Goes, Eunice,

The Labour Party under Ed Miliband : trying but failing to renew social democracy / Eunice Goes. - 1 online resource

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Cover; Half-title; Title page; Copyright information; Dedication; Table of contents; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; Introduction; Miliband and the global financial crisis; Politics and ideas; The power of ideas; Mapping the development of Miliband's agenda; A word or two about ideologies; The morphology of social democracy; The plan of the book; Notes; 1 Social democracy at a time of crisis; Social democracy and European integration; Third-way politics and neo-revisionism; The impact of the financial crisis in Europe; Social democrats and the sovereign debt crisis The steady rise of the radical left ... and the meteoric rise of the populist right; Searching for alternatives to austerity; Concluding remarks: social democracy and paradigm shifts; Notes; 2 The road to somewhere; The leadership election; Miliband's vision; Ideas: old and new; The politics of the 'One Nation' narrative; Controlling the party; Fighting the Murdoch empire; Miliband and the trade unions; Concluding remarks; Notes; 3 Labour and the economy; Context and the legacy of New Labour; Ideas: old and new; Miliband's vision: reforming capitalism; Labour and the deficit The plan for growthTackling banks and their excesses; Concluding remarks; Notes; 4 Labour and equality I; Context and the legacy of New Labour; Ideas: old and new; Constraints; Greater equality; The cost-of-living crisis; Promoting work; Contributory principle; Concluding remarks; Notes; 5 Labour and equality II; Context; Ideas: old and new; Miliband's vision; Power devolution; The relational State; Movement politics; Reforming representative institutions; Concluding remarks; Notes; 6 Labour and the politics of belonging; Context; Ideas: old and new; Miliband's narrative: One Nation politics Changing the tone on immigrationManaging diversity; Addressing the 'English Question'; Concluding remarks; Notes; Conclusion; The importance of timing; The supply of ideas; Miliband's blueprint; A lone rider; Image problems; Persuasion and comprehension; What now for Labour?; Notes; Bibliography; Index

By charting the ideas that informed and shaped Ed Miliband's attempt to re-imagine social democracy this book shows that he tried but failed in that task. This failure is one of the several reasons why 'Milibandism' was so overwhelmingly rejected by voters at the 2015 general election.

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Miliband, Ed 1969-
Miliband, Ed 1969-
Miliband, Ed 1969-


Labour Party (Great Britain)
Labour Party (Great Britain)


Since 2007


Socialism--Great Britain.
POLITICAL SCIENCE--Political Process--Elections.
POLITICAL SCIENCE--Political Process--General.
Politics and government.
Socialism.


Great Britain--Politics and government--2007-
Great Britain.


Electronic books.

JN1129.L32 / G64 2016eb

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