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Record Nr.

UNINA9910150337603321

Autore

Hindess Barry

Titolo

Parliamentary democracy and socialist politics / / Barry Hindess

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Abingdon, Oxon ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2017

ISBN

1-138-28180-8

1-315-27096-X

1-351-98364-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (115 pages)

Collana

Routledge Revivals

Disciplina

324.24107

Soggetti

Socialism - Great Britain

Working class - Political activity - Great Britain

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

First published in 1983 by Routledge and Kegan Paul.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

1. Marxism and parliamentary democracy -- 2. Democracy and parliamentary democratic politics -- 3. The Labour Party and socialist strategy -- 4. Problems of political support.

Sommario/riassunto

First published in 1983, this book is concerned with the prospects for socialist politics in contemporary Britain, in particular with the limitations of political analysis produced both by Marxist socialism and the non-Marxist socialism of the Labour left. The author suggests ways in which socialist political analysis and strategic thinking should be reconstructed if socialism in Britain was to survive political as a force. The major Marxist debates on, and the limitations of, socialist politics under conditions of parliamentary democracy are examined, as well as what is involved in a politics of democratisation. The dominant forms of strategic thinking on the Labour left are also analysed.