Umfang:
1 online resource (233 pages)
ISBN:
9780191534164
Inhalt:
This radical new examination of Tony Blair's Labour party provides a key analysis of how the party has constructed its position at the centre-ground of British politics. Challenging conventinal analysis, it demonstrates how the Labour party has had to construct the Centre rather than simply occupy it.
Inhalt:
Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- List of Figures and Tables -- 1. Introduction -- New Labour at the Centre -- Downs and An Economic Theory of Democracy -- Constructing the Centre -- The Difference Construction Makes -- 2. The Centre, Downs, and New Labour -- Introduction -- The Median Voter Theorem -- Downsian Space -- The Construction of the Centre -- Conclusion -- 3. Rhetoric and the Construction of the Centre -- Introduction -- Rhetorical Forms -- Rhetoric, Beliefs, and the Construction of the Centre -- The Limits of Construction -- Conclusion -- 4. Rhetoric, New Labour, and the Construction of the Centre -- Introduction -- Devolution -- The Minimum Wage -- Trade Union Recognition -- The 2002 Budget -- Conclusion -- 5. Innovation and the Construction of the Centre -- Introduction -- Schumpeter: Innovation and Equilibrium -- Downs: Innovation and Equilibrium -- Innovation, Rhetoric, and Spatial Competition -- Conclusion -- 6. Innovation, New Labour, and the Construction of the Centre -- Introduction -- The New Deal -- Education Action Zones -- The Working Families Tax Credit -- Anti-Social Behaviour Orders -- Foundation Hospitals -- Conclusion -- 7. Framing and the Construction of the Centre -- Introduction -- Frames, Framing, and Priming -- Framing and the Construction of the Centre -- Framing Issues and Framing Dimensions -- Conclusion -- 8. Framing, New Labour, and the Construction of the Centre -- Introduction -- Framing (Valence) Issues: Europe, Tax and Spend, and Ownership -- Framing Events: Arms and Petrol -- Framing the Campaign: Issues and Dimensions -- Conclusion -- 9. Leadership and the Construction of the Centre -- Introduction -- Principals and Agents: Incentives -- Principals and Agents: Screening -- Leadership, Reliability, and Responsibility -- The Construction of Reliability and Responsibility -- Conclusion.
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Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 9780199273140
Weitere Ausg.:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9780199273140
Sprache:
Englisch
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https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/kxp/detail.action?docID=728906
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