a sociological critique of New Labour's policy and practice /
Simon Prideaux.
Bristol :
Policy Press,
2005.
1 online resource (v, 170 pages)
Includes bibliographical references (pages 149-163) and index.
Cover; NOT SO NEW LABOUR -- A sociological critique of New Labour's policy and practice; Contents; Acknowledgements; In loving memory of Gabrielle Louise Prideaux (1986-1987); ONE -- Introduction; TWO -- Functionalism and society: Talcott Parsons and the American hegemony in sociology; THREE -- From organisational theory to the new communitarian movement of Amitai Etzioni; FOUR -- John Macmurray, the Parsonian conflict and the 'forgotten' lessons on community; FIVE -- Norms and the dysfunctional 'underclass': a convenient yet complementary critique from the New Right.
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New Labour has concentrated many of its social policy initiatives in reinvigorating the family, community and work in the paid labour market. But just how 'new' are the ideas driving New Labour's policy and practice?In this book, Simon Prideaux shows how New Labour has drawn on the ideas and premises of functionalism, which dominated British and American sociological thought during the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s.
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JSTOR
22573/ctt1t70d3m
Not so New Labour.
9781861344601
Blair, Tony,1953-
Blair, Tony,1953-
Labour Party (Great Britain)
Labour Party (Great Britain)
Functionalism (Social sciences)
Socialism-- Great Britain.
Functionalism (Social sciences)
POLITICAL SCIENCE-- Political Process-- Political Parties.