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Politics of New Labour, The : A Gramscian Analysis /

This book is an attempt 'to think in a Gramscian way' about the curious political phenomenon of New Labour. It is written partly in retort to those people at the heart of the New Labour project who have cited Gramsci as a source of inspiration for their ideas. Pearmain argues that New Labo...

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Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Pearmain, Andrew (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Baltimore, Maryland : Project Muse, 2014
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • Introduction : Gramsci, history and New Labour
  • Gramsci and his legacy
  • First uses of Gramsci
  • Optimism of the seventies, pessimism of the eighties
  • Iron in our souls : the hegemony of Thatcherism
  • The abuses of Gramsci : 'Post-Marxism', postmodernism and cultural studies
  • The 'Euro-communist' roots of New Labour : Marxism today
  • The 'Euro-communist' roots of New Labour : 'new times'
  • Critique of New Labour
  • The makings of New Labour
  • Neil Kinnock and the Labour Party policy review
  • Labour, modernity and 'modernisation'
  • What New Labour took from the left
  • What New Labour left out : the 'Gramscian' left
  • Postscript : Gramsci, history and New Labour revisited
  • Bibliography
  • Index.