Progressive Century

NEAL LAWSON is Managing Editor of Renewal. - NEIL SHERLOCK is Former Advisor to Paddy Ashdown.

'The progressive forces in Britain have so far completely failed to articulate the kind of clear interlocking set of ideas which underpinned that Thatcherite revolution of the 1980's. This book, full of new ideas and new thinking, provides the first serious attempt to make good that deficiency.' - Lord Ashdown 'Winning a second term will be an historic achievement for Labour. But what matters to the people is what we do with that second term and beyond. This book provides a valuable starting point in getting that right.' - Patricia Hewitt MP 'This book will make all of us on the centre-left think hard about how we can forge strong progressive politics for Britain. New ideas are at the heart of this and policies to promote choice for families are rightly given prominence in the new politics that The Progressive Century promotes.' - Ruth Kelly MP 'All credit to the editors, Neal Lawson and Neil Sherlock, for this enterprising and useful book...full of thought-provoking essays.' - Stephen Pollard, New Statesman

• Foreword by Roy Jenkins Introduction: The Progressive Century: Ours to Make; N.Lawson & N.Sherlock PART I: THE CASE AND THE PROSPECTS FOR PROGRESSIVE POLITICS Liberalism and Social Democracy; T.Wright The Threat of the Right; S.Twigg & A.Pakes Do Two Tribes Have to War?; D.MacIntyre Blair's Progressive Paradox; S.Richards Is There a Progressive Electorate?; D.Cowling PART II: GIVING GOVERNMENT LEGITIMACY: NEW STRUCTURES AND CULTURE FOR A NEW CENTURY The Second Wave of Constitutional Reform; P.Giddy The Sociological Foundations of Pluralist Politics; M.Rustin Politics with a Purpose: Reforming the House of Commons; P.Riddell & G.Power A Third Sector as Well as a Third Way; O.Grender & K.Parminter Scotland: An Experiment in New Politics; K.Milne Progressive Councils: The Case for Collaborative Local Politics; D.Sullivan & A.Stevens PART III: THE ISSUES FOR THE NEW CENTURY Progressive Economics: Trust the People; C.Huhne The Globalisation of Power; Lord Ashdown Socialising Markets; P.Collins Making Society Just; D.Foster Sustaining Development; R.Levett Feminism Finds a Foothold in the Centre-Left; H.Harman Family Policy: Opening Up Choice; R.Kelly More Health, Less Service; A.Coote Europe and the New Politics; R.Cook & M.Campbell PART IV: ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION - Will Hutton, Polly Toynbee, Mark Oaten, Matthew Taylor, Ruth Lister, Philip Dodd, Calum Macdonald & David Marquand Endpiece by Peter Mandelson Index