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Open Left

The Future of Progressive Politics

Andrew Gamble

The ten years since the financial crash have been lean years for progressive politics of all kinds. Now Brexit in the UK, Trump in the US, and the rising tide of national populism in Europe pose new dangers. Parties of the Centre-Left are in retreat. Old bases of support have declined, old policies are out of touch, old assumptions no longer hold.
At the same time new thinking, new innovations, new forces are turning the world upside down. We face great dangers but also great opportunities.
How should those who still want a progressive future respond? This book argues that the first priority is an Open Left. We must abandon the idea that one tradition of progressive thought has all the answers. We need openness to new policy ideas, openness to learning from past mistakes and other’s experiences. We should be prepared to listen to very different voices and very different intellectual traditions. We must find ways to engage with people from a wide range of communities and backgrounds.
An Open Left also recognizes we cannot retreat from the world, or ignore economic and political realities. We need a dialogue with progressive movements from many different countries, learning from their experiences of putting progressive ideas into action.
The idea of progress can still inspire change, but it needs updating. This book is a contribution to that task.

Rowman & Littlefield Publishers / Policy Network

Pages: 130 • Trim: 5½ x 8¼

978-1-78660-908-3 • Paperback • June 2018 • $21.00 • (£15.99)

978-1-78660-909-0 • eBook • June 2018 • $20.00 • (£14.99)

Subjects: Political Science / Political Ideologies / Democracy, Political Science / Political Economy, Political Science / Political Process / Political Parties

Open Left

The Future of Progressive Politics

Paperback

eBook

Summary

The ten years since the financial crash have been lean years for progressive politics of all kinds. Now Brexit in the UK, Trump in the US, and the rising tide of national populism in Europe pose new dangers. Parties of the Centre-Left are in retreat. Old bases of support have declined, old policies are out of touch, old assumptions no longer hold.
At the same time new thinking, new innovations, new forces are turning the world upside down. We face great dangers but also great opportunities.
How should those who still want a progressive future respond? This book argues that the first priority is an Open Left. We must abandon the idea that one tradition of progressive thought has all the answers. We need openness to new policy ideas, openness to learning from past mistakes and other’s experiences. We should be prepared to listen to very different voices and very different intellectual traditions. We must find ways to engage with people from a wide range of communities and backgrounds.
An Open Left also recognizes we cannot retreat from the world, or ignore economic and political realities. We need a dialogue with progressive movements from many different countries, learning from their experiences of putting progressive ideas into action.
The idea of progress can still inspire change, but it needs updating. This book is a contribution to that task.

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Rowman & Littlefield Publishers / Policy Network

Pages: 130 • Trim: 5½ x 8¼

978-1-78660-908-3 • Paperback • June 2018 • $21.00 • (£15.99)

978-1-78660-909-0 • eBook • June 2018 • $20.00 • (£14.99)

Subjects: Political Science / Political Ideologies / Democracy, Political Science / Political Economy, Political Science / Political Process / Political Parties

Author

Andrew Gamble is a professor of politics at the University of Sheffield and emeritus professor of politics at the University of Cambridge. He is a Fellow of the British Academy and Academy of Social Sciences and has been a joint editor of New Political Economy and Political Quarterly.
He is the author of many books on politics and political economy, including The Conservative Nation, The Free Economy and the Strong State, The Spectre at the Feast, Crisis without End? The Unravelling of Western Prosperity, and Can the Welfare State Survive?

Table of Contents

Preface
Chapter 1: Where We Are
Chapter 2: Security
Chapter 3: Economy
Chapter 4: Welfare
Chapter 5: Democracy
Chapter 6: The Way Ahead
Guide to Further Reading
Index

Open Left

The Future of Progressive Politics

Andrew Gamble

Open Left

The Future of Progressive Politics

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