This collection of essays examines New Labour's claim to stand in the vanguard of a new form of progressive politics. By examining the ideology of New Labour, the major policy initiatives of Labour government, and the record and prospects of social democratic and progressive governments in the USA and elsewhere in Europe, the contributors attempt to disentangle the progressive and conservative aspects of New Labour politics and the possibilities for genuine progressive advance in Britain and other advanced capitalist countries.
Acknowledgements Notes on the Contributors Introduction: New Labour and Future of Progressive Politics; S.White PART I: THE IDEOLOGY OF NEW LABOUR The Ambiguities of the Third Way; S.White New Labour: Old Liberalism; S.Beer New Labour and Public Opinion: The Third Way as Centrism?; P.Norris PART II: NEW LABOUR IN GOVERNMENT Education and Training: Tensions at the Heart of the British Third Way; S.Wood New Labour: A Distinctive Vision of Welfare Policy?; P.Johnson Enabling Participation? New Labour's Welfare to Work Policies; C.Oppenheim A Third Way in Industrial Relations?; C.Crouch Decentralization under New Labour: A Civic Liberal Perspective; S.Teles & M.Landy Feminism and the Third Way: A Call for Dialogue; A.Coote PART III: COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVES The Collapse of Bill Clinton's Third Way; M.Weir Prolegomena to the Third Way Debate; M.Salvati European Social Democracy and the Third Way: Convergence, Divisions, and Shared Questions; F.Vandenbroucke The SPD and the Neue Mitte in Germany; A.Busch & P.Manow Dutch Lessons in Social Pragmatism; A.Hemerijck & J.Visser Pluralism and the Future of the French Left; L.Bouvet & F.Michel Conclusion: New Labour and the Uncertain Futures of Progressive Politics; S.Giaimo & S.White Index
