Reinventing the Left

In this important new book a remarkable group of authors - academics, journalists and politicians - offer a radical reappraisal of the future of Left political theory and policy in the context of recent changes in society. Compiled by the Institute for Public Policy Research, the volume includes contributons by Anthony Giddens, Perry Anderson, Gordon Brown, Anne Phillips, Michel Rocart, David Marquand and Will Hutton among others and sets out many new ideas and concepts.

List of Contributors. Introduction: David Miliband. Part I: The Context: Understanding the Present: . 1. Brave New World: The New Context for Politics: Anthony Giddens. Comment: Power, Politics and the Enlightenment: Perry Anderson. Part II: Citizenship, Equality and Democracy: . 2. Inequalities of Power, Problems of Democracy: David Held. Comment: Deciding About Rights: Anna Coote. 3. Equality, Difference and Democracy: Elizabeth Meehan. Comment: Citizenship and Political Change: Raymond Plant. 4. Ethnic Difference and Racial Equality: New Challenges for the Left: Tariq Modood. Comment: Minority Rights, Majority Values: Bhikhu Parekh. Part III: Social Solidarity and Economic Prosperity: . 5. The Politics of Potential: A New Agenda for Labour: Gordon Brown. Comment : Whose Community? Which Individuals?: Anne Phillips. 6. Productive Solidarities: Economic Strategy and Left Politics: Joel Rogers and Wolfgang Streeck. Comment: Don't Forget the Demand Side: Robert Kuttner. 7. Social Solidarity in a Mixed Economy: Michel Rocard. Comment: The Social Market in a Global Context: Will Hutton. Part IV: Politics Beyond Labour: . 8. Equality and Work in the Post-industrial Life-cycle: Gosta Esping-Andersen. Comment: Economic Imperatives and Social Reform: Frances Fox-Piven. 9. Sustaining Social Democracy: The Politics of the Environment: Stephen Tindale. Comment: Sustainability and Environmental Policy: Five Fundamental Questions: Susan Owens. Part V: Instruments of Change:. 10. Reinventing Federalism: Europe and the Left: David Marquand. Comment: European Constitutional Patriotism: Jos de Beus. 11. Reinventing Politics: Manuel Escudero. Comment: Turning Outwards - Towards a New Sort of Party: Margaret Hodge. Part VI: Afterword: . 12. Do's and Don'ts for Social Democrats: James Cornford and Patricia Hewitt. Index.