{"product_id":"against-the-third-way-9780745626741","title":"Against the Third Way","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Third Way is the political philosophy of Tony Blair and New Labour in Britain, Bill Clinton in the United States, and Gerhard Schröder in Germany. Defended most forcefully by Anthony Giddens, it claims to offer a strategy for renewing the Centre Left that avoids the free-market liberalism of the New Right and the state socialism of the Old Left.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eAgainst the Third Way\u003c\/i\u003e Alex Callinicos develops a fundamental critique of this philosophy. He argues that Third Way governments have continued the neoliberal policies of their conservative predecessors. They have promoted the interests of the multinational corporations, privatized areas where Ronald Reagan or Margaret Thatcher dared not go, and allowed social and economic inequality to continue growing. Callinicos also attacks the theoretical underpinnings of the Third Way. He challenges the idea that the ''knowledge economy'' is freeing us from the contradictions of capitalism, denies that New Labour has coherent strategi\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Callinicos presents a fundamentalist leftist critique of \"third way philosophy\", and argues that international protests against global capitalism provide the model for the future development of the left. Think of Callinicos as a somewhat more cerebral and decidedly more hardline Naomi Klein.' \u003ci\u003eThe Bookseller\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e'Callinicos's short book is a goldmine. In the space available he offers analysis of, among other things, economic globalisation, the \"IT revolution\" and its role in the recent US boom, the limits (and possibilities) of state action, the \"new world order\" and the various \"humanitarian\" wars of interventions of recent years, the \"moral agenda\" within Third Way politics, and trends towards \"global governance\". In each case he displays an immense grasp of a wide range of sources and presents often complex arguments in an accessible manner ... Callinicos's book should become an essential part of our armour - buy it, read it, use it.' \u003ci\u003eThe Socialist Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e'[A] theoretical critique of the Blairite model of modernisation is offered by Alex Callinicos in \u003ci\u003eAgainst the Third Way\u003c\/i\u003e, which is unforgiving of those who seek to blur the distinctions between left and right.' \u003ci\u003eMark Perryman, New Statesman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e'This is not just [a] book about ideas but about the political economy and sociology of capitalism underlying them.' \u003ci\u003eMillennium\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction. \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e1. Masters of the Universe:.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Globalization Debate.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Limits of Politics.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMyths of the New Economy.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e2. Guardians of Morals:.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBack to Values.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEgalitarianism Betrayed.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCommunity Imposed.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e3. Saviours of Humankind:.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePolicing the World.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Armature of Hegemony.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eImperial Collisions.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e4. Alternatives:.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBucking the Market.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNine Anti-Capitalist Theses.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAfterword.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Wiley and Sons Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49404358164823,"sku":"9780745626741","price":49.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780745626741.jpg?v=1730486209","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/against-the-third-way-9780745626741","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}