New Labour at the centre [[electronic resource] ] : constructing political space / / Andrew Hindmoor

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910783397503321
• Autore: Hindmoor Andrew
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, c2004
• ISBN: 1-281-92519-5; 9786611925192; 0-19-153416-1
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (233 p.)
• Disciplina: 324.2/4107; 324.24107
• Soggetti: Political parties - Great Britain; Great Britain Politics and government 1979-1997; Great Britain Politics and government 1997-2007
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Preface; Contents; List of Figures and Tables; 1. Introduction; 2. The Centre, Downs, and New Labour; 3. Rhetoric and the Construction of the Centre; 4. Rhetoric, New Labour, and the Construction of the Centre; 5. Innovation and the Construction of the Centre; 6. Innovation, New Labour, and the Construction of the Centre; 7. Framing and the Construction of the Centre; 8. Framing, New Labour, and the Construction of the Centre; 9. Leadership and the Construction of the Centre; 10. Leadership, New Labour, and the Construction of the Centre; 11. Conclusion; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Taking as its starting-point Anthony Downs' seminal work, An Economic Theory of Democracy, this book draws upon insights generated within economics, political psychology, and the study of rhetoric to examine the way in which New Labour achieved and maintained its electoral hegemony from 1994.Journalists and politicians routinely attribute New Labour's electoral success to its occupation of the 'centre-ground'. This book is interested in the question of how New Labour moved to the right and towards the centre. The obvious answer to this question is that New Labour moved ; by changing its policies