1st Edition
Egalitarian Thought and Labour Politics Retreating Visions
By Nick Ellison
Copyright 1994
328 Pages
by
Routledge
328 Pages
by
Routledge
328 Pages
by
Routledge
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In Egalitarian Thought and Labour Politics Nick Ellison argues that the concept of equality is the cornerstone of the British socialist tradition. He examines the alternative understandings of equality which have divided the labour party since 1930 and traces the origins of the current shift away from concern for social and economic equality to an increasing emphasis on liberty and individual... Read more
Preface 1 Three visions: Labour and equality in the 1930s 2 War, post-war and technocratic socialism 3 The Left after Bevanism 4 Keynesian socialism in the 1950s 5 Rethinking qualitative socialism? 6 Interregnum 7 Seeking alternatives: technocrats and equality in the 1970s 8 Failing to seek alternatives: qualitative socialists and Keynesians in the 1970s 9 Beyond the three visions? 10 Epilogue
Biography
Nicholas Ellison is Lecturer in Sociology and Social Policy at the University of Durham.
