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Justifying New Labour policy / Judi Atkins.

Title: Justifying New Labour policy / Judi Atkins.
Author: Atkins, Judi, 1975-
Publication: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2011.

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xi, 217 p.; 23 cm.

Summary

"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"--

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Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references (p. 196-209) and index.

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committed to retain

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. Tthe 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.

ISBN

9780230279117 (hardback)
0230279112 (hardback)

LCCN

^^2011004883

OCLC

694832939

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Harvard Library