Political Economy and the Labour Party - 9780415328814

Taylor & Francis

Political Economy and the Labour PartyThe Economics of Democratic Socialism 1884-2005\nAuthor(s): Noel Thompson\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9780415328814, 978-0415328814\nSynopsis\n`In Political Economy and the Labour Party, Noel Thompson gives an informative and stimulating outline of the ideas and theories that have shaped the partys economic policy since 1900. - Times Literary Supplement \n\nA new edition of the American Library Association's `Outstanding Academic Book' award winner.\n\nThis new volume brings this study of the rich tradition of British socialist political economy and its influence on the British Labour Party fully up-to-date.\n\nSurveying the Labour tradition from the Fabianism of the Webbs to the `social-ism of Tony Blairs Third Way, this new edition considers the critical engagement of these political economies with capitalism and the policies they articulate. It also discusses the manner .