Recasting Social Democracy
A Comment on Hay and Smith
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6344992 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Mark Wickham-Jones (University of Bristol), Mark Wickham‐jone (0000-0002-6429-6336, University of Bristol, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1995 |
| Volume | 43 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 698-702 |
| Publication date | 1995-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Political Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0032-3217 • E-ISSN: 1467-9248 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1467-9248.1995.tb01727.x |
| OpenAlex | W2163652738 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 8 |
| References cited | 1 |
Since 1983 Labour has undergone a far-reaching metamorphosis. In a recent debate in Political Studies. Colin Hay and Martin Smith provide important insights into that transformation.1 However, the dichotomy within which they locate developments is a limited and potentially misleading one. Hay argues that Labour has uncritically accepted a new Thatcherite political settlement while Smith claims the changes represent a modernization of the party. I will make four points about Labour's transition before drawing general conclusions about how the party's transformation can be best understood. The matters I discuss are Labour's economic measures, its electoral strategy, the nature of its objectives, and the orientation of its policies
Democracy · Democratization · Economics · Modernization theory · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Settlement (finance · Social change · Social democracy · Social transformation · Sociology · Thatcherism · Law · Political and Economic history of UK and US · Social Policy and Reform Studies
| Unique citing works | 8 |
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| Citations per year | 0,27 |
| Citation span | 1996 - 2022 (27) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 8 |