Title Justifying New Labour policy / Judi Atkins

Published New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2011

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Description 1 online resource Contents Introduction -- PART I: THE CONTEXT OF JUSTIFICATION -- The Context of Ideology -- The Context of Argumentation -- The Context of Hegemonic Competition -- Towards an Understanding of the Dynamics of Moral Argument in Politics -- PART II: THE CASE OF NEW LABOUR -- The Ideology of New Labour -- New Labour's Welfare Reforms: The New Deals -- Rights and Constitutional Reform: The Human Rights Act of 1998 -- Community: New Labour's Policies on Anti-Social Behaviour -- Foreign Policy: The Iraq War of 2003 -- Conclusion -- Bibliography Machine generated contents note: -- Introduction -- PART I: THE CONTEXT OF JUSTIFICATION -- The Context of Ideology -- The Context of Argumentation -- The Context of Hegemonic Competition -- Towards an Understanding of the Dynamics of Moral Argument in Politics -- PART II: THE CASE OF NEW LABOUR -- The Ideology of New Labour -- New Labour's Welfare Reforms: The New Deals -- Rights and Constitutional Reform: The Human Rights Act of 1998 -- Community: New Labour's Policies on Anti-Social Behaviour -- Foreign Policy: The Iraq War of 2003 -- Conclusion -- Bibliography Summary Justifying New Labour Policy is an original combination of theoretical innovation and a detailed empirical analysis of the ideas, language and policy of New Labour. Politicians often appeal to moral principles and arguments in their efforts to win support for new policy programmes. Yet the question of how politicians use moral language has to date been neglected by scholars, and this book is a first step towards filling this gap. Judi Atkins proposes a new theoretical framework for exploring the processes by which an argumentative strategy is selected, modified and applied. Such strategies are formed in the light of a party's ideological commitments, the requirements of argumentation in each policy area, and the need to secure hegemonic advantage over an opponent. This framework is rigorously applied to New Labour's moral arguments for the New Deals, the Human Rights Act, its anti-social behaviour agenda and the Iraq war of 2003 "An original combination of theoretical innovation and a detailed empirical analysis of the ideas, language and policy of New Labour. Politicians often appeal to moral principles and arguments in their efforts to win support for new policy programs. Yet the question of how politicians use moral language has until now been neglected by scholars"-- Provided by publisher Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 196-209) and index Notes Print version record Subject Labour Party (Great Britain) SUBJECT Labour Party (Great Britain) fast Subject Communication in politics -- Great Britain Ideology -- Great Britain Political parties -- United Kingdom, Great Britain. Central government -- United Kingdom, Great Britain. Ethics & moral philosophy -- United Kingdom, Great Britain. POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Affairs & Administration. POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Process -- Leadership. POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Process -- Political Parties. Politics and Government. Communication in politics Ideology Politics and government Social policy SUBJECT Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1997-2007. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh97005399 Great Britain -- Social policy -- 1979- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh90001103 Subject Great Britain Form Electronic book ISBN 9780230307285 0230307280

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