Reflexive Modernization and the Third Way
The Impasses of Giddens' Social-Democratic Politics
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3524980 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Nicos Mouzelis (London School of Economics and Political Science), Nicos P Mouzelis (London School of Economics and Political Science, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2001 |
| Volume | 49 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 436-456 |
| Publication date | 2001-08-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Sociological Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0038-0261 • E-ISSN: 1467-954X |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1111/1467-954x.00340 |
| OpenAlex | W2082688261 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 21 |
| References cited | 12 |
In the light of a critical account of Giddens' three recent books on politics (1994, 1998, 2000) this paper argues that it is possible to formulate a third way, that is different both form the ad hoc mixture of neo-liberal and conventional social-democratic recipes found in the Blair/Schröder type of discourse, as well as from Giddens' utopianism that is blind to political economy realities. This alternative version of the third way, guided by a non-economistic holistic framework should stress the continuous relevance of the Left-Right divide, ie, the continuities between early and late modernity and between the old and new emancipatory struggles against tyranny, exploitation and cultural/symbolic manipulation. It should also attempt to elaborate new reform proposals (in the area of the work, welfare, democracy, the life world) that take seriously into account the contradictions and present distribution of economic, political and cultural power, both on the national and the global level
Critical theory · Democracy · Epistemology · Late modernity · Modernity · Modernization theory · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Power (physics) · Reflexivity · Relevance (law) · Social science · Sociology · Housing, Finance, and Neoliberalism · Law · Political Economy and Marxism · Social Policy and Reform Studies
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| Unique citing works | 21 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,88 |
| Citation span | 2002 - 2026 (25) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 21 |