a sociological critique of New Labour's policy and practice /
First Statement of Responsibility
Simon Prideaux.
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Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
Bristol :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Policy Press,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2005.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
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1 online resource (v, 170 pages)
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 149-163) and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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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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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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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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Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
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JSTOR
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22573/ctt1t70d3m
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Title
Not so New Labour.
International Standard Book Number
9781861344601
PERSONAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Blair, Tony,1953-
Blair, Tony,1953-
CORPORATE BODY NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Labour Party (Great Britain)
Labour Party (Great Britain)
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Functionalism (Social sciences)
Socialism-- Great Britain.
Functionalism (Social sciences)
POLITICAL SCIENCE-- Political Process-- Political Parties.