Stephen Meredith
Biographic Data
| ID | 4397612 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Stephen Meredith |
| GIVEN NAMES | Stephen |
| FAMILY NAME | Meredith |
| SIGNATURE | MEREDITH S |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Lancashire |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-2382-1015 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 14 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 13 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 14 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2001 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
A ‘society … divisible into the blessed and the unblessed’: Michael Young and Meritocracy in Postwar Britain
‘Meritocracy’ continues to unfold as both core conceptual framework and political ideal of the language of social mobility. In recent decades, politicians of various hues have declared it a sine qua non of the so‐called ‘classless society’. The longer trajectory of postwar discourses of equality reveal a more chequered conceptual past. Its origins in the forums of revisionist social democracy of the 1950s, and subsequently popularised in the writ…
Divided Within Itself’: The Parliamentary Labour ‘Right’ and the Demise of Post‐War Revisionist Social Democracy in the 1970s
The article seeks to identify a neglected dimension of the ‘crisis’ and schism of British social democracy in the 1970s from within the ranks of the parliamentary Labour ‘right’ itself. Accounts of the so‐called ‘Labour right’ and its influential revisionist social democratic tradition have emphasized its generic cohesion and uniformity over contextual analysis of its inherent intellectual, ideological and political range and diversity. The artic…
A ‘Brooding Oppressive Shadow’? The Labour Alliance, the ‘Trade Union Question’, and the Trajectory of Revisionist Social Democracy, c. 1969–1975
Conventional accounts of the decision of a group of influential British Labour MPs to leave the party in 1981 to found the new Social Democratic Party (SDP) focus on more immediate intra-party constitutional reforms after 1979, or on party divisions over the single question of Britain’s membership of the European Economic Community (EEC). This article suggests that a wider array of longer-term factors informed the decision to seek an alternative …
Rethinking Revisionist Social Democracy: The Case of the Manifesto Group and Labour's 1970s ‘Third Way’
The article examines the emergence of the revisionist social democratic Manifesto Group in the Labour Party after 1974 as a counterwieght to the rise of assertive left-wing factional activity in the period of Labour government between 1974-79. It argues that some of the wider economic themes and ideas pursued by the Manifesto Group provide a neglected link to later expressions of revisionist social democracy and a social democratic route map to '…
A catalyst for secession? European divisions on the parliamentary right of the Labour party 1962-72 and the schism of British social democracy: European divisions and the schism of British social demo…
This article addresses the nature, intensity and impact of debates and divisions over British membership of the European Community on Labour party and social democratic politics, and their significance for understanding both the fragmentation of Labour's traditional ‘dominant coalition’ and the later social democratic split from the party and schism of British social democracy. The article suggests that arguments and tensions in the debate over E…
New Labour and Associative Democracy: Old Debates in New Times
New Labour and Equality: A Response to Hickson
Firstly, I would like to thank Kevin Hickson for his thoughtful reply to my article (Hickson 2007) and the important points he makes concerning the general theme(s) of the paper (Meredith 2006). The general thrust of his response is one that has been central to arguments over the relative social democratic credo of New Labour and the degree of continuity between so-called ‘Old’ and ‘New’ Labours— that is, respective understandings and application…
Mr Crosland's Nightmare? New Labour and Equality in Historical Perspective
This article has, as its broad context, the question of the ideological location of New Labour. Particularly, it aims for a broad reassessment of the relationship between Croslandite and New Labour conceptions of equality. Critics of the present Labour government suggest that it has clearly abandoned any commitment to Labour's historic ‘central organising principle’. This article argues, somewhat against the grain, that New Labour's approach to e…
Factionalism on the Parliamentary Right of the British Labour Party in the 1970s: A Reassessment
This article offers a reassessment of the type, character and implications of factional organisation and activity on the parliamentary right of the British Labour party in the 1970s. Parliamentary Labour right factionalism has received relatively less attention than that of the Labour left and, contrary to conventional accounts of largely limited and loyalist factional activity, the article argues that it was more frequent and adopted a more ‘opp…
Interpreting’ new labour: The confines of social democracy
