Robert M Page
Biographic Data
| ID | 4159624 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Robert M Page |
| GIVEN NAMES | Robert M |
| FAMILY NAME | Page |
| SIGNATURE | PAGE R M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Birmingham |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 33 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 33 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 32 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1976 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Strangled at birth: The One Nation ideology of Theresa May
Contemporary and retrospective evaluation of Theresa May’s premiership inevitably focuses on the division, drift and indecision which characterized it. However, this article argues that although such narratives have considerable validity, they miss an important aspect of the May ‘project’, namely, its attempt to shift the contemporary Conservative Party’s ideology in a ‘One Nation’ direction in rhetoric if not necessarily in deed. The article beg…
T awney, R.H. (1880–1962)
R.H.Tawney (1880–1962) was a renowned twentieth‐century British economic historian, educationalist, and democratic socialist thinker. In his best‐known historical work, Religion and the Rise of Capitalism (1926), he explored the way in which the emergence of Protestant doctrine in the sixteenth century served to legitimate individualistic rather than collective approaches to commercial activity. In two other landmark publications, The Acquisitive…
Richard Carr, One Nation Britain: History, The Progressive Tradition, and Practical Ideas for Today’s Politicians, Reviewed by: Robert M Page
Running out of road? Dilemmas and issues for the British Labour Party and the Swedish Social Democratic Party in their search for a ‘modern’ welfare state narrative
Following significant electoral defeats in 2010, both the British Labour Party and the Swedish Social Democratic Party (SAP) have been re-considering their approach to the welfare state. This article outlines some of the key themes of social democracy and social democratic social policy before discussing the evolution of the latter in both Sweden and Britain. The paper explores the cumulative effect of the revisionist approaches adopted by both p…
Progressive’ Turns in Post-1945 Conservative Social Policy
This paper explores the diverse ways in which the Conservative Party has responded to the notion of progress in relation to social policy during its periods in government since the Second World War. It identifies three distinctive approaches – one nation progressive conservatism (1945–74), neo-liberal (anti-progressive) conservatism (1979–97) and progressive neo-liberal conservatism (2010–present), highlighting the dilemmas and difficulties the p…
Blue and Purple Labour Challenges to the Welfare State: How should ‘Statist’ Social Democrats respond
This article explores two influential strands of thinking about the welfare state, Blue Labour and Purple Labour, that have emerged following New Labour's defeat at the 2010 General Election. It is argued that although both of these new approaches raise some important issues about the relational and associational dimensions of social welfare as well as diversity and pluralism, those committed to universal and egalitarian goals should not abandon …
The Authentic Tawney: A New Interpretation of the Political Thought of R.H. Tawney – By Gary Armstrong and Tim Gray
Ill Fares The Land – By Tony Judt
David Cameron’s Modern Conservative approach to poverty and social justice: Towards one nation or two
This article focuses on the development of David Cameron’s Modern Conservative approach to poverty and social justice in the period since his election as Party leader in December 2005. It will be argued that the path that Cameron has followed in these areas reflects his determination to move the Conservative Party towards the political ‘centre’ in order to enhance its electoral prospects in the post-Thatcher era. In the concluding section of the …
Into coalition: The forward march of Modern Conservatism halted
The Conservative Party, poverty and social justice since 1951: Continuity or change
The Conservative Party, poverty
The Changing Face of Social Administration: The Changing Face of Social Administration
This article explores the changing nature of the discipline of Social Administration in the post-1945 era. The vigorous challenge to Traditional Social Administration in the 1970s and 1980s did not lead, as some had feared, to the demise of the subject's applied, problem-solving, ethos. Within the broader discipline of Social Policy, the Social Administration perspective adapted and evolved. While retaining some elements of Traditional Social Adm…
Understanding the Finance of Welfare: What Welfare Costs and How to Pay for It - By Howard Glennerster
With love from me to you: The New Democrats, New Labour and the politics of ‘welfare’ reform
The major influence that New Democrat ideas and policies had on the repositioning of the Labour Party from the late 1980s to the mid-1990s, and its subsequent approach to welfare reform, has been underplayed within the field of social policy. As a consequence, New Labour’s welfare ‘revisionism’ has come to be perceived more as a pragmatic adaptation to global economic and social change rather than as a politically driven imperative. This has resu…
Towards a ‘red’ and pleasant land? The attack on poverty and the pursuit of social justice in the Attlee era, 1945-51
The post-war Attlee governments (1945-51) have come to be regarded as the most ‘progressive’ in the history of the Labour Party (Jefferys, 1992; Hennessy, 1993). In this article attention will be given to how the Labour governments of this period responded to the problem of want or poverty between 1945-1951. Consideration will then be given to the way in which Labour’s attack on poverty formed part of a broader strategy to create a more just soci…
The long and winding road: Labour governments, poverty and social justice from 1945 to the present day
Equality and the British left: A study in progressive political thought, 1900-64
The Politics of Civil Society: Neoliberalism or Social Left? ‐ By Frederick Powell
