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We are told that this is a new world, with which old theories cannot cope. But the dynamic driving the current global transformation is not as new as our pundits and politicians pretend. The global market-place of our day may have little in common with the tamed welfare capitalism of the post-war period but it is uncannily reminiscent of the untamed capitalism of 100 years ago.
David Marquand addresses the crucial questions raised by the capitalist renaissance. What do the values of social solidarity and democratic citizenship mean todays? Granted that socialism is no longer with us, does it have anything to say from beyond the grave?
Where does the new medievalism of contemporary Europe fit in? How do the special peculiarities of the British state, the identity it embodies and the political economy over which it presides relate to those wider issues? What room for maneuver do they give the British left? These questions make up the agenda for
The New Reckoning.
List of contents
Acknowledgements. 1. Journey to an Unknown Destination.
Part I: Capitalism, Socialism and Citizenship:.
2. Reinventing Civic Republicanism.
3. After Socialism.
4. Liberalism's Revenge? Resolving the Progressive Dilemma.
Part II: Europe:.
5. The Politics of Monetary Union.
6. The New Medievalism.
7. Reinventing Federalism.
Part III: Britain:.
8. History Derailed?.
9. The Enterprise Culture: Old Wine in New Bottles?.
10. Henry Dubb versus Sceptred Awe.
11. Collaborative Capitalism and Constitutional Reform.
12. Travels of an
Ancien Régime. Notes.
Index.
About the author
David Marquand is Principal of Mansfield College, Oxford and Honorary Professor of Politics at the University of Sheffield.
Summary
aeo This is a major new book by one of Britaina s foremost political commentators. aeo The volume offers a comprehensive re--interpretation of British politics from the Second World War to the present. aeoMarquand poses sharp dilemmas and new questions for our politicians faced with the extension of capitalism on a transnational basis.
