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Why the Third Way failed

Economics, morality and the origins of the 'Big Society'

Bill Jordan author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Bristol University Press

Published:20th Oct '10

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In the wake of the economic crash, public policy is in search of a new moral compass. This book explains why the Third Way's combination of market-friendly and abstract, value-led principles has failed, and shows what is needed for an adequate replacement as a political and moral project. It criticises the economic analysis on which the Third Way approach to policy was founded and suggests an alternative to its legalistic and managerial basis for the regulation of social relations.

"What is particularly uplifting about this book is that it could be read positively from within any of our three major political parties, which means that it has the potential to generate a common mind on how future social policy should be shaped." Citizen's Income Newsletter

ISBN: 9781847426567

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232 pages