Revisiting the Welfare State
Without a Song in their Heart: New Labour, the Welfare State and the Retreat from Democratic Socialism
Since coming to power in May 1997, New Labour has been criticised by many Party traditionalists for failing to follow the democratic socialist path laid out by the Attlee, Wilson and Callaghan governments. However, New Labour believes that adherence to a doctrinaire political philosophy is ill suited to contemporary economic and social realities. Accordingly, they have opted to govern on a 'non-ideological' pragmatic basis. To this end, they have…
New Labour’s social justice: As good as it gets
Other contributors in this issue of Benefits have focused on New Labour’s record in specific policy areas: the New Deal, immigration and asylum, pensioners, child poverty and inequality. This concluding article offers a provisional assessment of New Labour's overarching record on social justice
Another Thirteen Years of Labour, 1951–1964: From Socialist Commonwealth to Welfare ‘Progressivism’
In this counterfactual article, the social consequences of a further period of Labour government from 1951 to 1964 are explored. It is contended that Labour would have retreated from a broad ranging ‘socialist’ strategy. However, its firm commitment to the welfare state would, in the absence of severe economic turbulence, have helped to embed a more deep-rooted ‘welfare’ culture in British society
New Labour and paid work: A break with the past
New Labour’s approach to paid work has much in common with older Labour traditions. New Labour continues to accept that paid work is the most effective means of securing economic and social well-being, and that work incentives and obligations should be maintained. However, New Labour’s enthusiasm for the market and its more circumspect approach towards collectivism represent significant changes of direction. By adopting a work first welfare strat…
Social Democracy Then and Now
C.A.R. Crosland (1956) The Future of Socialism , Jonathan Cape, London. Donald Sassoon (1997), One Hundred Years of Socialism , HarperCollins London. (First published by I.B.Tauris in 1996). John Callaghan (2000), The Retreat of Social Democracy , Manchester University Press, Manchester. Between them these three books provide an excellent overview of the theory and practice of social democracy as it has twisted and turned over the past century. A…
New Labour, the third way and social welfare: ‘Phase Two’ and Beyond
Gender and Living Alone as Determinants of Fruit and Vegetable Consumption among the Elderly Living at Home in Urban Nottingham
Without a Song in their Heart: New Labour, the Welfare State and the Retreat from Democratic Socialism
Since coming to power in May 1997, New Labour has been criticised by many Party traditionalists for failing to follow the democratic socialist path laid out by the Attlee, Wilson and Callaghan governments. However, New Labour believes that adherence to a doctrinaire political philosophy is ill suited to contemporary economic and social realities. Accordingly, they have opted to govern on a 'non-ideological' pragmatic basis. To this end, they have…
Strangled at birth: The One Nation ideology of Theresa May
Contemporary and retrospective evaluation of Theresa May’s premiership inevitably focuses on the division, drift and indecision which characterized it. However, this article argues that although such narratives have considerable validity, they miss an important aspect of the May ‘project’, namely, its attempt to shift the contemporary Conservative Party’s ideology in a ‘One Nation’ direction in rhetoric if not necessarily in deed. The article beg…
The Changing Face of Social Administration: The Changing Face of Social Administration
This article explores the changing nature of the discipline of Social Administration in the post-1945 era. The vigorous challenge to Traditional Social Administration in the 1970s and 1980s did not lead, as some had feared, to the demise of the subject's applied, problem-solving, ethos. Within the broader discipline of Social Policy, the Social Administration perspective adapted and evolved. While retaining some elements of Traditional Social Adm…
Empowerment, oppression and beyond: A coherent strategy? A reply to Ward and Mullender (CSP Issue 32 )
Running out of road? Dilemmas and issues for the British Labour Party and the Swedish Social Democratic Party in their search for a ‘modern’ welfare state narrative
Following significant electoral defeats in 2010, both the British Labour Party and the Swedish Social Democratic Party (SAP) have been re-considering their approach to the welfare state. This article outlines some of the key themes of social democracy and social democratic social policy before discussing the evolution of the latter in both Sweden and Britain. The paper explores the cumulative effect of the revisionist approaches adopted by both p…
Progressive’ Turns in Post-1945 Conservative Social Policy
This paper explores the diverse ways in which the Conservative Party has responded to the notion of progress in relation to social policy during its periods in government since the Second World War. It identifies three distinctive approaches – one nation progressive conservatism (1945–74), neo-liberal (anti-progressive) conservatism (1979–97) and progressive neo-liberal conservatism (2010–present), highlighting the dilemmas and difficulties the p…
David Cameron’s Modern Conservative approach to poverty and social justice: Towards one nation or two
This article focuses on the development of David Cameron’s Modern Conservative approach to poverty and social justice in the period since his election as Party leader in December 2005. It will be argued that the path that Cameron has followed in these areas reflects his determination to move the Conservative Party towards the political ‘centre’ in order to enhance its electoral prospects in the post-Thatcher era. In the concluding section of the …
Equality and the British left: A study in progressive political thought, 1900-64
The attack on the British welfare state-more real than imagined? A leveller's tale
The Tar Sands: Syncrude and the Politics of Oil, by Larry Pratt
