Politics for a New Generation: The Progressive Moment / Edition 1

by N. Pearce, J. Margo

Overview

To mark ten years since Labour's election, the next generation of political thinkers, including MPs and policy specialists have come together to outline what the next phase of the progressive agenda should be and how it can be achieved. This collection of essays considers the future direction of progressive governance, politics and policy.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780230524934
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan UK
Publication date:	05/01/2007
Edition description:	2007
Pages:	426
Product dimensions:	5.51(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.05(d)

About the Author

ED BALLS MP Economic Secretary to the Treasury HILARY BENN MP Secretary of State for International Development RICHARD BROOKS Associate Director, ippr and Head of Public Services Team, UK DAWN BUTLER MP Chair of All Party Group on young people GRAEME COOKE Research Assistant, ippr, Social Policy Team, UK NATASHA ENGEL MP Labour Member of Parliament for North East Derbyshire GOSTA ESPING-ANDERSEN Professor of Sociology, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Spain STAN GREENBERG Democratic pollster and political strategist RT HON BEVERLY HUGHES MP Minster of State, Department for Education and Skills MICHAEL JOHNSON Research Fellow, ippr North, UK SADIQ KHAN MP Member of Parliament for Tooting MIRANDA LEWIS Senior Research Fellow and Head of People and Policy Team, ippr, UK DAVID MILIBAND MP Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs ED MILIBAND MP Junior Minister in the Cabinet Office RICHARD MUIR Research Fellow, ippr, Democracy Team, UK JAMIE REED MP Labour Member of Parliament for the UK constituency of Copeland MARTIN RHODES Professor of Comparative Political Economy, Graduate School of International Studies (GSIS), University of Denver, Colorado, USA BEN ROGERS Associate Director, ippr, UK ALISON SEABECK MP Labour MP for Plymouth Devonport SONIA SODHA Research Fellow, ippr, Directors' Research Team, UK DANNY SRISKANDARANJAH Associate Director, ippr, Head of Migration, Equalities and Citizenship, UK EMILY THORNBERRY MP MP for Islington South & Finsbury, UK KITTY USSHER MP Labour Member of Parliament for Burnley ROBERT VANCE Research Assistant, ippr, Directors' Research Team, UK LENI WILD Research Fellow, ippr, International Team, UK

Table of Contents

SECTION 1: PREFACE TO POLITICS FOR A NEW GENERATION Introduction; N.Pearce & J.Margo SECTION 2: THE FUTURE OF THE PROGRESSIVE PROJECT The Domestic Agenda Renewed; E.Miliband Winning Hearts and Minds: Prospects for Progressivism; S.Greenberg & M.Lewis State of the Nation: Audit of Britain; J.Margo, S.Sodha & R.Vance SECTION 3: EQUALITY Beyond Stability: Labour's Economic Story; E.Balls, K.Ussher, R.Brooks & R.Vance Mind the Wealth Gap? The Politics of Resource Inequality; J.Reed & S.Sodha Rethinking the Welfare State; G.Esping-Andersen Strong Reciprocity: Making Public Services Work for Social Justice; R.Brooks Moving on up: Progressing in the Labour Market; N.Engel, S.Sodha & M.Johnson SECTION 4: COMMUNITY Living Together: Diversity, Identity, and Citizenship; A.Seabeck, B.Rogers & D.Sriskandaranjah Children, Parenting and Families: Renewing the Progressive Story; B.Hughes & G.Cooke Crime and Punishment: A New Home Office Agenda; N.Pearce SECTION 5: POWER Power Politics: Who Runs Britain?; R.Muir & E.Thornberry Fair Rules: Procedural Fairness and Public Services; N.Pearce Freedom's Orphans: Raising Youth in a Changing World; D.Butler & J.Margo SECTION 6: THE WORLD A Greener Shade of Red; D.Miliband A New Agenda for International Development; H.Benn Securing the Future; S.Khan & L.Wild The European Project Renewed; M.Rhodes

Editorial Reviews

'This is a very timely book, setting out a thoroughly researched agenda for a renewed struggle against social injustice at home and abroad.' - Stuart White, Tutorial Fellow in Politics, Jesus College, Oxford University, UK

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