Anyone familiar with the academic literature of ‘New’ Labour will know that much of it takes the form of arguments over its relative ideological grounding and/or ideological and political novelty. Accounts of New Labour’s ideas tend to focus on the extent to which they owe their roots and character to the philosophies of the New Right, revisionist social democracy or even a much earlier tradition of New Liberalism. There have been further attempt…
Labour Party Revisionism and Public Expenditure: Divisions of Social Democratic Political Economy in the 1970s
This article utilizes themes, issues and debates of economic decline, economic crisis and public expenditure in the Labour Party in the 1970s to analyse the emerging divisions of Labour Party revisionism over the key tools and implied goals of traditional social democratic political economy. It argues that, alongside similar divisions over the questions of European membership and industrial relations and trade union reform, diverging revisionist …
Labour Party Revisionism and Public Expenditure: Divisions of Social Democratic Political Economy in the 1970s
This article utilizes themes, issues and debates of economic decline, economic crisis and public expenditure in the Labour Party in the 1970s to analyse the emerging divisions of Labour Party revisionism over the key tools and implied goals of traditional social democratic political economy. It argues that, alongside similar divisions over the questions of European membership and industrial relations and trade union reform, diverging revisionist …
New Labour: The Road Less Travelled
This article offers a contribution to the debate in recent issues of this journal concerning the relative ‘newness’ or otherwise of New Labour. It briefly assesses the significant arguments of the respective academic protagonists and asks if, in responding to a changing social and economic climate, New Labour, the highly focused use of language and rhetoric aside, is, in a significant sense, different to the measured, pragmatic and reformist revi…
Drug testing and mandatory treatment for welfare recipients
New Labour: The Road Less Travelled
This article offers a contribution to the debate in recent issues of this journal concerning the relative ‘newness’ or otherwise of New Labour. It briefly assesses the significant arguments of the respective academic protagonists and asks if, in responding to a changing social and economic climate, New Labour, the highly focused use of language and rhetoric aside, is, in a significant sense, different to the measured, pragmatic and reformist revi…
Mr Crosland's Nightmare? New Labour and Equality in Historical Perspective
This article has, as its broad context, the question of the ideological location of New Labour. Particularly, it aims for a broad reassessment of the relationship between Croslandite and New Labour conceptions of equality. Critics of the present Labour government suggest that it has clearly abandoned any commitment to Labour's historic ‘central organising principle’. This article argues, somewhat against the grain, that New Labour's approach to e…
Labour Party Revisionism and Public Expenditure: Divisions of Social Democratic Political Economy in the 1970s
This article utilizes themes, issues and debates of economic decline, economic crisis and public expenditure in the Labour Party in the 1970s to analyse the emerging divisions of Labour Party revisionism over the key tools and implied goals of traditional social democratic political economy. It argues that, alongside similar divisions over the questions of European membership and industrial relations and trade union reform, diverging revisionist …
New Labour and Associative Democracy: Old Debates in New Times
New Labour and Equality: A Response to Hickson
Firstly, I would like to thank Kevin Hickson for his thoughtful reply to my article (Hickson 2007) and the important points he makes concerning the general theme(s) of the paper (Meredith 2006). The general thrust of his response is one that has been central to arguments over the relative social democratic credo of New Labour and the degree of continuity between so-called ‘Old’ and ‘New’ Labours— that is, respective understandings and application…
Drug testing and mandatory treatment for welfare recipients
New Labour: The Road Less Travelled
This article offers a contribution to the debate in recent issues of this journal concerning the relative ‘newness’ or otherwise of New Labour. It briefly assesses the significant arguments of the respective academic protagonists and asks if, in responding to a changing social and economic climate, New Labour, the highly focused use of language and rhetoric aside, is, in a significant sense, different to the measured, pragmatic and reformist revi…
Labour Party Revisionism and Public Expenditure: Divisions of Social Democratic Political Economy in the 1970s
This article utilizes themes, issues and debates of economic decline, economic crisis and public expenditure in the Labour Party in the 1970s to analyse the emerging divisions of Labour Party revisionism over the key tools and implied goals of traditional social democratic political economy. It argues that, alongside similar divisions over the questions of European membership and industrial relations and trade union reform, diverging revisionist …
Labour Party Revisionism and Public Expenditure: Divisions of Social Democratic Political Economy in the 1970s
