Egalitarian Thought and Labour Politics: Retreating Visions / Edition 1

by Nick Ellison

Overview

In Egalitarian Thought and Labour Politics Nick Ellison argues that the concept of equality is the cornerstone of the British socialist tradition. He examines the alternative understandings of equality which have divided the labour party since 1930 and traces the origins of the current shift away from concern for social and economic equality to an increasing emphasis on liberty and individual entitlement.
Egalitarian Thought and Labour Politics is also concerned with contemporary attitudes within the Labour party, discussing the importance of the concept to debates about citizenship and market socialism.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780415069724
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	10/20/1994
Pages:	328
Product dimensions:	5.44(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)
Lexile:	1870L (what's this?)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Nicholas Ellison is Lecturer in Sociology and Social Policy at the University of Durham.

Table of Contents

Preface 1 Three visions: Labour and equality in the 1930s 2 War, post-war and technocratic socialism 3 The Left after Bevanism 4 Keynesian socialism in the 1950s 5 Rethinking qualitative socialism? 6 Interregnum 7 Seeking alternatives: technocrats and equality in the 1970s 8 Failing to seek alternatives: qualitative socialists and Keynesians in the 1970s 9 Beyond the three visions? 10 Epilogue