Blairs Community - Communitarian Thought and New Labour

Informationen zum Autor Sarah Hale is a Lecturer in Political Theory at the University of Portsmouth Klappentext Blair's community challenges the widely held view that New Labour's policies and approach have reflected or even been influenced by the work of communitarian writers, by comparing party policy and rhetoric directly with their work. Zusammenfassung Blair’s community challenges the widely held view that New Labour’s policies and approach have reflected or even been influenced by the work of communitarian writers, by comparing party policy and rhetoric directly with their work. -- . Inhaltsverzeichnis Part IIntroduction1. New Labour's communitarianism: first impressions last2. New Labour's communitarianism: where's the evidence?Part II3. New Labour's 'communitarian philosophy'4. 'The wickedest idea of all is the idea of duty': John Macmurray on community, society and service5. Rights, responsibilities and morality: Amitai Etzioni and New Labour6. The mysterious absence of British communitarians from the discussion of British communitarianismPart III7. Community by contract and the myth of New Labour's communitarianismIndex

Product details

• Authors: Sarah Hale
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.01.2013
• EAN: 9780719089008
• ISBN: 978-0-7190-8900-8
• No. of pages: 224
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Political Parties, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / Political Parties, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / European, Political science & theory, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Political science and theory, Socialism & left-of-centre democratic ideologies, Left-of-centre democratic ideologies, Political parties and party platforms