The End of Politics: New Labour and the Folly of Managerialism

The End of Politics: New Labour and the Folly of Managerialism
ISBN-10
1905641176
ISBN-13
9781905641178
Category
Comparative economics
Pages
293
Language
English
Published
2007
Publisher
Harriman House Limited
Author
Chris Dillow

Description

New Labour's distinctive idea is that equality andefficiency are partners, not enemies. This, the bookargues, is an example of managerialist ideology - thebelief that trade-offs between conflicting values can bemanaged away by clever policies, that management canreplace politics. This is not true. The book is a plea toremove ......

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