The Progressive Manifesto

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This book seeks to develop a new agenda for the centre-left. During the 1990s, left-of-centre governments or coalitions came into power in the US, many of the European Union countries and in societies elsewhere too. The modernization of social democracy was crucial to these successes - all centre-left parties that achieved power revised andiupdated their traditional doctrines. Recent years have seen the widespread return of the right to government, coupled to the prominence of far-rl^Fit parties in many countries.
The centre-left must respond. Third-way thinking was a major source of ideological renewal, but today we must move beyond the political formulae of the 1990s.
The authors represented in this volume show how. The papers included were prepared for the Progressive Governance conference organized by the Policy Network held in London in July 2003. All have been written by leading experts in their fields. In his extensive introduction, Anthony Giddens draws the threads... Tovább

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This book seeks to develop a new agenda for the centre-left. During the 1990s, left-of-centre governments or coalitions came into power in the US, many of the European Union countries and in societies elsewhere too. The modernization of social democracy was crucial to these successes - all centre-left parties that achieved power revised andiupdated their traditional doctrines. Recent years have seen the widespread return of the right to government, coupled to the prominence of far-rl^Fit parties in many countries.
The centre-left must respond. Third-way thinking was a major source of ideological renewal, but today we must move beyond the political formulae of the 1990s.
The authors represented in this volume show how. The papers included were prepared for the Progressive Governance conference organized by the Policy Network held in London in July 2003. All have been written by leading experts in their fields. In his extensive introduction, Anthony Giddens draws the threads together to sketch a powerful and novel left-of-centre political approach.
The book Includes contributions from John Kay, Folke Schuppert, Tom Bentley, David Halpern, Gosta Esping-Andersen, Nicola Rossi, David Held, Mary Kaldor, Rebecca Willis and James Wilsdon.
Formerly Director of the London School of Economics and Political Science, Anthony Giddens Is a leading contributor to political debate around the world. He Is the author of numerous widely acclaimed works Including The Third Way (1998) and The Third Way and its Critics (2000). Vissza