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Back to the Future of Socialism: International Comparisons

Autor Peter Hain
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 16 sep 2015
What’s gone wrong with capitalism, and how should governments respond? What does the future hold for the left in the United Kingdom in the face of the austerity straitjacket around its politics and media? Anthony Crosland’s The Future of Socialism provided a creed for governments of the center left until the global banking crisis. Now Peter Hain presents an evidence-based case for a radical alternative to the neoliberal economic agenda. A substantial new afterword in the paperback edition outlines what the Labour Party needs to do following the 2015 UK General Election to win again by returning to its core values of decency, social justice, equality, and prosperity for all.

A rousing alternative to the neoliberal, right-wing orthodoxy of our era, Hain’s book is now even more essential reading for everyone interested in the future of the left.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781447321682
ISBN-10: 1447321685
Pagini: 304
Dimensiuni: 140 x 216 x 46 mm
Greutate: 0.43 kg
Editura: Bristol University Press
Colecția Policy Press

Notă biografică

Peter Hain was Labour MP for Neath from 1991 to 2015 and held a number of senior posts in Tony Blair and Gordon Brown’s governments. As a politician, Hain has been known for favoring candor over caution, and plain-speaking over political spin. He has published twenty books—including his memoir, Outside In—as well as pamphlets and media articles, appearing widely on radio and television.

Cuprins

Preface
Introduction: Back to the future of socialism
The Crosland agenda
New Labour, Crosland and the crisis
Finance and the new capitalism
Growth not cuts
Growth by active government
Fraternity, cooperation, trade unionism
But what sort of socialist state?
A new internationalism
Britain in Europe
Refounding Labour
Faster, sustainable growth
A fairer, more equal society
A future for Labour

Recenzii

“A clarion call for justice, equality, and liberty to triumph. Greed and selfishness, a widening chasm between the haves and the have-nots, indifference to climate change and poverty, threaten the very future of humankind.”

“Taking up where Tawney and Crosland left off, Hain shows practical ways in which sustained recovery of fairness, fulfillment, and freedom can be achieved in this generation.”

“Hain proves why reports of the death of socialism were greatly exaggerated. It just needed reviving.”

“Fresh thinking to tackle rising inequality and environmental degradation which imperil human development today.”

"This is a tour de force, and could hardly be more timely."

“A front-line politician’s treatise that makes the case for democratic socialism over neoliberalism has to be welcome. Hain makes clear why there can be no going back to New Labour, if the party is to be true to its soul.”

“When prominent politicians leave the House of Commons they tend to write memoirs looking back at their time in politics—but Peter Hain has chosen to write a book looking forward.”

“Hain makes the case for an active, enabling state. . . . Whether it’s freeing up our greatest economic assets (people) through improved working conditions, or investing in homes, schools, childcare, and green jobs to create growth, the state must have a role. It’s a point worth making—not least, as Hain says, because otherwise history is bound to repeat itself. But though he critiques the past, Hain relentlessly looks to the future, providing not just a blueprint for government but a shot in the arm for socialists struggling to recover confid­ence in the face of the onslaught from the right in recent years. . . . The value of this book is that it sparks the sort of lively and nuanced debate that is too often drowned out in a public discussion so dominated by neoliberal values.”

“Its strength is its pace and breadth . . . . Back to the Future of Socialism is powerful, questionable, confrontational—but not dull.”

“Indefatigably upbeat. . . . One of the most attractive aspects of Hain’s politics is his international hinterland, the huge part the anti-apartheid struggle played in his life (which he has addressed poignantly in other books). With so many MPs of all parties rising through the hideously narrow world of Westminster, his decision to stand down will deprive Labour of a powerful voice in parliament. But, as Tony Benn said, perhaps he’ll have more time to devote to politics.”

“A compelling Keynesian critique of market liberalism’s failings.”

“An exceptionally robust and terrific book. . . . Scrupulously well researched and timely.”

"The book is thoughtful and well written and it provides a useful overview of recent developments, written from a positive but critical socialist perspective."