Exploring Political Change

Heffernan, Richard

doi:10.1057/9780230598430_1

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“…Social democracy, or "reform liberalism" in a North American context [5], was widely seen to have failed from this period onwards, economically, politically and socially. While the global circumstances led to similar responses from the centre-left across the western world [1], we are going to use the British example, and the case of New Labour, as a means of constructing our arguments about diversity, justice, solidarity and social democracy.…”

Section: The "New" Social Democracy?mentioning

confidence: 99%

“…In fact it was evolutionary, periodic and the product of comparative policy learning [6] arguably beginning under the leadership of Neil Kinnock and ending with the combined forces of Blair, Brown and Mandelson [1]. In the process many of the central themes of social democracy have been jettisoned.…”

Section: The "New" Social Democracy?mentioning

confidence: 99%

“…While it would be simplistic and inaccurate to say that social democracy has been displaced, it is evident that politics and economics have been at the least "neo-liberalised" [1] with serious social and environmental consequences. To illustrate this we have elected to refer to the case of New Labour in Britain and their promotion of equal opportunities and diversity.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Diversity or Solidarity? Making Sense of the “New” Social Democracy

2010

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Abstract:One of the key discussions emerging from within the centre and centre-left of British politics is the means of combining a commitment to diversity with the aim of achieving social solidarity. While there has been a populist strand to this debate recently with the contribution of writers such as Goodhart who has argued that diversity specifically undermines the willingness of the majority (white Anglo-Saxons) to pay for collective welfare provision, there has also been recognition of the difficulty of promoting difference and unity from within even the more sympathetic elements of the academic literature. The purpose of this paper is to consider the nature of this dilemma and to propose a tentative solution. In essence we suggest that the problem lies not in creating a fit between the two elements for the sake of making the "new" social democracy work but in rebuilding traditional social democracy.

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Section: The "New" Social Democracy?mentioning

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Section: Introductionmentioning

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Diversity or Solidarity? Making Sense of the “New” Social Democracy

2010

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“…The political narrative of community and individual responsibility can deflect attention from the causes of poverty and the issue of wealth distribution (Imrie & Raco, 2003, p. 30) as well as from the 'rolling back' of certain welfare functions previously provided by the State. New Labour's New Labour's Urban Renaissance Agenda combination of neoliberal and neocommunitarian approaches (Fyfe, 2005) thus displays some degree of continuity with Thatcherite policies (Levitas, 1998;Heffernan, 2001). …”

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Unpacking new labour's ‘Urban Renaissance’ agenda: Towards a socially sustainable reurbanization of British cities?

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2007

Planning Practice and Research

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“…The majority of British population was not ready to accept the negative social flow of Thatcher politics. On 1997 the Labour Party successfully exploited this disposal in electoral campaign winning the elections (Heffernan, 2001). The labours' proclaimed the policy which was associated with goals of social justice and the reconciliation of the opposing sides in society.…”

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Impact of Interest Groups in United Kingdom, as State Member of European Union

2016

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Within the research of the impact of groups of the interest in decision making and policy drafting in member states of European Union was researched in specific manner the United Kingdom one of the main countries, with the most influence in the politics of the European Union, group-interest complex, impact and their acting in the country as well as at the European Union as a state member. In the study we presented also the political system of the United Kingdom with its specifics in which the groups of interest through potential channels influence on its policy drafting analysing and comparing the relation, importance and features that exist between different types and the impact of these groups in political decision making implying interaction with a major number of institutional and political actors. Where it has been possible in particular we are defined for political groups but also on the economical ones through which it influences the drafting of politics and which try to influence the decision making process at all stages, in the manner that different issues that have to do with their interests to enter in agenda as priorities of internal and external politics and to become part of the governing programme of this country. In continuation was explained the reason of selecting United Kingdom as member of European Union and its analysing stands in historical facts and at the importance that this country had on the past and that also today has in the united Europe and that is considered the promoter of processes and developments in the United Kingdom.

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Exploring Political Change

Cited by 18 publications

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Diversity or Solidarity? Making Sense of the “New” Social Democracy

Diversity or Solidarity? Making Sense of the “New” Social Democracy

Unpacking new labour's ‘Urban Renaissance’ agenda: Towards a socially sustainable reurbanization of British cities?

Impact of Interest Groups in United Kingdom, as State Member of European Union

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