The third way: a compromise of the Left? New Labour, the Independent Labour Party and making work pay

The third way: a compromise of the Left? New Labour, the Independent Labour Party and making work pay

The third way is commonly held to mean a compromise between 'old' Labour and the New Right: social justice via free market mechanisms and practices. However, before this use of the term, now Prime Minister, Gordon Brown, was using the term to describe a compromise between different faction...

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Published in:Policy and politics 2009-01, Vol.37 (1), p.3-18
Main Author: Grover, Chris
Format: Article
Language:eng
Subjects:
Allowances For Children
Children
Compromises
Free markets
Historical analysis
Labor Parties
Labour parties
Left
Left Wing Politics
Liberalism
Living wage
Market forces
Minimum wages
New Labour
Political Ideologies
Political Parties
Right wing politics
Social justice
Third Way
United Kingdom
Wages
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Summary:The third way is commonly held to mean a compromise between 'old' Labour and the New Right: social justice via free market mechanisms and practices. However, before this use of the term, now Prime Minister, Gordon Brown, was using the term to describe a compromise between different factions of the Left. This article explores this interpretation of the third way by examining the context - an analysis of the Independent Labour Party's living wage proposal of the 1920s - in which Brown used the term and the implications that it has for understanding New Labour's approach to making work pay.
ISSN:0305-5736
1470-8442