Cargando…

Not so New Labour : a sociological critique of New Labour's policy and practice /

New Labour has concentrated many of its social policy initiatives in reinvigorating the family, community and work in the paid labour market. But just how 'new' are the ideas driving New Labour's policy and practice?In this book, Simon Prideaux shows how New Labour has drawn on the id...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Prideaux, Simon
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Bristol : Policy Press, 2005.
Temas:
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover; NOT SO NEW LABOUR
  • A sociological critique of New Labour's policy and practice; Contents; Acknowledgements; In loving memory of Gabrielle Louise Prideaux (1986-1987); ONE
  • Introduction; TWO
  • Functionalism and society: Talcott Parsons and the American hegemony in sociology; THREE
  • From organisational theory to the new communitarian movement of Amitai Etzioni; FOUR
  • John Macmurray, the Parsonian conflict and the 'forgotten' lessons on community; FIVE
  • Norms and the dysfunctional 'underclass': a convenient yet complementary critique from the New Right.