{"product_id":"futures-of-socialism-modernisation-the-labour-party-and-the-british-left-1973-1997-hardback-9781009278812","title":"Futures of Socialism; ‘Modernisation', the Labour Party, and the British Left, 1973–1997 (Hardback) 9781009278812","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eFutures of Socialism\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003e‘Modernisation', the Labour Party, and the British Left, 1973–1997\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eOverhauls the history of 'modernisation' and the British Left and recasts our understanding of New Labour.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eColm Murphy (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781009278812, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 8 June 2023\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e320 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.5 x 15.8 x 2.3 cm, 0.61 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'In this engaging and nuanced book, Colm Murphy shows how a rich and varied discourse on the nature of 'modernising' Labour politics came to be narrowed into a single view of what that entailed. This is a powerful reminder of how the 'roads not taken' continue to shape the political present.' Emily Robinson, University of Sussex\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThe transformation of the Labour Party by 1997 is among the most consequential political developments in modern British history. Futures of Socialism overhauls the story of Labour's modernisation and provides an innovative new history. Diving into the tumultuous world of the British left after 1973, rocked by crushing defeats, bitter schisms, and ideological disorientation, Colm Murphy uncovers competing intellectual agendas for modern socialism. Responding to deindustrialisation, neoliberalism, and constitutional agitation, these visions of 'modernisation' ranged across domestic and European policy and the politics of class, gender, race, and democracy. By reconstructing the sites and networks of political debate, the book explains their changing influence inside Labour. It also throws new light on New Labour, highlighting its roots in this social-democratic intellectual maelstrom. Futures of Socialism provides an essential analysis of social democracy in an era of market liberalism, and of the ideas behind a historic political reconstruction that remains deeply controversial today.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIntroduction: The plural modernisations of the British left\u003cbr\u003e Part I. Social Democracy and the Challenge to the Nation-State: 1. 'Keynes is dead, Beveridge is dead': modernisation, globalisation, and European integration\u003cbr\u003e 2. Industrial democracy, market socialism, and stakeholder capitalism: modernisation and socioeconomic democracy\u003cbr\u003e Part II. Identities and Mmodern Socialism': 3. 'An old working class may be waning, but a new one is being born'? Gender, Labour, and modernisation\u003cbr\u003e 4. A telling absence: race, multiculturalism, and modernisation\u003cbr\u003e Part III. The Search for a Modernising Social Democracy\u003cbr\u003e 5. 'A modern democracy': modernisation and constitutional reform\u003cbr\u003e 6. White heat to interactive whiteboard: modernisation and Labour's economic strategy\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion: contested futures of socialism in Britain's late twentieth century.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: 20th century history: c 1900  to c 2000 [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on 20th century history: c 1900  to c 2000\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%2220th%20century%20history:%20c%201900%20%20to%20c%202000%20%5BHBLW%5D%22\"\u003eHBLW\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45978339606808,"sku":"9781009278812","price":79.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781009278812i.jpg?v=1696791753","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/futures-of-socialism-modernisation-the-labour-party-and-the-british-left-1973-1997-hardback-9781009278812","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}