consider wider debate regarding future coalitions and strategy within the modern left, specifically a renewed urban politics that can be identified. This new 'urbanism' suggests a geographical realignment—partly on cultural or lifestyle grounds—which is significant within an overall attempt to redefine the 'base' of the left in terms of class and community. This article considers these issues with reference to what historically has been described as the 'Progressive Dilemma'.
Reclaiming aspiration
In: Renewal: politics, movements, ideas ; a journal of social democracy, Volume 16, Issue 3-4, p. 71-76
ISSN: 0968-252X
New Labour and the Withering Away of the Working Class?
In: The political quarterly, Volume 77, Issue s1, p. 205-213
ISSN: 1467-923X
Neo-classical Labour
In: Renewal: politics, movements, ideas ; a journal of social democracy, Volume 14, Issue 1, p. 34-41
ISSN: 0968-252X
The renewal of the party
In: Renewal: politics, movements, ideas ; a journal of social democracy, Volume 14, Issue 4, p. 74-79
ISSN: 0968-252X
A new politics of class
In: Soundings: a journal of politics and culture, Volume 38, Issue 38, p. 141-155
ISSN: 1741-0797
Opening up the debate
In: Soundings: a journal of politics and culture, Volume 57, Issue 57, p. 50-60
ISSN: 1741-0797
Opening up the debate
In: Soundings: a journal of politics and culture, Issue 57, p. 50-60
ISSN: 1362-6620
The condition of Britain: A new politics of society for the centre-left
In: Public Policy Research, Volume 19, Issue 4, p. 217-225
The condition of Britain: A new politics of society for the centre-left
In: Public Policy Research, Volume 19, Issue 4
The condition of Britain: A new politics of society for the centre‐left
In: Public Policy Research, Volume 19, Issue 4, p. 217-225
ISSN: 1744-540X
Labour MPs Jon Cruddas and Liam Byrne discuss the everyday pressures facing people in Britain today. They question the pessimistic notion of 'Broken Britain' and argue that a centre‐left response lies in rebuilding an ethic of contribution and a new social politics that mobilises human potential.