This article utilizes themes, issues and debates of economic decline, economic crisis and public expenditure in the Labour Party in the 1970s to analyse the emerging divisions of Labour Party revisionism over the key tools and implied goals of traditional social democratic political economy. It argues that, alongside similar divisions over the questions of European membership and industrial relations and trade union reform, diverging revisionist …
Mr Crosland's Nightmare? New Labour and Equality in Historical Perspective
This article has, as its broad context, the question of the ideological location of New Labour. Particularly, it aims for a broad reassessment of the relationship between Croslandite and New Labour conceptions of equality. Critics of the present Labour government suggest that it has clearly abandoned any commitment to Labour's historic ‘central organising principle’. This article argues, somewhat against the grain, that New Labour's approach to e…
Factionalism on the Parliamentary Right of the British Labour Party in the 1970s: A Reassessment
This article offers a reassessment of the type, character and implications of factional organisation and activity on the parliamentary right of the British Labour party in the 1970s. Parliamentary Labour right factionalism has received relatively less attention than that of the Labour left and, contrary to conventional accounts of largely limited and loyalist factional activity, the article argues that it was more frequent and adopted a more ‘opp…
Interpreting’ new labour: The confines of social democracy
Anyone familiar with the academic literature of ‘New’ Labour will know that much of it takes the form of arguments over its relative ideological grounding and/or ideological and political novelty. Accounts of New Labour’s ideas tend to focus on the extent to which they owe their roots and character to the philosophies of the New Right, revisionist social democracy or even a much earlier tradition of New Liberalism. There have been further attempt…
New Labour and Associative Democracy: Old Debates in New Times
New Labour and Equality: A Response to Hickson
Firstly, I would like to thank Kevin Hickson for his thoughtful reply to my article (Hickson 2007) and the important points he makes concerning the general theme(s) of the paper (Meredith 2006). The general thrust of his response is one that has been central to arguments over the relative social democratic credo of New Labour and the degree of continuity between so-called ‘Old’ and ‘New’ Labours— that is, respective understandings and application…
A catalyst for secession? European divisions on the parliamentary right of the Labour party 1962-72 and the schism of British social democracy: European divisions and the schism of British social demo…
This article addresses the nature, intensity and impact of debates and divisions over British membership of the European Community on Labour party and social democratic politics, and their significance for understanding both the fragmentation of Labour's traditional ‘dominant coalition’ and the later social democratic split from the party and schism of British social democracy. The article suggests that arguments and tensions in the debate over E…
Rethinking Revisionist Social Democracy: The Case of the Manifesto Group and Labour's 1970s ‘Third Way’
The article examines the emergence of the revisionist social democratic Manifesto Group in the Labour Party after 1974 as a counterwieght to the rise of assertive left-wing factional activity in the period of Labour government between 1974-79. It argues that some of the wider economic themes and ideas pursued by the Manifesto Group provide a neglected link to later expressions of revisionist social democracy and a social democratic route map to '…
A ‘Brooding Oppressive Shadow’? The Labour Alliance, the ‘Trade Union Question’, and the Trajectory of Revisionist Social Democracy, c. 1969–1975
Conventional accounts of the decision of a group of influential British Labour MPs to leave the party in 1981 to found the new Social Democratic Party (SDP) focus on more immediate intra-party constitutional reforms after 1979, or on party divisions over the single question of Britain’s membership of the European Economic Community (EEC). This article suggests that a wider array of longer-term factors informed the decision to seek an alternative …
Divided Within Itself’: The Parliamentary Labour ‘Right’ and the Demise of Post‐War Revisionist Social Democracy in the 1970s
The article seeks to identify a neglected dimension of the ‘crisis’ and schism of British social democracy in the 1970s from within the ranks of the parliamentary Labour ‘right’ itself. Accounts of the so‐called ‘Labour right’ and its influential revisionist social democratic tradition have emphasized its generic cohesion and uniformity over contextual analysis of its inherent intellectual, ideological and political range and diversity. The artic…
A ‘society … divisible into the blessed and the unblessed’: Michael Young and Meritocracy in Postwar Britain
‘Meritocracy’ continues to unfold as both core conceptual framework and political ideal of the language of social mobility. In recent decades, politicians of various hues have declared it a sine qua non of the so‐called ‘classless society’. The longer trajectory of postwar discourses of equality reveal a more chequered conceptual past. Its origins in the forums of revisionist social democracy of the 1950s, and subsequently popularised in the writ…
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