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Can Labour and the Liberal Democrats redefine politics to make the 21st Century a progressive century? Can the centre-left find a common cause to tackle the alienation from politics, the globalisation of power, the need to modernise public services and the will to face up to the environmental challenges? Will the centre-left unite to change the voting system and win the case for Britain entering the single currency? Will the centre-left give real priority to family life and the tackling of discrimination against women? These are some of the questions that are tackled in this topical and controversial book, which brings together leading politicians, journalists, academics and thinkers. Contributors include Robin Cook, Menzies Campbell, Lord Ashdown, Harriet Harman, Ruth Kelly, Peter Mandelson, Don MacIntyre, Steve Richards, Anna Coote, Polly Toynbee, Matthew Taylor, Kirsty Milne, Don Foster and Chris Huhne.
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Table of contents (23 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Introduction–the Progressive Century: Ours to Make
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The Case and the Prospects for Progressive Politics
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Giving Government Legitimacy: New Structures and Culture for a New Century
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The Issues for the New Century
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Reviews
'The progressive forces in Britain have so far completely failed to articulate the kind of clear interlocking set of ideas which underpinned that Thatcherite revolution of the 1980's. This book, full of new ideas and new thinking, provides the first serious attempt to make good that deficiency.' - Lord Ashdown
'Winning a second term will be an historic achievement for Labour. But what matters to the people is what we do with that second term and beyond. This book provides a valuable starting point in getting that right.' - Patricia Hewitt MP
'This book will make all of us on the centre-left think hard about how we can forge strong progressive politics for Britain. New ideas are at the heart of this and policies to promote choice for families are rightly given prominence in the new politics that The Progressive Century promotes.' - Ruth Kelly MP
'All credit to the editors, Neal Lawson and Neil Sherlock, for this enterprising and useful book...full of thought-provoking essays.' - Stephen Pollard, New Statesman
About the authors
RT. HON. SIR PADDY ASHDOWN KBE Member of Parliament
MING CAMPBELL Liberal Democrat Spokesperson on Foreign Affairs and Defence
PHILIP COLLINS Director, Social Market Foundation
ROBIN COOK Foreign Secretary
ANNA COOTE Director, Public Health Programme, King's Fund, London
DAVID COWLING Political Analyst
PHILIP DODD Director of the Institute of Contemporary Arts
DON FOSTER Liberal Democrat Member of Parliament for Bath
PAM GIDDY Director of Charter 88
OLLY GRENDER Public Affairs Consultant
HARRIET HARMAN Labour Member of Parliament for Camberwell and Peckham
CHRIS HUHNE Member of the European Parliament
WILL HUTTON Chief Executive Officer, Industrial Society
RUTH KELLY Member of Parliament for Bolton West
ROGER LEVETT Director of CAG Consultants
RUTH LISTER CBE Professor of Social Policy, Loughborough University
CALUM MACDONALD Labour Member of Parliament for the Western Isles
DONALD MACINTYRE Chief Political Commentator, the Independent
DAVID MARQUAND Principal, Mansfield College, Oxford
KIRSTY MILNE Political Commentator for the Scotsman
MARK OATEN Member of Parliament and PPS to Charles Kennedy
ANDREW PAKES Director, New Politics Network
KATE PARMINTER Director of CPRE
GREG POWER Director, Hansard Society's Parliament and Government Programme
STEVE RICHARDS Chief Political Commentator at the Independent
PETER RIDDELL Political Columnist and Commentator, The Times
MICHAEL RUSTIN Professor of Sociology, University of East London
ANDREW STEVENS Labour's Political Assistant, London Borough of Lewisham
DAVE SULLIVAN Mayor for Lewisham
MATTHEW TAYLOR Director, Institute for Public Policy Research
POLLY TOYNBEE Columnist on the Guardian and Radio Times
STEPHEN TWIGG Member of Parliament for Enfield Southgate
TONY WRIGHT Labour Member of Parliament for Cannock Chase
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Progressive Century
Book Subtitle: The Future of the Centre-Left in Britain
Editors: Neal Lawson, Neil Sherlock
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9781403900913
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Palgrave Political & Intern. Studies Collection, Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 2001
Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-333-94961-0Published: 18 June 2001
Softcover ISBN: 978-0-333-94962-7Published: 14 June 2001
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4039-0091-3Published: 17 June 2001
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVII, 241
Topics: British Politics, Political Theory, Democracy, Electoral Politics