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The politics of the new centre

Title: The politics of the new centre / Bodo Hombach ; translated by Ronald Taylor.
Author: Hombach, Bodo.
Publication: Cambridge ; Malden, MA : Polity Press, 2000.

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xliv, 186 pages; 23 cm

Summary

Europe is entering a new political epoch. The centre-left, now in government in many EU countries, has struggled to modernize itself and is now defining the shape of politics for the future. Bodo Hombach's book is one of the most important early attempts to flesh out the Third Way - moving it from being a successful electoral project to become a governing philosophy. Hombach, one of Gerhard Schr'der's closest advisers, who was Minister of State in the Chancellor's office, is a colourful and controversial figure. He has been described as the 'German Peter Mandelson' because he was the architect of Schr'der's election victory in 1997, which brought the Social Democrats to power after a decade and a half in opposition. His book, a bestseller in Germany, is the clearest definition of the popular 'Die Neue Mitte' project on which Schroder was elected, and on which the German voters will judge the government. It is striking in its bold rejection of many of the left's traditional approaches - the confrontational traditions of employers versus workers, the private sector versus the public sector, free market forces versus state direction - and this explains why Hombach and his book have been at the centre of the fierce debate about the soul and the future direction of social democracy. Professor Anthony Giddens and Mark Leonard, in the preface and introduction, put the book in the context of the global debate about the development of the Third Way, and also draw comparisons with events in the United Kingdom. Hombach's book is destined to become a key text on the future of European social democracy, of interest to political activists, policy-makers and students of politics.

Uniform Title

Aufbruch. English

Alternative Title

Aufbruch.

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Note

Includes index.

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Preface / Anthony Giddens -- Introduction / Mark Leonard -- 1. Breaking the Mould -- 2. The Maxims of a Proactive State -- 3. The Future of the Parties -- 4. The Beginnings of a New Corporatism -- 5. What Can We Learn From Others? -- 6. New Paths to Growth and Full Employment -- 7. Policies for a Proactive Society -- Postscript / Gerhard Schroder -- Appendix. The Third Way / Die Neue Mitte / Tony Blair and Gerhard Schroder.

ISBN

074562460X
9780745624600
0745624618
9780745624617

LCCN

00024881

OCLC

ocm43441426
43441426
SCSB-1131368

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Princeton University Library