The Long Search for a Third Way

Ilaria Favretto presents a detailed study which traces the origins of the Third Way by comparing the European Left's contemporary neo-revisionism with past revisionist attempts. Focussing its analysis on the British Labour Party and the Italian Left, The Long Search for a Third Way provides new interpretations and insights into the histories of both parties. The book is accessible not only to students and scholars, but also to the general reader interested in contemporary European politics.

Autorentext

ILARIA FAVRETTO was educated in Milan and London. She has written articles for numerous journals on the history of the European Left in the twentieth century. She is currently Senior Research Fellow at the European Research Centre of Kingston University as well as Reviews Editor of the Journal of Southern Europe and the Balkans.

Zusammenfassung
The search for a third way has marked the histories of European socialist parties since the Russian revolution. In this original and comprehensive study, Ilaria Favretto shows the extent to which the European Left's contemporary neo-revisionism is very much in continuity with the past attempts made by socialist and social-democratic European parties to adjust their own policies and agendas. The Long Search for a Third Way examines the earlier wave of revisionism of the 1950s and '60 . By focusing her analysis on Britain and Italy, the author also provides new insights into the histories of both the British and the Italian Left.

Inhalt

Acknowledgements List of Abbreviations Introduction PART I: THE 'GOLDEN YEARS' OF CAPITALISM AND THE FOUNDATIONS OF REVISIONISM Rethinking Socialism Structural Reforms and the 'Socialist' Management of Capitalism PART II: THE END OF SOCIAL CAPITALISM: FROM OLD TO NEW REVISIONISM The Crisis of Social-Democratic Politics Shaping a 'Post-Fordist' Third Way Moving to the Centre: Socialists Get Rid of the Cloth Cap Epilogue References Index