Politics for a New Generation: The Progressive Moment - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 023052494X ISBN 13: 9780230524941

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan, 2007

Synopsis

To mark ten years since Labour's election, the next generation of political thinkers, including MPs and policy specialists have come together to outline what the next phase of the progressive agenda should be and how it can be achieved. This collection of essays considers the future direction of progressive governance, politics and policy.

About this title

About the Author:

ED BALLS MP Economic Secretary to the Treasury HILARY BENN MP Secretary of State for International Development RICHARD BROOKS Associate Director, ippr and Head of Public Services Team, UK DAWN BUTLER MP Chair of All Party Group on young people GRAEME COOKE Research Assistant, ippr, Social Policy Team, UK NATASHA ENGEL MP Labour Member of Parliament for North East Derbyshire GOSTA ESPING-ANDERSEN Professor of Sociology, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Spain STAN GREENBERG Democratic pollster and political strategist RT HON BEVERLY HUGHES MP Minster of State, Department for Education and Skills MICHAEL JOHNSON Research Fellow, ippr North, UK SADIQ KHAN MP Member of Parliament for Tooting MIRANDA LEWIS Senior Research Fellow and Head of People and Policy Team, ippr, UK DAVID MILIBAND MP Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs ED MILIBAND MP Junior Minister in the Cabinet Office RICHARD MUIR Research Fellow, ippr, Democracy Team, UK JAMIE REED MP Labour Member of Parliament for the UK constituency of Copeland MARTIN RHODES Professor of Comparative Political Economy, Graduate School of International Studies (GSIS), University of Denver, Colorado, USA BEN ROGERS Associate Director, ippr, UK ALISON SEABECK MP Labour MP for Plymouth Devonport SONIA SODHA Research Fellow, ippr, Directors' Research Team, UK DANNY SRISKANDARANJAH Associate Director, ippr, Head of Migration, Equalities and Citizenship, UK EMILY THORNBERRY MP MP for Islington South & Finsbury, UK KITTY USSHER MP Labour Member of Parliament for Burnley ROBERT VANCE Research Assistant, ippr, Directors' Research Team, UK LENI WILD Research Fellow, ippr, International Team, UK

Review:

'This is a very timely book, setting out a thoroughly researched agenda for a renewed struggle against social injustice at home and abroad.' - Stuart White, Tutorial Fellow in Politics, Jesus College, Oxford University, UK

About this edition

• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 023052494X
• ISBN 13: 9780230524941
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 444
• Editor: Pearce N., Margo J.