Hungarian social policy and the position of women
Hungarian Social Policy and the Position of Women
We publish below two replies to Fiona Williams' ‘Recent developments in policies for women in Hungary’, published in Critical Social Policy no 16, Summer 1986. In addition, Fiona Williams, replies to these in a third contribution to the debate
Child Abuse: The smothering of an issue—A British perspective
Empowerment, oppression and beyond: A coherent strategy? A reply to Ward and Mullender (CSP Issue 32 )
The attack on the British welfare state-more real than imagined? A leveller's tale
Gender and Living Alone as Determinants of Fruit and Vegetable Consumption among the Elderly Living at Home in Urban Nottingham
British Social Welfare in the Twentieth Century
This major thematic and historical overview provides a clear guide to key welfare practices and developments in the public, private, voluntary and informal welfare sectors in twentieth-century Britain
New Labour, the third way and social welfare: ‘Phase Two’ and Beyond
Social Democracy Then and Now
C.A.R. Crosland (1956) The Future of Socialism , Jonathan Cape, London. Donald Sassoon (1997), One Hundred Years of Socialism , HarperCollins London. (First published by I.B.Tauris in 1996). John Callaghan (2000), The Retreat of Social Democracy , Manchester University Press, Manchester. Between them these three books provide an excellent overview of the theory and practice of social democracy as it has twisted and turned over the past century. A…
New Labour and paid work: A break with the past
New Labour’s approach to paid work has much in common with older Labour traditions. New Labour continues to accept that paid work is the most effective means of securing economic and social well-being, and that work incentives and obligations should be maintained. However, New Labour’s enthusiasm for the market and its more circumspect approach towards collectivism represent significant changes of direction. By adopting a work first welfare strat…
New Labour’s social justice: As good as it gets
Other contributors in this issue of Benefits have focused on New Labour’s record in specific policy areas: the New Deal, immigration and asylum, pensioners, child poverty and inequality. This concluding article offers a provisional assessment of New Labour's overarching record on social justice
Another Thirteen Years of Labour, 1951–1964: From Socialist Commonwealth to Welfare ‘Progressivism’
In this counterfactual article, the social consequences of a further period of Labour government from 1951 to 1964 are explored. It is contended that Labour would have retreated from a broad ranging ‘socialist’ strategy. However, its firm commitment to the welfare state would, in the absence of severe economic turbulence, have helped to embed a more deep-rooted ‘welfare’ culture in British society
Revisiting the Welfare State
Without a Song in their Heart: New Labour, the Welfare State and the Retreat from Democratic Socialism
Since coming to power in May 1997, New Labour has been criticised by many Party traditionalists for failing to follow the democratic socialist path laid out by the Attlee, Wilson and Callaghan governments. However, New Labour believes that adherence to a doctrinaire political philosophy is ill suited to contemporary economic and social realities. Accordingly, they have opted to govern on a 'non-ideological' pragmatic basis. To this end, they have…
Towards a ‘red’ and pleasant land? The attack on poverty and the pursuit of social justice in the Attlee era, 1945-51
The post-war Attlee governments (1945-51) have come to be regarded as the most ‘progressive’ in the history of the Labour Party (Jefferys, 1992; Hennessy, 1993). In this article attention will be given to how the Labour governments of this period responded to the problem of want or poverty between 1945-1951. Consideration will then be given to the way in which Labour’s attack on poverty formed part of a broader strategy to create a more just soci…
The long and winding road: Labour governments, poverty and social justice from 1945 to the present day
Equality and the British left: A study in progressive political thought, 1900-64
The Politics of Civil Society: Neoliberalism or Social Left? ‐ By Frederick Powell
With love from me to you: The New Democrats, New Labour and the politics of ‘welfare’ reform
The major influence that New Democrat ideas and policies had on the repositioning of the Labour Party from the late 1980s to the mid-1990s, and its subsequent approach to welfare reform, has been underplayed within the field of social policy. As a consequence, New Labour’s welfare ‘revisionism’ has come to be perceived more as a pragmatic adaptation to global economic and social change rather than as a politically driven imperative. This has resu…
David Cameron’s Modern Conservative approach to poverty and social justice: Towards one nation or two
This article focuses on the development of David Cameron’s Modern Conservative approach to poverty and social justice in the period since his election as Party leader in December 2005. It will be argued that the path that Cameron has followed in these areas reflects his determination to move the Conservative Party towards the political ‘centre’ in order to enhance its electoral prospects in the post-Thatcher era. In the concluding section of the …
Into coalition: The forward march of Modern Conservatism halted
The Conservative Party, poverty and social justice since 1951: Continuity or change
The Conservative Party, poverty
The Changing Face of Social Administration: The Changing Face of Social Administration
This article explores the changing nature of the discipline of Social Administration in the post-1945 era. The vigorous challenge to Traditional Social Administration in the 1970s and 1980s did not lead, as some had feared, to the demise of the subject's applied, problem-solving, ethos. Within the broader discipline of Social Policy, the Social Administration perspective adapted and evolved. While retaining some elements of Traditional Social Adm…
Understanding the Finance of Welfare: What Welfare Costs and How to Pay for It - By Howard Glennerster
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