Blue Labour: Forging a New Politics

Following Labour's defeat at the polls in 2015, and at time when the Party is attempting to redefine its meaning, values and even identity, there is an urgent need for fresh thinking. Most people agree that a new start is needed. But in which direction should Labour turn? A crucial conversation is beginning, and it is in this fluid and volatile context that Blue Labour ideas could make a crucial difference. Seeking to move beyond the centrist pragmatism of both Blair and Cameron, and attempting to inject into politics a newfound passion and significance with which people can truly engage, this essential work speaks to the needs of diverse people and communities across the country. 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. It is the manifesto of a vital new force in politics: one that could define the thinking of the next generation and beyond.

Author: Rowan Williams
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Published: 09/23/2015
Pages: 320
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.80lbs
Size: 8.40h x 5.40w x 1.00d
ISBN13: 9781784534912
ISBN10: 1784534919
BISAC Categories:
- Political Science | Political Ideologies | Communism, Post-Communism & Socialism
- History | Europe | Great Britain | General
- Political Science | Political Process | Political Parties

About the Author
Ian Geary is an Executive Member of Christians on the Left; Adrian Pabst is Senior Lecturer in Politics at the University of Kent and the author of Metaphysics: The Creation of Hierarchy (2012).