After New Labour Social Theory and Centre-Left Politics [Paperback]

What's Left after New Labour? This timely book assesses the legacy of both the Third Way and its critics. Analysing the relationship between social theory and political strategy, it outlines the basis of a post-New Labour project. This reconnects with the concerns of the Left, while preserving what was important in the Third Way. Collapsing the boundaries between sociology and political science, this book is essential reading for anyone interested in centre-left renewal.PART I: WHEN SOCIOLOGY MET POLITICS: NEW LABOUR AND THE THIRD WAY Third Way Sociology Third Way Values Analysing Social Change and Political Strategy PART II: THE LEFT CRITICS Neo-Marxists: Capitalism with an (In)human Face Anti-Technocrats: The Tyranny of Targets Social Democrats: The Real Third Way? PART III: AFTER NEW LABOUR Developing the Critics Reconstructing the Third WayWILL LEGGETT is Lecturer in Sociology at the University of Birmingham, UK, where he researches and teaches in Political Sociology and Social Theory. He is co-editor of The Third Way and Beyond: Criticisms, Futures, Alternatives (2004).