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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, and the organising principle of the Labour Party's socialist thought. The book examines the alternative understandings of equality which have divided the Labour Party since 1930, tracing the origin of the current shift away from concern for social and economic equality to an increasing emphasis on liberty and individual entitlement. Nick Ellison identifies three competing approaches to equality, each rooted in a particular tradition of thought and a distinct faction of the party, and he examines the struggle between these divergent ideologies in the party's attempt to define its socialist ideals. The book is also concerned with contemporary attitudes to equality within the Labour Party, discussing the importance of the concept to debates about citizenship and market socialism.

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Author:   Nick Ellison
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Dimensions:   Width: 13.80cm , Height: 2.90cm , Length: 21.60cm
Weight:   0.544kg
ISBN:  

9780415069724

ISBN 10:   0415069726
Pages:   328
Publication Date:   20 October 1994
Audience:   College/higher education ,  General/trade ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

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

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Nicholas Ellison is Lecturer in Sociology and Social Policy at the University of Durham.

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