Article: Not so new Labour; a sociological critique of New Labour's policy and practice.(POLITICAL SCIENCE)(Brief Article)(Book Review)

Article: Quantifying social entities: an historical-sociological ...
Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare;  December 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ...In formulating social policy the administrative arm of government relies heavily on number-based significations of knowledge, such as needs indicators and performance measures. Relying on numbers increases administrators' confidence in their decisions and shifts responsibility for error away from

Article: The life-extension project: A sociological critique
Health Sociology Review;  April 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ...In this article we explore and critically assess recent developments in biogerontology which promise a delaying of the ageing process in human beings through some form of significant 'life-extension'. Various arguments for prolonging the human life span are being discussed intensely in the

Article: The Limits of Public Choice: A Sociological ...
Independent Review;  March 22, 1997 ;     700+ words ...By Lars Udehn New York: Routledge, 1996. Pp. xi, 447. $89.95 cloth, $25 paper. The time is right for a book exploring the limits of public choice. The field has grown enormously in personnel, domain, and influence. From humble origins as a small scholarly discussion group in Virginia, the Public

Article: Books received/Livres recus.
Canadian Journal of Sociology;  June 22, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... University Press, 2005, 228 pp., $75.00 US cloth, $29.99 US paper Prideaux, Simon, Not So New Labour: A Sociological Critique of New Labour's Policy and Practice. Bristol, UK: Policy Press, 2005, 170 pp., $37.50 US paper Probyn ...

Article: The end of new Labour
New Statesman;  September 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... something is glaringly apparent: the new Labour project, initiated, perhaps unwittingly ... thinking and action, one as different from new Labour as this was from the creed it superseded ... understanding of the rise and fall of new Labour. For the century before new ...

Article: Book reviews: Where now for new Labour
Scotland on Sunday;  February 17, 2002 ;     700+ words ...Where now for new Labour Anthony Giddens Polity Press, GBP ... most to promote it as the marque of New Labour's newness. Demos should know. Former ... intellectual closest to the court of New Labour, and a keen advocate of the Third ...

Article: Which way? The Third Way and the puzzle of New ...
Harvard International Review;  March 22, 1999 ;     700+ words ... ... assisted in the writing of this article. "New Labour, New Britain." It was with this simple ... evocative slogan that Tony Blair launched New Labour in 1994 and under which the Labour party ... But what is this "New Britain" that "New Labour" wishes to create? What is New ...